ASCLA 2001 Award Recipients
ASCLA Exceptional Service Award
Linda Lucas Walling, professor with the College of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, is the 2001 recipient of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies Exceptional Service Award.
The ASCLA Exceptional Service Award is a citation presented to recognize exceptional service to patients, the homebound, medical, nursing and other professional staff in hospitals and inmates. The award also recognizes professional leadership, effective interpretation of programs, pioneering activity and significant research.
"Through her teaching, research, and leadership, Dr. Walling has provided a role model for hundreds of librarians who have dedicated their careers to serving people with disabilities, as well as those who reside in nursing homes, hospitals and correctional institutions," stated Awards Committee Chair Michael Gunde.
ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award
Charles "Ray" Ewick, director of the Indiana State Library, is the 2001 recipient of the Leadership Achievement Award presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Agencies. The ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award recognizes leadership and achievement in consulting, multi-type library cooperation and state library development. The award, a citation, also acknowledges sustained activity that has been characterized by professional growth and effectiveness, and has enhanced the status of the activity.As state library director, Ewick has leveraged federal and state funds to jump-start integrated technology planning by providing grants for computers, Internet connections and access to electronic full-text databases. He also has led the INSPIRE program, which licenses access to more than 4,000 full-text periodicals for any resident of Indiana from any Internet connection in the state. He was successful in obtaining a $17 million appropriation for a major renovation of the State Library Building.
"Charles Ray Ewick has served for more than 20 years as the director of the Indiana State Library, working diligently to modernize and expand library services for the citizens of the state," stated Awards Committee Chair Michael Gunde.
"In addition, he has served the library profession in several leadership roles, including chair of ASCLA's State Library Agency Section and president of the Chief Offices of State Library Agencies," Gunde continued. "It is a pleasure to recognize his dedication and hard work with the ASCLA Leadership Award for 2001."
ASCLA Service Award
Frederick "Fred" Duda is the 2001 recipient of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Agencies Service Award. The Service Award is a citation presented to recognize an ASCLA personal member for the division. It recognizes sustained leadership and exceptional service through participation in activities that have enhanced the stature, reputation, and overall strength of ASCLA as well as representation of ASCLA to other appropriate organizations, institutions, or government agencies.Fred Duda, editor of ASCLA's
Interface newsletter, has served as secretary for the Venice Chapter of the Florida Council of the Blind, talking books librarian for Manatee and Sarasota Counties, Fla., and as an assistant university librarian at Columbia University Libraries.
"For six years, Mr. Duda worked tirelessly to improve the quality and timeliness of Interface, thereby providing useful information to members and enhancing the reputation of ASCLA," stated Awards Committee Chair Michael Gunde.
ASCLA National Organization on Disability Award
The Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio, is the 2001 recipient of the ASCLA/National Organization on Disability Award for Library Service for Persons with Disabilities. Donated by the Aetna U. S. Healthcare through the National Organization on Disability, the $1,000 award and certificate is given to a library organization that has provided services for disabled persons.
It recognizes an innovative and well-organized project that successfully developed or expanded services for people with disabilities; the project can be for specific service(s), program(s) or for a library that has made their total services more accessible through changing physical and/or attitudinal barriers. "The Cleveland Public Library is dedicated to helping everyone, whether at a technological disadvantage or a sensory disadvantage, cross the digital divide," said the Head of the Automation Services Department at the Cleveland Public Library, Bob Carterette.
"Using a combination of assistive technology, adaptive equipment, and information services, the Cleveland Public Library has set out to make its entire library system accessible to people with print disabilities," stated Michael Gunde, ASCLA Award Committee Chair.
Francis Joseph Campbell Award
Barbara Mates, head of the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at the Cleveland Public Library, is the recipient of the 2001 Francis Joseph Campbell Award given by 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).
The citation and medal are presented to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of library service for the blind and physically handicapped.
"Barbara Mates' focus on adaptive technology for print-disabled individuals, her contribution as a writer in this field, and many years of service as head of the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped have made her a leader in the fields of literacy and accessibility," Award Committee Chair Ruth Nussbaum said.
Century Scholarship
Simon Healey is the 2001 recipient of the Century Scholarship presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Healey is currently enrolled in the library and information sciences master's program at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Information Sciences."We look forward to awarding the second Century Scholarship to an exemplary role model who will encourage individuals with disabilities to become librarians," Century Scholarship Jury chair Elizabeth Ridler said.
Ellen Perlow, Chair of the Century Scholarship Committee, added, "Simon Healey, as well as our first Century Scholar, Rebecca Van Scyoc, already are the greatest of assets to, and ambassadors for, our LIS profession. Our Century Scholars are the finest examples of how people who represent the universal diversity of doing things differently achieve and succeed. Please join us in continuing to promote, strengthen, and expand the Century Scholarship Diversity Initiative so that our profession reflects the diversity of the communities LIS professionals serve."