Library Service to Labor: ALA-RUSA Sessions Award to Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Library.

 

“The American Library Association’s Reference & User Services Association presents the 2023 John Sessions Memorial Award to the Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Library. The award is sponsored by the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO.  The Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Library is commended for their work digitizing and providing access to the over 30,000 items in their collection. Their online exhibit of pamphlets on employment discrimination is an excellent example of their work. The clearest example of their work with the labor community is their participation in the Future of the Labor Movement Conference, held on their campus in 2022. We applaud their work in bringing this rich heritage of the labor movement to a wider audience.” – Award Committee statement

The John Sessions Memorial Award, sponsored by the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, consists of a certificate and 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.

The selection committee was Chaired by Janet O’Keefe.