Brandyn Whitaker named winner of the 2024 BRASS Student Travel Award sponsored by SimplyAnalytics

Brandyn Whitaker is awarded the BRASS Student Travel Award sponsored by SimplyAnalytics for his dedication to building his community through business and career support, his innovation and initiative in developing programming, and his experience teaching groups and individuals. – Award Committee Statement

Mr. Whitaker is a Library Services Associate in the Workforce and Economic Development department at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.  In this role he has learned new resources and databases, and enthusiastically shares the value of these resources to patrons and community members.  He has created a new program, WORKshop, to provide opportunities for patrons to receive walk-in business and career help.  Mr. Whitaker also teaches classes on business, career, and nonprofit resources for the community and collaborates with his team to promote and implement grant-funded programming.

Established in 1992, this $1,250 monetary prize is given to a student enrolled in an ALA accredited master’s degree program to fund travel to and attendance at the ALA Annual Conference and a one-year membership in the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of RUSA.

The BRASS SimplyAnalytics Student Travel Award selection committee was Chaired by Maggie Marchant.