LIT Librarians Awarded Ambassador of the Year by Minister for Finance

Jerald Cavanagh and Padraig Kirby were awarded the Ambassador of the year for 2012.

Jerald Cavanagh Institute Librarian and Padraig Kirby Senior Library Assistant at Limerick Institute of Technology Library Service were awarded the Ambassador of the year for 2012 by Minister for Finance, Mr. Michael Noonan T.D at The Shannon Region Conference & Sports Bureau and Shannon Development Ambassador of the Year Awards ceremony in the University of Limerick New Sports Pavilion on Friday 13th of April 2012.

Jerald and Padraig were honoured for their attempts to deliver key business tourism for Limerick. The duo have brought more than 2m worth of business to the greater Limerick area by organising major international conferences on behalf of Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT). They were chosen to receive this award over 50 Ambassadors nominated on the night taken from up to 300 Ambassadors working actively in the region from the Sports, Education and other fields. Other nominees included Shannon Airport, the University of Limerick , Limerick Chamber of Commerce among others. They were also the recipient of a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of their contribution to Business and Sports Tourism in the Shannon Region. Jerald Cavanagh and Padraig Kirby have been responsible for bringing over 2m worth of conference business to Limerick city through bidding for and hosting such large international conferences as LILAC 2010, QQML 2012, the International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World (2013), LILAC 2013 and the International Conference on Electronic publishing (2014). These were the inaugural Shannon Region Conference & Sports Bureau and Shannon Development Ambassador awards and hence this makes this achievement even more special. This award is an important recognition of the role libraries and librarians can play in promoting business and tourism in their region and nationally.