NETSL Award for Excellence in Technical Services

For her extensive and excellent work as a trainer and consultant to New England technical services librarians;  for her dedication to planning outstanding programs and contributing to the professional development of the library community;  for her creative leadership and participation in professional activities and local library associations;  for her strong encouragement of libraries to “work smarter” and more cost-effectively in service to their users; and for her generosity in sharing her knowledge and energy with technical services librarians throughout New England.

For her ability to lead, innovate, and boldly face new challenges in technical services; for her encouragement and mentoring of new professionals; for unstinting willingness to help others with her time and knowledge; for service in educating technical services librarians in New England and beyond; for insightful presentations and publications; for active participation in numerous professional organizations; for expertise and wisdom in cataloging and authority work; for ground breaking work with digital repositories and electronic resource management in a consortium setting; for her undaunted enthusiasm, dedication and support for technical services.

For his ability to capture the gist of conference presentations in a lively yet informative style/way; his encyclopedic knowledge of the technical services community and the issues it faces; his level of commitment and energy; his publications and conference presentations; his ability to stay current with trends in technical services and write about those trends in a lively and informative style; his demonstrated passion for the work of technical services and his willingness to share his knowledge with his colleagues near and far; His 15 years of service to NETSL; his work in analysis of the indexing and display of subject headings in the OPAC; his international perspective on subject access and multi-lingual issues; his formidable intellect and sense of humor; his service as a mentor, model, and unsung hero in encouraging others to make important and noteworthy contributions to the profession; his engagement with and commitment to the technical services community as a librarian and as a professional; his uncanny ability to absorb and interpret complex technical information, capture his thoughts in writing, and render complex concepts meaningful to his colleagues; his insights contributed to countless discussions and debates; his generosity to the profession of his time and his exceptional skills as a writer and commentator; his high level of active participation, involvement, and contribution that embodies the spirit of excellence in library technical services, shaping our awareness of current issues and contributing in significant ways to the well being of our profession. 

For her active participation in professional associations; for her presentations both locally and nationally; for managing the technical services department of an ACRL research library; for being an advocate for “back of the house” operation while keeping public service in the forefront of her mind; for surviving blistering staffing cuts and yet finding a way to do more, and do it better; for making tremendous strides in solving more than 150 years of cataloging conundrums at the Boston Public Library; and for finalizing a retrospective conversion project of the Library’s research collection that will ultimately provide access to more than 6 million items for scholars and researchers world wide.

For her implementation of an institutional repository; for her redesign of the Lamar Soutter Library website; for her certification in NACO and participation in NACO’s Medical Funnel; for her presentations at professional meetings and publications in professional journals; for her leadership in professional associations at local, state, and national levels; for her many years of cataloging experience in both corporate and academic libraries; and for illustrating that librarians in smaller academic and health sciences libraries have a valuable role to play in the advancement of technical services best practices.

For his deep and lasting contributions to the development of international descriptive cataloging standards; for his active support of the professional development of his colleagues across the United States; for his active participation, as member and as chair, on the Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, and for his continued commitment to the development of Resource Description and Access by serving as Chair of the Joint Steering Committee’s Outreach Group; for ongoing commitment to providing continuing education throughout the profession; and for his tireless enthusiasm and dedication to the development and promotion of the future of Technical Services throughout the United States and overseas.