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May 31, 2005

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CONTACT: Carol A. Berger; 630.653.1115, ext. 220

C. BERGER GROUP ENTREPRENEURIAL PROMISE AWARD WINNERS NAMED FOR 2005 AT MIDWEST UNIVERSITIES

Carol Stream, IL, May 31, 2005 – C. Berger Group, Inc. (CBG) one of the nation’s largest library personnel and information services firm recently announced the names of the three Masters in Library Science degree recipients who were selected to receive C. Berger Group Inc. Entrepreneurial Promise Awards for 2005. CBG funds the prize which is given to graduating students who exhibit unusual creativity, reflect an innovative spirit and show the most promise for an outstanding career in a special library, nontraditional setting or as an entrepreneur. Carol A. Berger, founder of CBG, a former special librarian herself, initiated the gift to encourage interest in special librarianship as a career option and to focus on the qualities and skills needed to succeed in this area. Faculty members selected the students at each institution. “I was amazed at how well this year’s winners of the CBG Entrepreneurial Promise Award were able to leverage their library school experiences to further their professional careers,” said Joel Patrick Berger, CBG President. “They represent the most talented and ambitious graduates from all programs across the US.”

Selected at the institutions were:

Susan E. Sutherland, the fifth award winner from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, received her citation at GSLIS convocation, May 15, 2005. Ms. Sutherland was chosen because she demonstrated, both as a student and as a member of the GSLIS community abiding academic excellence and entrepreneurial spirit. These qualities were demonstrated in her assistantship at the University’s Business and Economics Library and as a Commercialization Research intern for the Office of Technology Management, where she performed intellectual property research and analyzed business and legal issues related to valuation of emerging University technologies. In addition to the CBG Award, Ms. Sutherland received scholarships from MLNC/OCLC and Special Libraries Association (SLA) Illinois Chapter and had served as president of the SLA student Chapter on campus. She is a 1999 graduate of Wellesley College with a B.A. in Economics. Susan resides in Brookline, MA.

Dorothea Salo, third recipient at the University of Wisconsin-Madison SLIS, was chosen because faculty felt she could easily thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, was extremely adept at all the technologies needed in a special or academic library and helped create opportunities for herself and others. She was also recognized for her strong communications and research skills, having won the Valmai Fenster Award in 2004 and been selected by Beta Phi Mu as one of the outstanding Student Scholar Finalists. Dorothea received an assistantship with the Puerto Rican Census Project at the University and worked under contract for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. In addition to her MSLS, Ms. Salo holds a M.A. in Spanish, also from U/WI and a B.A. in Comparative Literature and Spanish from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her CBG Award was presented at commencement, May 14 at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, where she resides.

Lauren Collen is the third CBG Entrepreneurial Promise Award winner at Dominican University Graduate School of Library & Information Science. Ms. Collen distinguished herself by her creativity and was singled out because of her achievements demonstrated in the outstanding portfolio she created which chronicled her student activities and her assistantship assignments. Lauren’s independent research project compared preschool children’s experiences with picture books in various formats. She also participated in a practicum that centered on planning and programming children’s activities and excelled in storytelling activities. Ms. Collen holds a B.F.A. in painting from Wayne State University She received her Award during the Beta Phi Mu installation ceremony held on campus May 24, 2005. Lauren resides in Lincolnwood, IL with her husband, John and children, Josh, Ben, Sarah and Joel.

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The C. Berger Group Entrepreneurial Promise Award was established by CBG in 2000 at the University of Illinois to honor a student who exhibits unusual creativity, reflects an innovative spirit and shows the most promise for an outstanding career in a special library, nontraditional setting or as an entrepreneur. The first awards were made to graduates of MLS programs at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Dominican University, River Forest in 2003. The CBG Entrepreneurial Promise Award is one of several prizes CBG funds or sponsors annually for professional librarians and support staff of distinction nationwide. They include the Librarian of the Year, for the Illinois Library Association each fall, the Karen J. Switt Leadership Award for the Leadership and Management Division of the Special Libraries Association in June, and the Library Assistant Award at Reaching Forward South each September.

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Founded by Carol A. Berger as C. Berger And Company in 1982, C. Berger Group, Inc. is a full service firm which provides specialized temporary workers, permanent placement, consulting and project management support services from its suburban Chicago headquarters. CBG is a woman-owned small business. CBG clients include corporations, government agencies, law firms, trade and professional associations, non-profit organizations, healthcare centers, public libraries and academic institutions throughout the US.

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For further information about C. Berger Group, Inc., contact:

Carol A. Berger, Manager, Marketing Communications

Phone: 630.653.1115, ext. 220

Email: carolb@cberger.com