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Connie Paul, executive director, Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Freehold (N.J.), is the 2008 co-recipient of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Leadership and Professional Achievement Award presented by the ASCLA, a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½).

“Connie Paul has been selected for this award to honor her outstanding leadership and professional achievements in recruitment and training on a state and national level,” said Kathleen Hegarty, ASCLA awards committee chair. “On a state level she was responsible for the development of a Recruitment and Leadership Training Grant which encompassed three elements: an annual week-long New Jersey Academy of Library Leadership Training for mid-career librarians; a program in succession planning for librarians nearing retirement; and a recruitment campaign to attract high school and college students to the field of librarianship. On a national level, Paul served as chair of the Recruitment Forum (2005), is an ongoing member of the 91´«Ã½ Recruitment Assembly and is a founding member of the 91´«Ã½ Emerging Leaders Task Force.”