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June 30, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Joel Patrick Berger; 630.653.1115

C. BERGER GROUP SPONSORS KAREN J. SWITT AWARD AT SLA CONFERENCE IN SEATTLE

Carol Stream, IL -- June 30, 2008. C. Berger Group, Inc.(CBG), one of the nation’s oldest and largest library consulting and staffing firms, recently announced that Cynthia (Cindy) Hill received the prestigious Karen J. Switt Leadership Award at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) 99th annual conference in Seattle. CBG sponsored the prize for the eighteenth year for the Leadership and Management Division (LMD). Joel Patrick Berger, CBG President, presented the citation to Ms. Hill during the LMD business meeting on June 16, 2008. The Award, instituted in 1988, recognizes a member's significant contributions to leadership in the profession of information management over a five year period. CBG funds a monetary gift and the LMD provides an etched crystal sculpture to the recipient.

""This is another feather in Cindy’s career hat,” said Mr. Berger. “It acknowledges her dedication to the profession and her accomplishments as a leader. Our Division is especially proud to honor one of its own who is a natural-born leader, a tireless advocate of the profession, professional, and is the consummate career example." Said Ms. Hill, “I continue to be overwhelmed every time I think about being awarded this recognition as I’ve admired and worked to emulate previous recipients. I’m very honored and humbled by this recognition.” Ms. Hill was selected because of her life-long commitment to learning, innovation, and sharing, both within the Leadership and Management Division but also the Special Libraries Association as a whole. Her achievements include elected positions as SLA President, SLA Director, SLA Secretary, numerous Chapter and Division positions and various Association level committees. She is a recent winner of the H.W. Wilson Company Award and is also a SLA Fellow.

Cindy is Vice President, Information Management Services for Outsell, Inc. where she serves as an executive-level advisor and consultant to clients on issues such as state-of-the-art information management and services Before joining Outsell, Cindy managed Sun Microsystems, Inc’s Digital Library and Research group for 12 years. Ms. Hill received her Master of Information Science degree in 1979 from San Jose State University, where she also serves as a part-time professor and sits on its Advisory Council. When she’s not involved in professional activities, Cindy can be found thundering down the highway on her motorcycle, hiking in the high Sierras, or pushing her road bike pedals.

In addition to presenting the award, Joel Patrick Berger participated in and attended various sessions in Seattle as well as being seen at numerous Division open houses.

The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,500 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit SLA on the Web at www.sla.org. Photographs are available on request.

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The Karen J. Switt Leadership Award is one of several prizes that CBG funds or sponsors annually for professional librarians and support staff of distinction. They include the Librarian of the Year for the Illinois Library Association each fall, the Library Assistant Award at Reaching Forward South in Illinois each September and the CBG Entrepreneurial Promise Awards, given to one graduating librarian from each school of library and information science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin at Madison and Dominican University in River Forest, IL.

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

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

Joel Patrick Berger, President

Phone: 630.653.1115, ext. 212

Email: jberger@cberger.com