{"id":29944,"date":"2023-08-22T12:57:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/?p=29944"},"modified":"2023-08-22T12:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:57:47","slug":"njla-names-north-hunterdon-high-school-librarian-as-librarian-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/njla-names-north-hunterdon-high-school-librarian-as-librarian-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"NJLA NAMES NORTH HUNTERDON HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIAN AS LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Martha Hickson recognized by fellow librarians

<\/em>ANNANDALE, NJ\u2014 North Hunterdon High School Librarian Martha Hickson has been named the 2023 Librarian of the Year by the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA). In nominating Hickson, librarians at the Hunterdon County Library and the Piscataway Public Library said,\u00a0 \u201cNot only is Martha\u00a0an inspiration to the marginalized teens she champions in her community, but also to librarians everywhere, who are increasingly under fire for developing diverse and inclusive collections.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 2019, Hickson has successfully fought six attempts to ban books and actively protects students\u2019 right to read in the school district. She has worked to share intellectual freedom best practices with librarians by presenting at conferences and webinars, most recently as a keynote speaker at the Conference on Academic Library Management and Northeastern University\u2019s Annual Women\u2019s History Month Symposium.\u00a0 Through her writing, media appearances, and presentations to community groups, libraries, and churches, she has also raised awareness about censorship among the general public.<\/p>\n

The NJLA Librarian of the Year Award was created to recognize exemplary achievements by a New Jersey librarian making a significant contribution at any level of librarianship. Accepting the award, Hickson said, \u201cThis was\u00a0 such a wonderful surprise. Twenty-two months ago I was called a criminal just for circulating award-winning books, and now I\u2019m standing here. Talk about a plot twist! You\u2019re going to make some book banners very angry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Established in 1890 and providing services to more than 2,000 members, NJLA, is\u00a0 the oldest and largest library organization in New Jersey. It advocates for library services for New Jersey residents; provides education and networking for library staff; and supports intellectual freedom and access to books, music, movies, and information.<\/p>\n

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Martha Hickson recognized by fellow librarians ANNANDALE, NJ\u2014 North Hunterdon High School Librarian Martha Hickson has been named the 2023 Librarian of the Year by the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA). In nominating Hickson, librarians at the Hunterdon County Library and the Piscataway Public Library said,\u00a0 \u201cNot only is Martha\u00a0an inspiration to the marginalized teens […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":29945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-north-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"entry","10":"override"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2023\/08\/martha.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-21 23:44:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29946,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29944\/revisions\/29946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}