OUTSTANDING LIBRARIAN
IN SUPPORT OF LITERACY AWARD
2013 Award Winner: Patricia Noa
Regional Services Manager, Orange County Public Library
Kudos to OCPL Regional Manager, Trish Noa!
California Library Association‘s 2013 Outstanding Librarian in Support of Literacy
READ Writes: October 2013
For Trish Noa, OCPL Central Regional
Manager, libraries and literacy are inseparable! She demonstrates her passion for literacy by
consistently encouraging OCPL staff to promote and support adult and family
literacy. As Branch Manager at Irvine Heritage Park Library, she often offered her own office for tutor/learner pairs
to meet, trained as a READ/OC tutor, and led a small group of READ/OC
learners.
Trish continues to work closely with the READ/OC team as liaison between the literacy program and libraries. She attends READ/OC meetings and partners with the READ/OC team to offer special workshops and programs at branches, such as the USCIS resources and workshops. She is always on the lookout for ways to support adult and family literacy efforts in libraries and in the community. She offers valuable advice, suggests untapped resources, and provides constructive insights. While at Irvine Heritage Park Regional Library, she brought the community into the library and took the library out into the community. When Trish learned of learners’ long wait for tutors, she worked with READ/OC to make literacy a priority at her branch. She became a READ/OC tutor and continues to address specific community needs, such as encouraging branches to create literacy displays to recruit more tutors in response to a growing waiting list of adult learners.
READ/OC congratulates Trish as CLA’s Outstanding Librarian in Support of Literacy, and very much appreciates the fantastic commitment to literacy and outstanding support of READ/OC by each and every OCPL team member!
Trish continues to work closely with the READ/OC team as liaison between the literacy program and libraries. She attends READ/OC meetings and partners with the READ/OC team to offer special workshops and programs at branches, such as the USCIS resources and workshops. She is always on the lookout for ways to support adult and family literacy efforts in libraries and in the community. She offers valuable advice, suggests untapped resources, and provides constructive insights. While at Irvine Heritage Park Regional Library, she brought the community into the library and took the library out into the community. When Trish learned of learners’ long wait for tutors, she worked with READ/OC to make literacy a priority at her branch. She became a READ/OC tutor and continues to address specific community needs, such as encouraging branches to create literacy displays to recruit more tutors in response to a growing waiting list of adult learners.
READ/OC congratulates Trish as CLA’s Outstanding Librarian in Support of Literacy, and very much appreciates the fantastic commitment to literacy and outstanding support of READ/OC by each and every OCPL team member!
This award, established in 2003 (Literacy Interest
Group), recognizes and honors a librarian who has gone
above and beyond the call of duty to support literacy.
Past Winners
2012: Christy Aguirre, Sacramento Public
LibraryPast Winners
2011: Patricia Lorenzo, Santa Clara County Library District
2010: Anne Cain, Contra Costa County Library
2009: Derek Wolfgram, Santa Clara County Library
2008: Jean Hofacket, Alameda County Library
2007: Carol Starr, Marin County Free Library
2006: John M. Adams, Orange County Public Library
2005: Sofia Bellos, Oxnard Public Library
2004: Leslie McGinnis Rodd, Oakland Public Library
2003: Chuck Aston, Redwood City Public Library
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