The EAST Executive Committee and Project Team are pleased to share the news that the Project Team has received ALCTS' 2019 Cunha-Swartzburg Preservation Award. The award, established in 2007, "acknowledges and supports cooperative preservation projects and rewards individuals or groups that foster collaboration for preservation goals."
The Project Team was nominated for the award by Tara Fulton (Dean of the University Library, University of New Hampshire) and Patrick Carr (Associate University Librarian, University of Connecticut), the Co-PIs on the Mellon Foundation grant that has provided support for EAST activities over the last three plus years. More information about the award can be found in the official ALA press release: http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2019/02/eastern-academic-scholars-trust-project-team-receives-2019-cunha-swartzburg
Thank you to all the staff at our member libraries, who continue to work with us to further our mission.