Congratulations to Dr. Rhoda Howard-Hassmann for winning the prestigious Dartmouth Medal from the Reference and User Services Association for the Encyclopedia of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2009). Dr. Howard-Hassmann is a Senior Editor of the five volume encyclopedia.

The Dartmouth Award Committee selected the Encyclopedia of Human Rights, "for its comprehensive coverage of a timely and important topic." And went on to call it, "a major contribution to the literature of human rights, this harrowing but important work chronicles the advances in the human rights movement from 1945 to the present, including such recent issues as the right to health care. Its extensive bibliography and in depth analysis makes this an essential title for all libraries."