Current ASCLA Award Recipients
We are proud to announce this year's awards recipients.
ASCLA 2008 Award Recipients
ASCLA Leadership and Professional Achievement Awards | Cathleen Bourdon Service AwardASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award | Francis Joseph Campbell Award | Century Scholarship
ASCLA Leadership and Professional Achievement Award
The ASCLA Leadership and Professional Achievement Award is a citation presented to one or more ASCLA members in recognition of leadership and achievement in the following areas of activity: consulting, multi-type library cooperation, networking, statewide service and programs and state library development.
Connie Paul, executive director, Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Freehold (N.J.), is the 2008 co-recipient of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Leadership and Professional Achievement Award presented by the ASCLA, a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
“Connie Paul has been selected for this award to honor her outstanding leadership and professional achievements in recruitment and training on a state and national level,” said Kathleen Hegarty, ASCLA awards committee chair. “On a state level she was responsible for the development of a Recruitment and Leadership Training Grant which encompassed three elements: an annual week-long New Jersey Academy of Library Leadership Training for mid-career librarians; a program in succession planning for librarians nearing retirement; and a recruitment campaign to attract high school and college students to the field of librarianship. On a national level, Paul served as chair of the Recruitment Forum (2005), is an ongoing member of the ALA Recruitment Assembly and is a founding member of the ALA Emerging Leaders Task Force.”
We wish to acknowledge the work of the award committee: Kathleen B. Hegarty, Chair; Beth Filar; Ann Joslin; Robert Klassen; and Rhonda K. Puntney.
ASCLA Leadership and Professional Achievement Award
The ASCLA Leadership and Professional Achievement Award is a citation presented to one or more ASCLA members in recognition of leadership and achievement in the following areas of activity: consulting, multi-type library cooperation, networking, statewide service and programs and state library development.
Public Library Interface Kit (PLINKIT) Collaborative is the 2008 co-recipient of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Leadership and Professional Achievement Award presented by the ASCLA, a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
PLINKIT Collaborative is a collaborative project of the Colorado State Library, Oregon State Library, Texas State Library and Illinois Regional Libraries that allows small libraries to customize and enrich websites, providing links to reference databases, local and world newspapers and many other information-rich resources.
“The PLINKIT Collaborative is an innovative, multi-state technology project that was chosen for this award in recognition of its significant impact on libraries and communities across a broad section of
We wish to acknowledge the work of the award committee: Kathleen B. Hegarty, Chair; Beth Filar; Ann Joslin; Robert Klassen; and Rhonda K. Puntney.
Cathleen Bourdon Service Award
The Cathleen Bourdon Service Award is a citation presented to recognize an ASCLA personal member for outstanding service and leadership to the division. The award recognizes sustained leadership and exceptional service through participation in activities that have enhanced the stature, reputation and overall strength of ASCLA and represented ASCLA to other appropriate organizations, institutions or governmental agencies.
Barbara H. Will, former library programs consultant in Library Development Services at the California State Library from 1987 to 2006, is the 2008 recipient of the Cathleen Bourdon Service Award. Will, who died in July 2007, is receiving the award posthumously. The award is presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
“The ASCLA Awards Committee pays tribute to the late Barbara Will by conferring on her posthumously the Cathleen Bourdon Service Award. Will unceasingly advocated for federal funding for libraries, continually leading the campaign for the reauthorization of the Library Services and Technology Act. Every year she tenaciously fought for the highest possible funding appropriation from Congress,” said Kathleen Hegarty, chair of the award committee.
“During her lifetime Barbara Will received the ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award for her professional activities. ASCLA bestows this additional honor in recognition of the special place she holds in ASCLA—and library—history as a valiant champion of
We wish to acknowledge the work of the award committee: Kathleen B. Hegarty, Chair; Beth Filar; Ann Joslin; Robert Klassen; and Rhonda K. Puntney.
ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award
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 Antioch Public Library,
The Antioch Public Library worked in concert with ARC Inroads, a community agency, on the Wednesday Club. The Wednesday Club based its monthly series of imaginative, lively programs on the participants’ input and provided a venue for group members to express themselves in delightful art and writings revealing their rapport with the librarians. The programs included “This is Your Library,” “Fire Safety in the Home,” “Read to the Dogs,” “Animals in the
‘The Antioch Public Library was chosen for this award for its successful outreach to adults with developmental disabilities, a group seldom served by libraries,” said Kathleen Hegarty, ASCLA award committee chair. “Its approach, which emphasizes a welcoming attitude, group participation in program planning and partnership with a community agency, could well be employed by other libraries seeking to reach this underserved population. The Antioch Public Library program presents an inspiring model.”
We wish to acknowledge the work of the award committee: Kathleen B. Hegarty, Chair; Beth Filar; Ann Joslin; Robert Klassen; and Rhonda K. Puntney.
Francis Joseph Campbell Award
Michael M. Moodie, retired and past deputy director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped from 2004-2006, is the recipient of the 2008 Francis Joseph Campbell Award.
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.
ASCLA is a diverse association of members working in academia, cooperatives, governmental agencies, specialized libraries and as consultants. It is a division of ALA.
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
“Michael Moodie was the principal architect of the digital talking book program at National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped,” stated Gillian Lewis and Ruth Nussbaum, award committee co-chairs. “He was instrumental in developing the ANSI/NISO Specifications for the Digital Talking Book standard and Web Braille. His dedication to the National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped program has dramatically improved the global landscape for the print disabled community.”
We wish to acknowledge the work of the award committee: Gillian Lewis, Co-Chair; Ruth J. Nussbaum, Co-Chair; Vickie L. Collins; Mimi McCain; Jo Ann Radioli; Jonathan A. Reynolds; and Ms. Robin Hewitt Rousu.
Century Scholarship
Lela Ellison is the 2008 recipient of the Century Scholarship presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
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.
Ellison earned a bachelor of arts in English from St. Edward’s University, Austin (Texas). She is a teacher and is involved in library classification duties at the Sri Atmananda Memorial School, Austin.
“I am fascinated with the journey information takes as it flows from source to user to revelation,” said Ellison. “As a future information professional, I aspire to contribute to the ongoing efforts to make information accessible and appealing to individuals and communities.”