2001
Deborah Babel
Anglo-American School of Moscow
Moscow, Russia

"The trip to Boca Raton in February 2002 was an opportunity I never expected to win. As I looked over the guidelines for the competition, the biggest surprise was that the recipient’s institution need not subscribe to SIRS services. This professional development opportunity is not a sales pitch. It is a learning opportunity that you craft for yourself. On the surface, the itinerary for my trip looked pretty tame: introductory sessions all over the SIRS corporation, training sessions with Mandarin and visits to several libraries in the area. What I came away with was the enjoyment of meeting so many nice people, and visiting a part of my country I had never before seen. There is no way to adequately describe the visit so I will close this piece with a scattering of impressions from the trip.

Observing differences in queuing behavior between North Americans and Russians.

Learning that SIRS owns a commercial printing shop, which produces fine poster art.

Meeting so many of the interesting and highly qualified people who work at SIRS.

Seeing that there really are people who read, select and edit all those articles.

Going with a SIRS host to each library, and having each person as excited as I about the visit.

Meeting librarians from many types of libraries, and being able to share with them our world of international school librarianship."

2000
Dory Khayatt
International College
Beirut, Lebanon

1999
Nora Soundy de Huezo
Academia Britanica Cuscalleca
Santa Tecla, El Salvador
 

1998
Joyce Agyare
SOS Herman G. Meiner International College
Tema Ghana, South Africa
 

1997
Anne Kurt
Interantional School
Isatnbul, Turkey
 

1996
Michelle Berry
Interantional School
Lusaka, Zambia
 

1995
Marija Oblak
Vienna Interantional School
Vienna, Austria
 

1994
Sharon Vogel
Interantional School of Prague
Prague, Czech Republic
 

1993
Coralie Clark
The Frankfurt Interantional School
Frnakfurt, Germany
 

1992
Nancy Fennesy
American Interantional School
Budapest, Hungary