Library Awards

Donna Cote, CRRL Director, was named as President 2006 of the Virginia Public Library Director's Association. The Rappahannock Mediation Center awarded Donna Cote one of the first Community Peacemaking Awards on January 25, 2006. In September, Cote was honored as a Woman of Distinction by the Commonwealth Girl Scout Council of Virginia.

Martha Baden was named Library Media Specialist of the Year 2005-2006 by the Virginia Educational Media Association.

Lena Gonzalez Berrios, a Youth Services Librarian, is serving on Capitol Choices and is the co-chair of the Multicultural Committee of the Virginia Library Association.

Virginia Press Women presented Virginia Johnson, the CRRL's Web-content librarian, with several awards in March 2006 for her powerful content writing on a variety of pieces.

Nelda Mohr, Porter Branch manager, was recognized as best Rotary newsletter editor in District 7610.

Caroline Parr, CRRL Youth Services Coordinator, has been named to the American Library Association's Caldecott Award Committee, which is responsible for electing the artist of the most distinguished picture book in 2006.

Rebecca Purdy, Youth Services Librarian, has been named to the American Library Association's prestigious Sibert Award Committee, which selects the most distinguished information book published during 2006.