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Lackie Named NJ Librarian of the Year
Robert J. Lackie, an assistant professor-librarian at Rider University,
has been named Librarian of the Year by the New Jersey Library Association
(NJLA).
Lackie was honored April 20 with an NJLA plaque, watch and lapel
pin at the spring NJLA Conference at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa
Conference Center in Long Branch.
According to the NJLA’s honors and awards committee, the Librarian
of the Year distinction was created to recognize exemplary recent achievement
by a working New Jersey librarian. The honoree is one who enhances the
image of librarianship and advances the positive visibility of libraries
to the community. That chosen individual serves as an enthusiastic spokesperson
for librarianship and as a speaker at NJLA conferences.
Lackie was chosen for having made a significant contribution to the
field which has included demonstrating the value of libraries, promoting
an accessible and positive climate, advancing community relations, and
initiating a new library service or program.
At Rider, Lackie’s myriad responsibilities include co-leading the
Moore Library Instruction Program, helping to manage the reference desk,
and assisting faculty, staff and students one-on-one in their research
efforts. In addition, he assists in library collection development as
the Acting Reference Collection Development Librarian, performs liaison
duties for the biology, chemistry/physics, mathematics and undergraduate
& graduate education departments and has served as Rider’s first Faculty-in-Residence
from 1998-2002.
While at Rider, he has co-organized, planned and conducted dozens
of New Jersey statewide librarian programs on e-classroom teaching tips
& techniques, advanced Web searching, and effective library database
training, to name just a few. For NJLA and other library organizations
around New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, he has presented many seminars
for students and teachers. His initiatives have included designing and
implementing interactive web-based workshops for teachers and librarians,
among them, Sci-Math World and Those Dark Hiding Places: The
Invisible Web Revealed.
Lackie is a trainer/evaluator for the New Jersey Train-the-Trainer
Group and the programs co-vice president for the Trenton Area Chapter
of Phi Delta Kappa International: The Professional Association for Educators.
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