The California Library Association recently announced this year’s inductees into the California Library Hall of Fame. They include ACL member Chuck Ashton (1948-2019)! Chuck was Youth Serices manager at Redwood City Public Library, served on the American Library Association Caldecott and School Age Programs and Service Committees. Chuck was known for his popular Families for Literacy story hours and as a result was awarded CLA’s first Outstanding Librarian in Support of Literacy award (2003). Chuck was an active ACL member and mentored many children’s librarians. Read more about the award here:
www.cla-net.org/page/HOF2019CA
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