[SLA-SF] Congrats to Barbara Pitschel!

[Chris Orr]

June 1, 2006	
Contact: Elsa Kramer, efk at earthlink.net
For immediate release	CBHL Public Relations Committee
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Librarian Barbara M. Pitschel receives
2006 CBHL Long Award of Merit


Barbara M. Pitschel, head librarian at the Helen Crocker Russell 
Library, San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum, 
received the 2006 Charles Robert Long Award of Merit on May 18 from 
the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.

The Charles Robert Long Award of Merit was established to recognize 
members who have shown outstanding dedication to CBHL and have made 
major contributions in the field of botanical or horticultural 
literature and information service and research. The award was 
presented to Pitschel during CBHL's annual meeting, hosted this year 
by the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

Pitschel earned a master's degree in library and information studies 
from the University of California-Berkeley and has been a CBHL member 
since 1981, when she first joined the staff of the Helen Crocker 
Russell Library of Horticulture. She served as CBHL's president in 
2002-2003 and on its board of directors in 1999-2003, as well as on a 
wide variety of committees and as a popular conference speaker. She 
led the publications committee and served many years as West Coast 
editor of CBHL's newsletter. She has mentored countless new members 
and hosted the organization's 2002 annual meeting in San Francisco.

She is a member of the Special Libraries Association, including their 
Natural History Caucus, and the Yerba Buena Chapter of the California 
Native Plant Society, and is a charter member of the Society for 
Ecological Restoration. She led the Bernal Hilltop Native Grassland 
Restoration Project and, with her husband, Roland, received The Trust 
for Public Land Award for 30 years of volunteer park stewardship.

CBHL is the leading professional organization in the field of 
botanical and horticultural information services. It recognizes the 
crucial importance of collecting, preserving, and making accessible 
the accumulated knowledge about plants for present and future 
generation. For more information, visit http://www.cbhl.net.

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