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Winners Chapman (left) and Reddick with Dean Pat Steele (center).

The IU Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Sam Burgess Undergraduate Student Library Research Award.

Junior Jessica Reddick won first place and $1,000 for her paper "Sexperts & Sexpertise: The Demands of Cold War Era Professionals in the Bedroom."

Sophomore Erin Chapman won second place and $500 for her paper "The Dreadful Chasm”: American Recognition and Response to the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1916 and the Holocaust."

Both winners were recognized yesterday at a reception hosted by the IU Libraries to honor achievements of librarians, staff, and volunteers.

The Sam Burgess Undergraduate Library Award recognizes excellence in undergraduate research projects by rewarding students who incorporate extraordinary skill and creativity in the application of the services and collections of the IU Libraries.

Winners are selected by a committee of librarians and members of the Bloomington Faculty Council Library Committee.

Established in 2007, the award is supported by an endowment started by an IUB librarian in memory of her late son, a voracious and eclectic reader. Her support of this endowment also recognizes the importance of the IU Libraries to undergraduate education.