Subject: ALCTS CRS Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award
From: Jane Smith <janeasmith_at_library.tamu.edu>
Date: 3/12/2012 11:52 AM
ALCTS has named Valerie Bross the 2012 recipient of the Ulrich’s Serials
Librarianship Award. This award for distinguished contributions to
serials, presented by the Continuing Resources Section (CRS), consists
of a citation and $1,500 donated by ProQuest through its Serials
Solutions business unit.
Valerie Bross, head of the continuing resources cataloging section at
the UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center, was named for innumerable
significant achievements. Her exceptional and distinguished
contributions to the field of serials librarianship have included a
consistent and wide-ranging role in the development and testing of
cataloging standards, including influential work on no fewer than 13
PCC/CONSER task forces. She was cited for her prominent leadership in
the cooperative cataloging community, not only as representative of her
own institution on the CONSER Operations Committee and as member and
frequent chair or co-chair of its working groups, but also as first
coordinator of the highly successful University of California CONSER
Funnel Project, which extended training and widened opportunity for
participation among the campuses that had not been independent members
of CONSER. This model provided a template for the subsequent development
of a geographically dispersed CONSER Funnel program among member
libraries of ATLA (the American Theological Libraries Association ).
Bross has shown exceptional leadership in the field of cataloger
training, providing guidance, support, content and testing for much
wider use of online tools and webinars for serials cataloger training
and continuing education. She co-chaired (with Jennifer Young of
Northwestern) the ALCTS-CRCC-sponsored RDA Testing Task Force, expanding
the number of partners with serials expertise involved in testing the
new cataloging code.
Bross combines a consistent and career-long profile as an early adopter,
tester and trainer in the use of new tools and technologies, with an
uncanny ability to convey to others her enthusiasm for learning and
mastering new skills. One of the letters supporting her nomination
writes “many people have expertise, but few people have her tireless
energy and enthusiasm.” Her exceptional participation in the setting of
industry standards, in the modernization of training for serials
catalogers and ongoing contributions to professional organizations set
her apart as a creative leader in our discipline.
Jane Smith
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Electronic Resources
Texas A&M University
5000 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843
Tel. 979-862-3070
janeasmith_at_library.tamu.edu
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