2010 Nancy B. Olson Award goes to Julie Renee Moore

On behalf of the Nancy B. Olson Award committee, it is my pleasure to announce that Julie Renee Moore, catalog librarian at the Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno, is the 2010 recipient of the Nancy B. Olson Award presented by the OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc.

The Nancy B. Olson Award recognizes and honors a librarian who has made significant contributions to the advancement and understanding of audiovisual cataloging.

Ms. Moore will receive her award at the 2010 OLAC Membership meeting to be held during the ALA Annual Conference this year in Washington, D.C.

The 2010 Nancy B. Olson Award Committee members are: Bobby Bothmann (chair), Paige Andrew (last recipient), and Lori Kupsky (OLAC member).

Submitted by: The 2010 Nancy B. Olson Awards Committee
Bobby Bothmann, Committee Chair

Kelley McGrath wins Esther J. Piercy Award

CHICAGO-The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has named Kelley McGrath, Cataloging & Metadata Services Librarian (audio-visual) at Ball State University, Muncie, Ind., the winner of the 2010 Esther J. Piercy Award. The award will be presented on Sunday, June 27, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2010 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

McGrath has demonstrated initiative and leadership in establishing a record of achievement and success in her position at Ball State University Libraries, in publication and scholarship and in her contributions to the profession. Besides demonstrating leadership within the libraries and involving herself in a variety of national and professional organizations, she is actively publishing within the profession. In addition to her publications, some of her most notable work has been through the Cataloging and Policy Committee of OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers). McGrath displays many traits of strong leadership and clearly exhibits all of the qualities represented by the Esther J. Piercy Award.

The Esther J. Piercy Award was established by ALCTS in 1968 in memory of Esther J.Piercy, the editor of Journal of Cataloging and Classification from 1950 to 1956 and of Library Resources & Technical Services from 1957 to 1967. It is given to recognize the contributions to those areas of librarianship included in library collections and technical services by a librarian with no more than 10 years of professional experience who has shown outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership. The recipient receives a $1,500 grant donated by YBP, Inc. and a citation in recognition of his/her accomplishments.

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is the national association for information providers who work in collections and technical services, such as acquisitions, cataloging, collection development, preservation and continuing resources in digital and print formats.

ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.

The full press release is copied below:

http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2010/february2010/piercy_alcts.cfm

Adapted from a message submitted by Bobby Bothmann, Mankato State University.

Integrating Resources Cataloging Workshop
Four-week Web-based online workshop
Dates: April 5-30, 2010
Fee: $299.00
Instructor: Steven Miller

General Description: This four-week online workshop is designed for practicing catalogers from all types of libraries as well as students who have a working knowledge of the MARC 21 bibliographic format and AACR2.  The course provides guidance on cataloging integrating resources of all types, with an emphasis on remote access electronic integrating resources such as updating Web sites and online databases.  The workshop covers AACR2 cataloging rules from chapters 9 and 12 and MARC coding.  The sessions includean introduction to integrating resources and their identification, instructions for original cataloging of Web sites and databases, making changes to existing records, and case studies covering more difficult aspects of cataloging electronic integrating resources.

Detailed Workshop Description: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/mll/www/IRC.htm

Online Registration: https://www4.uwm.edu/sois/epayment/courses/index.cfm?a1=browse&notify=TRUE#pdi124

Originally posted by Steven J. Miller, UWM School of Information Studies

NETSL Annual Spring Conference Program 2010
Crosswalks to the Future
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
NELA: New England Library Association
NETSL: New England Technical Services Librarians

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Barbara B. Tillett, Chief, Policy and Standards Division, Library of Congress.
"Building Blocks for the Future: Making Controlled Vocabularies Available for the Semantic Web"

Jon Orwant, Engineering Manager for Google Books, Google Magazines, and Google Patents.
"Creating a trillion-field catalog: metadata in Google Books"
Adapted from the original posting by Helen Linda, Goddard College.