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Sherry Mosley, Government Documents Department Head at Florida International University Libraries, is given the Lexis/Nexis/GODORT/91´«Ã½ “Documents to the People” Award for her role in the creation of the Everglades Information & Digital Library (EDL). Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2006, the EDL is one of the oldest digital libraries in continuous operation.

Sherry’s vision, initiative, and team leadership were instrumental in initiating, implementing, and sustaining a project that encompasses collection development, access, public service, and outreach efforts. The EDL not only provides access to more than 1500 full-text or full-image documents but it also offers a virtual reference service known as ‘Ask an Everglades Librarian.’ The site is visited by more than 120,000 users annually.

A colleague notes that, “The Everglades Information Network does well what government information specialists need increasingly to do in the digital environment – integrate gov docs seamlessly with other information resources, both in the library and elsewhere on the Web.”