[Scla-list] SCLA-TechnicalServicesSectionAward

[Vierthaler,Patricia]

Jane Walter Mason Award for 


 Excellence in Technical Services


The Technical Services Section is accepting nominations for the Jane
Walter Mason Award of Excellence in Technical Services to be presented
at the SCLA annual conference. The honoree will receive a plaque and
$100 check from Lyrasis. Please read the purpose and eligibility
criteria for this award to decide whether you know a librarian or a
library staff member who qualifies. 


Purpose:


To recognize and honor a librarian or library staff member who through
the course of the year has made contributions to help improve technical
services in the United States, South Carolina, and/or their own
technical services department.  Such contributions may include
organizing, planning, and/or hosting workshops, providing leadership to
the technical service or South Carolina library community, contributing
to technical services resources, improving standards or practices,
promoting technical services through teaching or influence, etc. The
former multi-year Chair of Technical Services Section, Jane Walter
Mason, felt it was important to promote improvement of skills in
technical services. She was active in many organizations where her
contributions help further technical services. The Technical Services
Section wishes to recognize others that seek to improve technical
services whether it is at a national level, statewide, local, or even
individual level. 


Criteria: 


 

*	The recipient must be a member of the South Carolina Library
Association.
*	The recipient must have completed actions and/or accomplishments
that served to improve technical services for staff and/or librarians in
the United States, South Carolina, and/or your library's technical
services department. 
*	The award may be recognition for contributions made within
previous five years of the award year.
*	The award is open to people who have worked in any type of
library-academic, public, school, or special.
*	Nominations must be made in writing to the Chairperson of the
Technical Services Committee.  Nomination forms may be obtained from the
SCLA website.
*	The deadline for nominations is September 10, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

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