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Editor Bill Thompson, III, and BWD to receive Ohioana Library James P. Barry Award for Editorial Excellence

Bill Thompson, III, editor of Bird Watcher’s Digest, has been chosen to receive the Ohioana Library James P. Barry Award for Editorial Excellence.

This award is given in recognition of an Ohio-based serial publication that covers subjects of interest to the Ohioana Library, such as Ohio-related culture, history, literature, the arts, or the general humanities.

The Ohioana Library Association is dedicated to encouraging and recognizing the creative accomplishments of Ohioans; maintaining and preserving a permanent collection of books and music by Ohioans and about Ohio; and disseminating information about the work of Ohio writers, musicians, and other artists.

Ohioana’s current holdings include over 40,000 books, 10,000 pieces of sheet music, and scrapbooks and biographical files on more than 20,000 Ohio writers, artists, musicians, and other notable Ohioans. The books are written by Ohioans or are about Ohio or Ohioans.

The association recognizes and encourages the literary and creative accomplishments of Ohioans through nine different Ohioana Awards programs and by publishing the Ohioana Quarterly. The awards are presented on Ohioana Day, a celebration held each autumn. This year’s event will be held on October 22, 2005.

The Ohioana Library Association began in 1929 when Martha Kinney Cooper, the First Lady of Ohio, invited representatives of many groups from around the state to assist in gathering a collection of Ohio books for the governor’s mansion.

The gala and the Ohioana Day luncheon and award presentations are open to the public.

For more information contact the library by phone at 614-466-3831 or by email at ohioana@sloma.state.oh.us.