The first annual PrivCo Prize for Excellence in Business Librarianship was awarded to Ray Cruitt, business librarian at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. The prize is given to a librarian who best exemplifies the core values of the profession based on recommendations from an independent selection committee of leading business librarians. "Ray's involvement within the local community is exemplary," says a representative from the judging panel. "[N]ot only is he working directly with groups such as the Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore, the Small Business Development Centers of Maryland, and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, he is, in a sense, 'franchising' his services by training other librarians in the creation of good business plans and small business development."
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