81R35468 JGH-D
By: Marquez H.R. No. 2724
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Sharon Carr of El Paso was honored with a Platinum
Star Award from the University of North Texas Department of Library
and Information Sciences on April 2, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Presented by the department's alumni society, the
Platinum Star Awards recognize distinguished UNT alumni for
outstanding professional achievement and service to their
communities; the awards were presented in conjunction with the
celebration of the department's 70th anniversary in 2009; and
WHEREAS, Sharon Carr earned her bachelor's degree from UNT in
1964, and she received her master's degree in library science from
the university in 1989; she worked as an elementary school
librarian in El Paso for 17 years before assuming her current role
as library learning resources administrator for the El Paso
Independent School District; in 2005, she was appointed by Governor
Rick Perry to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for a
term to expire in 2011; and
WHEREAS, Dedicated to her chosen field, Ms. Carr is a member
of the Border Regional Library Association, the Texas Association
of School Library Administrators, and the Texas Library
Association, and she has served on the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission School Library Standards Advisory Committee,
which is responsible for drafting statewide school library
standards; and
WHEREAS, Sharon Carr has been an invaluable asset to school
libraries in El Paso and to libraries across the Lone Star State,
and this award justly acknowledges her myriad contributions to her
profession; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Sharon Carr for receiving a
Platinum Star Award from the University of North Texas Department
of Library and Information Sciences and extend to her sincere best
wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Carr as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.