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Bennington Librarian Oceana Wilson Discusses Recent Honor on VPR

Oceana Wilson, Director of Library and Information Services, was interviewed on Vermont Public Radio this week after winning the American Library Association's "I Love My Librarian Award," a national prize sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and The New York Times. Wilson, one of 10 winners chosen from more than 3,200 nominations, received $5,000 and was honored at a ceremony last month in New York.

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"I'm enamored with the library at Bennington College and the community," she told VPR's Mitch Wertlieb on VermontEdition. "So it's a pretty great thing to feel some of that love coming back."

To listen to the interview, click here.