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Chapter Presentation of Special Lifetime Achievement Award to Sue Rugge

The San Francisco Bay Region Chapter will present a special lifetime achievement award to Sue Rugge at its March 7 meeting in San Francisco.

Sue is widely regarded as the founder of the field of the independent research profession. She was co-founder with Georgia Finnigan of Information Unlimited, an early, Berkeley-based independent research firm. In 1979, she started Information on Demand, a pioneering full-service information company offering online, telephone and library research in all subject areas, as well as document delivery from a global network of libraries. She originated the Association of Independent Information Professionals, and served as its president in 1988-1989. Sue had been a member of SLA before she died last summer in Oakland, California. Sue was also a dear friend and mentor to many in the San Francisco Bay Region Chapter. A tribute to Sue written by Reva Basch appeared in the November/December 1999 issue of Bayline. The Special Libraries Association will be presenting its Professional Award to Sue Rugge at the June 2000 Annual Conference in Philadelphia.

Jeanne Fong
Chapter President

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