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Booker receives prestigious Mississippi Library Association award
Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus' Blair Booker, branch librarian for Adcock Library, recently received the 2015 Mississippi Library Association (MLA) Past President's Award. The Past President's Award is given to an outstanding professional librarian who is an active MLA member.
Booker has been a member of MLA since moving to Mississippi in 2007. She has served on various committees with the organization, and held the title of Registration Chair in 2012-2013. She currently serves as MLA Treasurer; a role she will serve a second term in next year.
"Blair Booker is very deserving on the 2015 MLA Past President's Award," said Jennifer Smith, assistant librarian on the Ridgeland Campus. "She is not only a wonderful librarian but also an avid supporter of Holmes Community College. Ms. Booker is tirelessly serving the Mississippi library community in her "soon-to-be" second term as Treasurer for MLA. That is a hard volunteer job to have, but Blair carries out her duties with grace and charm."
A 2014 graduate of the Mississippi Library Leadership Institute, Booker also earned her M.L.I.S. from the University of Alabama in 2007, and her B.S. in English from the University of North Alabama in 2004. Prior to becoming branch librarian, she served as assistant librarian at Holmes from 2008-2014, and before Holmes, worked as a reference librarian at the Mississippi Library Commission.
In addition to her role as librarian, Booker also volunteers as co-advisor for the Alpha Lambda Sigma Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. In the past she has served as assistant editor of Mississippi Libraries and as a volunteer for QuestionPoint Ask-a-Librarian. Booker also uses her musical talents to serve her community; she is a flute player in the Mississippi Community Symphonic Band, and a pianist for Monterey United Methodist Church in Florence.
For more information about the Holmes Community College library, contact Booker at (601) 605.3303 or bbooker@holmescc.edu.
IN THE PHOTO: Pictured is Blair Booker, branch librarian for the Ridgeland Campus of Holmes Community College. Booker recently received the 2015 Mississippi Library Association (MLA) Past President's Award, which is given to an outstanding professional librarian who is an active MLA member.
