Michael Moodie recieves ASCLA Francis Joseph Campbell award
Eileen Hardy
ASCLA Marketing Specialist
(312) 280-4398
ehardy@ala.org
For Immediate Release,
March 5, 2008
Michael Moodie recieves ASCLA Francis Joseph Campbell award
CHICAGO-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 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.
“Michael Moodie was the principal architect of the digital talking book program at National Library Service 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 Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped program has dramatically improved the global landscape for the print disabled community.”
The award will be presented during the ASCLA Awards Ceremony 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on June 29, during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim (Calif.).
ASCLA is a diverse association of members working in academia, cooperatives, governmental agencies, specialized libraries and as consultants. It is a division of ALA.
