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Maria Cotto named Arnulfo D. Trejo Librarian of the Year by REFORMA
By Donna DiMichele | June 19, 2019
Maria Cotto, bilingual children’s librarian at the Pawtucket Public Library, has been named Arnulfo D. Trejo Librarian of the Year by REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking. The Dr. Arnulfo D. Trejo Librarian of the Year Award recognizes a librarian who has distinguished himself or herself in the field of librarianship, promoted and advocated services to the Spanish-speaking and Latino communities and made outstanding contributions to REFORMA. Maria will be honored at the REFORMA Awards Ceremony and Fundraiser on June 22 during the 2019 ALA Annual Conference.
A RI leader in youth services, Maria is the co-founder and co-advisor of the Sensory Story Time Support Group along with Babs Wells, children’s librarian at the Greenville Public Library. Maria is also the coordinator of RI Latino Books Month and was the 2018 recipient of the RI Library Association’s Outstanding Librarian of the Year award. This past spring, Maria was elected to the 2021 Robert F. Sibert Medal Selection Committee. Administered by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), the Sibert Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book for children published in the United States in English.
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