The Beta Phi Mu Award is an annual prize recognizing an individual for distinguished service to

education for librarianship Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also fol ...

. First bestowed in 1954, Award recipients include various prominent leaders in the field of

librarianship Library and information science (LIS)Library and Information Sciences is the name used in the Dewey Decimal Classification for class 20 from the 18th edition (1971) to the 22nd edition (2003). are two interconnected disciplines that deal with inf ...

.George S. Bobinski (2007) ''Libraries and Librarianship: Sixty Years of Challenge and Change, 1945-2005'', pp. 129-146. Scarecrow Press The Award is sponsored by the international honor society

Beta Phi Mu Beta Phi Mu (also or βφμ) is an American honor society for library & information science and information technology. Founded by a group of librarians and library educators, the society's express purpose is to recognize and encourage "superior ...

(ΒΦΜ or βφμ), founded in 1948 to promote scholastic achievement among

library and information science Library and information science (LIS)Library and Information Sciences is the name used in the Dewey Decimal Classification for class 20 from the 18th edition (1971) to the 22nd edition (2003). are two interconnected disciplines that deal with inf ...

students.

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