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Margaret Lane has been tireless in her support of and dedication to free access to state publications and information. Her book State Publications and Depository Libraries (Greenwood Press, 1981) has served as a comprehensive handbook for state documents librarians and is the only one of its kind. Her work on compiling the Documents on Documents Collection, serving as Louisiana's Recorder of Documents for over 25 years, and developing and establishing the Louisiana documents depository system are just some of the reasons she was both nominated and chosen to receive this award.

It was stated in her nomination letter, "Though retired, Margaret continues as an active, valued, and enthusiastic member of the State and Local Documents Task Force. Currently she coordinates the Committee of Eight, a group of liaisons between the states and the SLDTF. She has made enormous contributions to the profession on both a state and national level in the past, and remains a most valuable resource for the future. By Susan Tulis, published in DttP, v.25, no.2 (June 1997)