Albany, NY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the New York State Thruway Authority and Canal Corporation to receive the 2007 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in State Agency Records Management.
The award will be presented to Diane Galuski, Pierre Cridlig, and Geri Kissane at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Building in Albany on October 22, 2007.
The award recognizes the Thruway Authority and the Canal Corporation for its outstanding records management program that now serves as a model for other state agencies. It commends the Thruway and Canal Corporation for its remarkable efforts to inventory and develop agency-wide retention schedules over the past few years and for consolidating schedules from divisions across the state into common divisional schedules used by both units.
Previous recipients of this annual award include the New York State Department of Health (2000), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2001), New York State Office of the Attorney General (2002), Binghamton University (2003), New York State Insurance Department (2004), New York State Department of Civil Service (2005), and the New York State Emergency Management Office (2006).
The annual Archives Awards program recognizes outstanding efforts in archives and records management work in New York State by a broad range of individuals and organizations. A complete list of this year’s award recipients follows:
Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the State Archives
Laura Wittern-Keller, University at Albany
Debra E. Bernhardt Award for Excellence in Documenting New York’s
History
Dominican Studies Institute, City College of New York
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Schenectady County Historical Society
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival
Program Development
Suffolk County
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Town of Lewisboro
Excellence in State Agency Records Management
New York State Thruway Authority and Canal Corporation
Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by a
Local Government
Town of Ithaca
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using
Historical Records, Grades 4–5
Fourth and Fifth Grade Students from the Stewart School, Garden City School
District
Dolores Volpe, Educator
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using
Historical Records, Grades 6–8
Emma Gugerty, Locust Valley Middle School, Locust Valley Central School District
Barbara LaBella, Educator
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using
Historical Records, Grades 9–12
Alexandra Rheinhardt, Cooperstown Central High School, Cooperstown Central School
District
Mary Beth Murdock, Educator