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International Special Libraries Day was commemorated today with a celebration sponsored by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and International Arctic Research Center’s Keith B. Mather Library in cooperation with the Alaska Library Association Northern Chapter. Select international members of the University of Alaska Fairbanks research staff nominated award winners based on libraries that provided significant contributions and assistance to their careers.

Awards were presented to twenty libraries around the world, honoring contributions each has made to scientists, students, teaching faculty, researchers, and the entire international scientific community. Libraries acknowledged in the ceremony received a certificate of recognition and an Alaskan aurora photograph. A list of award winners is attached.

For more information and photos of the event, contact Associate Professor of Library Science Judy Triplehorn at (907) 474-7503.

The following libraries received recognition:

• University of Leipzig – Geophysical Institute Library
• University of Kiel
• Kyoto University – Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences
• Hokkaido University – Earth Science Library
• University of Hokkaido – Institute of Low Temperature Science Library
• Peking University Library
• Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology Library
• Beijing Library
• South China Sea Institute of Oceanography Library
• Imperial College London – Geology Library
• Yukutsk Science Center – Science Library and Institute of Volcanology – Science Library
• State Library of Russia
• Moscow State University Library
• University of Geneva – Chemistry Library
• International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation
• Manizales Volcano Observatory – Columbia
• University of Tasmania – SciTech Library
• Yerevan State University – Physical Science Library and National Academy of Sciences – Institute of Applied Problems Library