ࡱ > B D A y n bjbj . { { $ ~ 0 + @ + @ j R b " * /V + V 0 + + + : ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ February 26, 2009 Ms. Rikhei Harris Government Documents Librarian Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI 49401 616-331-3577 HYPERLINK "mailto:harrisri@gvsu.edu" \o "blocked::mailto:harrisri@gvsu.edu" harrisri@gvsu.edu Dear Ms. Harris: Diane VanderPol lives and serves the government documents community from her heart. She encourages, she supports, she honors her colleagues with her letters. She added a grace note to Michigan in an era of statewide depression by bringing our joint government documents efforts to national attention. What a thrill for all of us if we can honor Diane herself with the 2009 GODORT-Michigan Jennie Award. Dianes best known effort was organizing a secret and efficient nominating campaign for two ALA GODORT Awards in 2006: Anne Marie Sanders for the Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award and Grace York for the James Bennett Childs Lifetime Achievement Award. Diane wasnt able to come to New Orleans for the event, but it was quite a celebration. After it was over, Diane asked me Who can we nominate next? Unbeknown to those of us in East Michigan, Diane had been supporting and encouraging Jill Rauh to apply for the GPO Depository Library of the Year Award. It was her third success in the same year. Benton Harbor Public Library received the award at the Depository Library Council meeting in October 2006. As a member of the Michigan Council of Federal Depository Librarians (2003-2008), Diane revised the services section of the State Plan and served as secretary. Ive also heard that she has been active in organizing programs for the West Michigan government documents librarians. As an Easterner, they seem to me to be full of vitality. Writing nomination letters is much more difficult than it appears so I can only imagine Dianes effort to lift all of us up. She surely embodies the spirit of Jennie Cross, GODORT-Michigans first president and herself an encourager in our profession. Sincerely yours, Grace Ann York, Coordinator Documents Center University of Michigan Library Documents Center Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library 920 North University Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205 (734) 764-0410 FAX: (734) 764-0259 Diane VanderPolDocuments and Reference/Instruction LibrarianThe Heckman Library, Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4301(616) 526-7072E-Mail Address: HYPERLINK "mailto:dvpo@calvin.edu" dvpo@calvin.eduFax Address: (616) 957-6470 O Q % & s t V X Y > < = L M m n hk\ 0J hk\ 5CJ \ j hk\ UmH nH u hk\ 5hk\ >*B*ph j hk\ B*Uph hk\ B*ph j hk\ Uhk\ O W % 1 2 $a$ V W V W X Z [ l m n * > ? k l m n $a$ , 1h/ =!"#$% ( D d mi @ 3 A ? s e a l b i( f}-V E( D n=( f}-VPNG IHDR 0 5 Gq gAMA |Q pHYs .# .#x?v 'IDATxϋ$I=&F-h{n-T5hj( Z.Eձ>(=6ͭZ ` ˶&t