Labor Collections of the Archives and Special Collections of the UAA/APU Consortium Library wins John Sessions Memorial Award

The Reference and User Services Association announced Monday that Arlene Schmuland on behalf of employees of Labor Collections of the Archives and Special Collections of the UAA/APU Consortium Library was unanimously selected as the 2018 winner of the John Sessions Memorial Award. The decision was based off "their consolidation of access to extensive archival materials relating to the history of labor and labor relations in Alaska and their support of the Alaska labor community in which one out of every 5 workers is a member of a union."

Per RUSA, the award "recognizes a library or library system which has made a significant effort to work with the labor community and by doing so has brought recognition to the history and contribution of the labor movement to the development of the United States."