The Universal Information Literacies Association (UiLA), Washington, DC USA has announced that the 2024 UiLA Paul G. Zurkowski Esquire US Individual and State Award winners are Esther Grassian, "distinguished librarian emerita at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) for playing a pivotal role in advancing Information Literacy instruction for over two decades and the state of New Jersey, USA, for being the first state in the nation to pass bipartisan legislation requiring K-12 schools to teach information literacy."
Congratulations in particular to Esther Grassian, who has indeed made a great contribution to IL.
"This announcement coincides with the 50th anniversary of the launching of IL by Zurkowski in November 1974 and the 15th anniversary of the U.S. Presidential Proclamation designating October as Information Literacy Awareness Month. As part of the proclamation former president Barack Obama stated that, 'An informed and educated citizenry is essential to the functioning of our modern democratic society.'" The UiLA website is here https://uilaz.info/
The press release photo shows the certificates and accompanying individual press releases
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