John Sessions Memorial Award

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The John Sessions Memorial Award is presented annually by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association. [1] It recognizes a library or library system which has made a significant effort to work with the labor community and by doing so has brought recognition to the history and contribution of the labor movement to the development of the United States. [2] John Sessions of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) was co-chair of the AFL-CIO/ ALA Joint Committee on Library Service to Labor Groups.

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John Sessions Memorial Award

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  1. "Collective Bargaining is a Human Right: Union Review for 2011.Progressive Librarian 38/39. Spring, 2012: 69-90.
  2. Hansen, Andrew M. “RASD: Serving Those Who Serve the Public.” RQ. 34.3 (1995): 314–338.
  3. Lawdewski, Bill. "Labor Archives of Washington Team: Conor Michael Casey, Eulalie Mathieu and Ernie Dornfeld win 2025 John Sessions Memorial Award." Reference and User Services Association, American Library Association. RUSA Update, April 1, 2025.
  4. Reference and User Services Association, American Library Association (March 23, 2023).Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Library wins 2023 John Sessions Memorial Award
  5. Nash Photo Collection
  6. Nash Photo Collection of the Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections wins John Sessions Memorial Award RUSA Update April 8, 2022.
  7. Cowan, Alec. (January 13, 2022. Decades later, this photo collection is filling in the corners of Washington's Latino history. KUOW.
  8. Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, wins John Sessions Memorial Award RUSA Update, March 12, 2021. /
  9. Labor Collections of the Archives and Special Collections of the UAA/APU Consortium Library.
  10. State Historical Society of Iowa wins John Sessions Memorial Award. March 27, 2018. http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/03/state-historical-society-iowa-wins-john-sessions-memorial-award
  11. East Side Freedom Library named winner of national award. (March 8, 2017)WorkDayMinnesota. http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/east-side-freedom-library-named-winner-national-award
  12. Center for Labor Education and Research,University of Hawai‘i – West O‘ahu http://www.hawaii.edu/uhwo/clear/home/, University of Hawai‘i – West O‘ahu.
  13. Labor Archives of Washington http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/laws/
  14. Labor Archives and Research Center J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University http://www.library.sfsu.edu/about/depts/larc.php#about
  15. American Library Association. RUSA. "Wirtz Labor Library receives John Sessions Memorial Award." March 3, 2009. http://www.ala.org/news/news/pressreleases2009/march2009/rusasessionsaward
  16. The Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Union Affairs, Wayne State University https://www.reuther.wayne.edu/ Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  17. James B. Carey Library-Rutgers, School of Management and Labor Relations. Part of the Rutgers University Libraries system http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library
  18. February 15, 2005, "John Sessions Memorial Award recipient named" American Library Association.http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=87417