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Tu very humbled to be here receiving this award and thank OCLC and Forest Press for honoring John Ames Humphry and his legacy of international reach through his leadership at Forest Press in extending the Dewey Decimal system in multiple languages by sponsoring this award. As New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner of the New York State Education Department and library director of libraries including the Brooklyn Public Library now renowned for their services to large communities of non-English speakers, he promoted multilingual collections and library services.
1 thank the International Relations Committee for establishing this award in 1987 nearly 40 years ago and as the International Relations Roundtable celebrates its
75™ anniversary this year, it is especially meaningful to reflect on the contributions of previous recipients and the work that IRRT is currently engaged in. Among those we remember the recent passing of Patricia Oyler, a renowned library school educator who received this award in 2009. I thank and acknowledge those who contributed to my nomination packet and hope that my international focus continues as I celebrate my retirement after 48 years of practice. It was at ALA in 1977 in Detroit that I parked myself at the Job Placement Center seeking my first position and experienced the wonders of ALA and first joined IRRT.
My own career has been global...