Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award
Marie Concannon, Regional Librarian for Missouri, is the recipient of the 2014 Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award. This award recognizes documents librarians who may not be known at the national level but who have made significant contributions to the field of state, international, local or federal documents.
This award is presented to Marie for her talent for turning challenges into win-win opportunities that have directly benefitted libraries throughout the state of Missouri. Her leadership and creative collaboration with selective depositories resulted in a distributed Regional and Sub-Regional model whereby other institutions accept regional responsibilities for housing collections and providing service and training. This partnership with six Missouri depository libraries is a key example of how she has worked to strengthen the Missouri depository network, increase public access to collections and ease space concerns at the Regional library.
Her thoughtful, inclusive leadership and vision has engaged and invigorated the depository libraries of Missouri. Multiple letters of support commented on her commitment to providing regular conferences and training along with her gift for making librarians and staff at all experience levels feel supported and their input valued. To quote from one letter “She has a very nice way of being persistent about the value of libraries and library services. She works well with others, and she knows how to focus attention on the right kinds of things.” Marie’s effectiveness as a champion of government information as well as her implementation of an innovative collaborative model of depository partnerships are illustrative of the broad professional contributions that embody the principles of the Hoduski award.