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The 1998 recipient of the Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award is Janet L. Fisher, Interim Director, Research Division, Arizona Department of Library, Archives and Public Records. 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 recognizes those whose contributions have benefited not only the individual's institution but also the profession.

Janet has been selected for this award in recognition of her contributions to training Arizona librarians in the use of Federal government information and documentation, in establishing and maintaining channels of communication with congressional offices and among librarians, and in providing leadership to make the Arizona Depository Library Council an active and vital organization.

Arizona depositories have just completed a series of training sessions entitled: "Some Things in Life are Free...Accessing Federal Government Information." It was stated in her nomination letter that "Janet was the driving force behind the statewide training sessions, organizing them, locating funding, working with site libraries and staff, lining up the presenters, and seeing to the technical needs for the presentations at each site... Many local public libraries are actively seeking information from depositories as a result of these sessions."

Janet has contributed significantly to improving the condition, status and abilities of the depository library community in Arizona. In addition to the training sessions, she has helped libraries in inspection preparations, biennial surveys, collection development, or any other assistance necessary to improve the collections and services of the Arizona depositories.