Current ASCLA Award Recipients
Join ASCLA in acknowledging the achievements of the 2007 ASCLA award recipients and Century scholar during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., at the ASCLA President's Program, "Is Your Information Technology Accessible? Section 508 and Libraries," on Sunday, June 24, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
We are proud to announce this year's awards recipients and Century scholar.
ASCLA 2007 Award Recipients
ASCLA Exceptional Service Award
Diana Reese, institutional library services coordinator, Colorado State Library, Salida (Colo.), is the 2007 recipient of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Exceptional Service Award.
The ASCLA Exceptional Service Award is a citation to recognize exceptional service to patients and inmates; the homebound; medical, nursing and other professional staff in hospitals; and inmates, as well as to recognize professional leadership, effective interpretation of programs, pioneering activity and significant research. The award is presented by ASCLA, a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
"As a state library consultant to libraries serving incarcerated persons, Diana Reese has helped develop some of the best institutional library facilities in the country," said Ruth O'Donnell, ASCLA awards committee chair. "Working through periods of financial cutbacks as well as better times, she has kept a positive attitude and worked very hard to assure continuing access to libraries for offenders because she believes in the importance of library services in educating and encouraging them to improve their lives."
"Diana's 2005 study of the impact of correctional libraries on academic pursuits confirms her belief and provides strong support for this service around the nation."
ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award
Lee A. Logan, director of Consulting and Continuing Education, and Kitty Pope, executive director, of the Alliance Library System, in East Peoria (Ill.), are the 2007 co-recipients of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Leadership Achievement Award presented by the ASCLA, a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
The ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award is a citation presented to recognize leadership and achievement in consulting, multi-type library cooperation and state library development. The award recognizes sustained activity that has been characterized by professional growth and effectiveness and has enhanced the status of these areas of activity.
Logan and Pope developed the Multi-type Consultant Certification Program (MCCP) two years ago at the Alliance Library System to train new multi-type library system consultants. It is an action-oriented and practical approach to learning the ropes of consultancy in eight critical skill sets.
"Kitty Pope and Lee Logan are forging new pathways in preparing multi-type library systems consultants to meet the needs of member libraries," said Ruth O'Donnell, ASCLA awards committee chair. "They developed a national model, the Multi-type Consultant Certification Program, for the Alliance Library System that helps librarians new to consulting to successfully serve the Systems 259 libraries."
ASCLA Professional Achievement Award
 Thomas J. Sanville, executive director, OhioLINK, Columbus, is the 2007 recipient of the ASCLA Professional Achievement Award presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
The ASCLA Professional Achievement Award is a citation presented to one or more ASCLA members for professional achievement within the areas of consulting, networking, statewide service and programs.
"Tom Sanville has made many important contributions to library resource sharing among academic libraries in Ohio during his 14 years as executive director of OhioLINK," said Ruth O'Donnell, award committee chair. "He also led the way for the partnership that created Libraries Connect Ohio, connecting other library type and academic library databases to bring Ohio resource sharing even further forward."
"Tom has been active on the international stage, too, as one of the founders of the International Coalition of Library Consortia. His work on affordability of access to electronic databases has been groundbreaking, showing us all that librarians can successfully negotiate with vendors. His has been a long career with significant impact on library service and he is very deserving of the ASCLA Professional Achievement Award.
ASCLA Service Award
No award was given this year, but the committee and board have renamed the award. It will henceforth be called the Cathleen Bourdon Service Award. Go here for more information.
ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award
The Braille Institute of Library Services, Los Angeles, is the 2007 recipient of the ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award administered by the of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
Donated by Keystone Systems, Inc., the $1,000 award and certificate is given to a library organization that has provided services for people with disabilities. The award is presented by ASCLA, a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
The Braille Institute of Library Services was selected for its Telephone Reader Program that was begun in 2000 with a Library Services and Technology Act grant. It has blossomed into a very important service for people in the area who are blind or have difficulty reading print. It allows people to hear the news and other information available in daily publications by dialing the telephone.
"'The Braille Institute of Library Services is an innovative service that offers newspapers, magazines and other print materials readings through touch-tone telephone service to almost 9,000 people each year," said Ruth O'Donnell, ASCLA award committee chair. "The program has consistently improved services and increased the number of volunteer readers, offering Spanish readers and taking advantage of its proximity to Hollywood's population of actors."
Francis Joseph Campbell Award
Sue O. Murdock, former manager of the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, is the recipient of the 2007 Francis Joseph Campbell Award.
The award is named for Francis Joseph Campbell (1832-1914), an American who lost his sight at the age of five. He was the music director at the Wisconsin School for the Blind and the Perkins Institution for the Blind. Campbell also was instrumental in the founding of the Royal National College for the Blind, and was knighted by King Edward VII of England.
The award, which consists of a citation and medal, is presented to a library or person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of library service for the blind and physically handicapped. The Library Service to People with Visual or Physical Disabilities Forum, of the Libraries Serving Special Populations Section of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), presents the award.
"Sue Murdock pioneered automated library services for persons with print disabilities," said Gillian Lewis and Ruth Nussbaum, award committee co-chairs. "She dedicated herself to the formation of the first integrated library system created by librarians for librarians, the non-profit consortium of libraries (CUL), and implemented the first voice activated telephone-based public access catalog for Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped patrons."
ASCLA Century Scholarship
Cynthia Nugent, is the 2007 recipient of the Century Scholarship presented ASCLA. Nugent is a student at the School of Library and Information Science, University of Southern Mississippi.
The independently funded Century Scholarship is a diversity initiative aimed at promoting the ALA’s mission of improving service at the local level through the development of a representative workforce that reflects the communities served by all libraries in the new millennium. The Century Scholarship is a $2,500 monetary award given annually to a student or students pursuing a degree in library and information science.
Nugent earned a bachelor of arts in History from the Belhaven College, Jackson (Miss.). She has worked as outreach coordinator and children and young adult librarian representative, Mississippi Library Commission, Blind and Physically Handicapped Library Services.
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