The Beta Phi Mu Award is an annual prize recognizing an individual for distinguished service to education for librarianship. First bestowed in 1954, Award recipients include various prominent leaders in the field of librarianship.George S. Bobinski (2007) Libraries and Librarianship: Sixty Years of Challenge and Change, 1945-2005, pp. 129-146. Scarecrow Press The Award is sponsored by the international honor society Beta Phi Mu (ΒΦΜ or βφμ), founded in 1948 to promote scholastic achievement among library and information science students.
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