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For Immediate Release
June 4, 2004
Bogle-Pratt International Library Travel Fund winner announced
CHICAGO - Steven Shadle is the 2004 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Committee's "Bogle-Pratt International Library Travel Fund."
The Bogle Memorial Fund and the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science provided a $1,000 cash award for Shadle to attend his first international conference in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
The award is in recognition of Sarah Comly Norris Bogle, a prominent U.S. librarian who made notable contributions in international library service.
Shadle attended the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institution Libraries (ACURIL) conference, "Electronic Information Resources in the Caribbean: Trends and Issues" in Trinidad and Tobago, where he presented a paper called "AACR 2002 Revisions and the Aggregator-Neutral Approach: Recent Changes to Electronic Resource Cataloging."
"The selection process was especially difficult because of the wealth of worthwhile applications," said Jeanne Drewes, chair, Bogle Pratt Award. "The award committee was particularly impressed with Shadle's application because it showed a steady progression of research interest in the subject of cooperative cataloging, as well as a dedication to sharing information in this area. Shadle's application included the proposal for a paper to be presented at the conference. While attendance at an international conference has many positive outcomes, presenting has the added benefit of sharing information about processes and standards in the United States. Shadle's interest in such sharing of information for mutual benefit impressed the committee."
Shadle is a serials cataloger at the University of Washington Libraries. He provides original and complex copy cataloging of serials in all subject areas and in all formats (print, nonprint and electronic) using AACR, LC and NLM classification, LCSH and MeSH, CONSER guidelines and OCLC/MARC tagging. His other duties include: contributing names, series and subject authority records to the national authority file using NACO and SACO standards; serving as a staff resource in the area of serials and electronic resource cataloging; training and revising serials catalogers; developing policies, procedures and new initiatives in the cataloging of electronic serials; and representing the serials cataloging section and serials division on library planning, decision-making groups and other system-wide groups, as appropriate.
Shadle will be recognized during the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla.