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Beta Phi Mu Award recipient named 4. Facts on File Grant recipient awarded 5. Guide to library employment sources available 6. Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award recipient named 7. Isadore Gilbert Mudge -- R.R. Bowker Award recipient announced 8. RASD Dartmouth Medal recipient named 9. PLA announces award winners 10. JOHN SESSIONS MEMORIAL AWARD RECIPIENT NAMED. 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Charles M. Brown and Patricia Helm Smith elected to ALA Executive Board Charles M. Brown and Patricia Helm Smith have been elected to four-year terms as members of the American Library Association (ALA) Executive Board. Brown replaces ALA President-elect Betty J. Turock, chair and director, Library & Information Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. Smith will replace retiring board member Betty J. Blackman, dean, California State University, Dominguez Hills, University Library in Carson at the conclusion of the ALA Annual Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago. Brown, library director at the Hennepin County Library in Minnetonka, Minn., is a member of the ALA Council, the association's governing body, and a member of the Executive Board of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA). He is past president (1990-91) of the Public Library Association (PLA), an ALA division, and the author of "Climbing Jacob's Ladder," published in Black Librarian in American Revisited, 1994. Brown is listed in Who's Who in Library and Information Services. Brown has a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University, a master's degree in library science from Columbia University School of Library Science and a certificate from the Senior Executive Institute, Center for Public Service, University of Virginia. Smith, executive director of the Texas Library Association, based in Austin, is an active ALA member serving as a member of the ALA Council and serves as councilor-at-large of the ALA Planning and Budget Assembly. She is also chair of the Chapter Relations Subcommittee on Legislative Training and a member of a number of ALA committees including the Special Presidential Committee on Public Awareness, the Committee on Committees and the PLA 1996 National Conference Program Committee. She received the 1994 Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Library Association and was named Librarian of the Year by the Texas Library Association in 1989. Smith has a bachelor's degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and a master's degree in library science from the University of Texas at Austin. The American Library Association is the oldest and largest association in the world. Its 55,000 members represent all types of libraries--public, school, academic, state and special. 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ACRL backs ALA Goal 2000 The board of directors of the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has endorsed ALA Goal 2000, a five-year plan to position the association for the 21st century, and pledged $100,000 to the proposed Fund for America's Libraries. ALA Goal 2000 has been endorsed by the ALA Executive Board, Council, Membership Committee, the ALA Self-Study Committee and all 11 divisions. ALA members will vote on a proposed $25 dues increase to support ALA Goal 2000 on the spring elections ballot. "We're very excited about the direction ALA Goal 2000 is charting for the library community," said ACRL President Susan Martin. "Academic librarians need to be more active at the national level in influencing decisions and technology issues and information and technology issues as well as issues of higher education." ALA Goal 2000 calls for an association-wide focus on positioning ALA as a major force for the public's right to a free and open information society - - intellectual participation. Key recommendations call for expanding the ALA Washington Office and establishing an Office for Information Technology Policy to increase ALA's ability to influence national information policy and legislation and to support members in addressing these issues at the local and state levels. ALA Executive Director Elizabeth Martinez, author of the plan, said that it addresses many member concerns expressed in the ALA Self-Study and other documents. "There are many urgent issues to be addressed regarding libraries, development of the information superhighway and public access. Decisions are being made now in Washington, D.C., in state capitols and communities across the country about who will have access and at what price," Martinez explained. "Who better to represent that public's interest than ALA? There is a tremendous need and opportunity for ALA, libraries and librarians speak out. Those at the table have cadres of lawyers and deep pockets. We must arm ourselves with the knowledge and resources -- legal and technical -- that we need to be effective." All funds raised from the dues increase -- approximately $500,000 -- will go directly for expansion of the Washington Office and establishment of the Office for Information Technology. The Goal 2000 plan also calls for creation of an independent, charitable foundation called the Fund for America's Libraries to raise outside funds in support of ALA Goal 2000 and other activities. The proposed $25 increase will raise regular dues to $100 with the increase phased in over three years, $10 in the first and second years and $5 in the third year. Students would pay an additional $6 for total dues of $25; and retirees, an additional $9 for a total of $35. If approved, it will be the first ALA dues increase in five years. Free copies of an ALA Goal 2000 brochure and fact sheet are available from the ALA Library and Information Center. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 2153. Fax: 312-440-9374. Questions or comments may also be directed to Gerald Hodges, Director, Member Services, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4285. E-mail: ALA.GOAL.2000@ALA.ORG. TDD: 312-944-7298. 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Beta Phi Mu Award recipient named Elizabeth Futas, former director of the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and ALA Councilor, is the 1995 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Beta Phi Mu Award. Futas, 50, died of an apparent heart attack during a session of the ALA Council at the 1995 Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. The award, $500 and a citation donated by the Beta Phi Mu International Library Science Honorary Society, is for distinguished service in library education. "Dr. Futas was the unanimous choice of the committee for her lifetime service as a role model for librarianship through her teaching, scholarship and administration in library education programs," said Lynn Scott Cochrane, chair of the Beta Phi Mu Award Jury. The decision was reached before her death. Futas was named director of the University of Rhode Island's library school in 1986, taking over a program that was regarded as moribund. She turned the department around, winning it accreditation within less than two years. She also worked at Emory University, Georgia State University, Queens College, North and for the Ford Foundation. She taught at North Texas State University, the University of Washington and Rutgers University. Futas was featured in the last three editions of "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who of American Women" and has published numerous books and articles. She had held many leadership positions in ALA including serving as chair of the ALA Publishing Committee (1994-95), a member of the ALA Council (1979- 88 and 1992-95), a member of the Executive Board (1984-88), chair of the Public Information Office Advisory Board (1991-93), chair of the Council Orientation Committee (1991-92) and chair of the Nominating Committee (1989- 90). A native of New York, Futas earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Brooklyn College, a master's degree in librarianship from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate in information studies from Rutgers University. The award will be presented posthumously during the ALA Annual Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago. 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Facts on File Grant recipient awarded The Schaffer Library at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., is the 1995 recipient of the Facts on File Grant presented by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). The grant, $2,000 donated by Facts on File, Inc., is given to a library for imaginative programming to make current affairs more meaningful to an adult audience. The library received the grant for a program titled "Of Immediate Concern." The proposal was submitted by Bruce Connolly, reference librarian, and Gail Golderman, systems librarian/periodicals project librarian. "The committee was impressed with the proposal for its creativity and innovation in using today's technology of the Campus Wide Information System (CWIS) to build a current events gopher site," said Ree DeDonato, chair of the Facts on File Grant Committee. "The events gopher will combine access links and the electronic full-text of high-interest, high-demand current events documents." The project will focus on the area of national and international politics as well as selected material in the area of the arts, sports, education, religion, health and medicine, entertainment, science and technology, and economics. Connolly has been reference librarian at Union College since 1978. He has a bachelor's degree in English from State University College at Buffalo, N.Y., and a master's degree in library science from the State University of New York at Albany. Golderman began her job as periodicals project librarian in 1992. She has a bachelor's degree from State University College at New Paltz, N.Y., and a master's degree in library science from the University of Albany, N.Y. The award will be presented on Monday, June 26, at 4 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. RASD is a division of the American Library Association. 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Guide to library employment sources available The 1995 "Guide to Employment Sources in the Library and Information Profession" is available from the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Library Personnel Resources (OLPR). The listing was compiled by OLPR for "The Bowker Annual: Library and Book Trade Almanac 1995." The guide is designed as a handout for job seekers who want to know where to find library and information-related position openings and for employers who are advertising job vacancies. Included in the publication are telephone jobline numbers, national and state job service information and library school placement bulletins and services. There are special sections on overseas employment contacts and using information skills in non-library settings. Copies of the guide are available free for up to 25 copies. Multiple copies are $15 for packets of 25. For more information, contact ALA/OLPR, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4277. FAX: 312-280-3256. 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award recipient named Valerie J. Wilford, executive director of the Alliance Library System in East Peoria, Ill., is the 1995 recipient of the Margaret E. Monroe Library Services Award administered by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). The award, a citation, is given to a library for impact on library service to adults. Wilford is being recognized for spearheading the first national virtual conference for the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) allowing access through the Internet and for the development of a FREENET for rural libraries. "Ms. Wilford's career spans administrative, teaching and library development," said Patricia M. Hogan, chair of the Monroe Award Committee. "Her career exhibits advocacy for creative solutions to challenges facing rural and small libraries. She has promoted the cooperation and sharing among different types of libraries demonstrating that by empowering staff the patron is enriched." She has served as executive director of the Illinois Valley Library System, assistant professor of communications at Illinois State University and media specialist at Reavis High School in Burbank, Ill. Wilford is a member of the American Library Association, AASL, the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), the Illinois Library Association, the Illinois Library System Directors Organization, the Illinois Association for Media in Education and the Illinois Association of School Librarians. She was named Librarian of the Year in 1992 by the Illinois Library Association. She is the author of a number of papers and publications including "AASL Member Testifies to Senate Committee Regarding Technology for Education Act," Excerpts of testimony included. School Library Media Quarterly, 22 No. 1 (Fall 1993) 65-67. Wilford has a bachelor's degree in education from Illinois State University and a master's degree in library science from the University of Illinois. She has done post-master's degree work at the University of Minnesota, participated in a doctoral internship in continuing education at Northwestern University and performed doctoral work in post-secondary curriculum and instruction at Illinois State University. The award will be presented on Monday, June 26, at the RASD Awards Reception during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. RASD, AASL and ASCLA are divisions of the American Library Association. 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Isadore Gilbert Mudge - R.R. Bowker Award recipient announced Roger K. Summit, founder and former president and chief executive officer of Dialog Information Services in Palo Alto, Calif., is the 1995 recipient of the Isadore Gilbert Mudge - R.R. Bowker Award presented by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). The award, $1,500 and a citation cosponsored by R.R. Bowker, a Reed Reference Publishing company, recognizes distinguished contributions to reference librarianship. "We asked ourselves who has made the greatest impact on the way reference librarians search for information in the last few decades," said Danuta A. Nitecki, chair of the Mudge-R.R. Bowker Award Committee. "And, simultaneously we all said Roger Summit, one of the founders of the online revolution. He has made a far-reaching impact on reference librarianship through his pioneering work on the development and design of the DIALOG online information system which began in 1962." Nitecki said Summit is being recognized for his leadership in establishing a database searcher's quality benchmark for customer-oriented information retrieval business and for his numerous contributions to the library profession's understanding of information communication. Summit served as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy, as associate professor, Graduate School of Business at San Jose (Calif.) State University, visiting professor at Chico (Calif.) State College and lecturer at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Calif., and at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a member and past director (1978-82) of the Information Industry Association, a member of the American Society for Information Science, a member of the Communication Technology Impact Editorial Board and a member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Visitors, School of Library and Information Science. Summit has received a number of awards and honors including the American Society for Information Science Award of Merit (1991), the Information Industry Association Distinguished Service Award (1991), the Information Industry Association Hall of Fame award (1982) and the Library Information and Technology Association (LITA)/Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology (1984). He has a bachelor's degree in psychology, a master's degree in business administration and a doctorate in management science from Stanford University. The award will be presented on Monday, June 26, at 4 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. RASD and LITA are divisions of the American Library Association. 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 RASD Dartmouth Medal recipient named "Encyclopedia of the American Presidency," edited by Leonard W. Levy and Louis Fisher and published by Simon & Schuster, is the 1995 recipient of the Dartmouth Medal presented by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). The medal, donated by Dartmouth College, is given for creating current reference works of outstanding quality and significance. "This four-volume work is the most comprehensive, authoritative and multidisciplinary reference work on the American presidency," said Diane Zabel, chair of the Dartmouth Medal Committee. "The editors, both award- winning authors and noted Constitutional experts, have assembled some of the country's most prominent experts and scholars on the presidency. "All aspects of the presidency, from the powers of the office to presidential retreats, are covered in articles that are well-written, balanced and best of all, fascinating to read. This exceptional encyclopedia will be useful to high school, public and academic libraries." The encyclopedia includes more than 1,000 signed articles on various aspects of the American presidency. Among the topics covered are acceptance speeches, campaign slogans, civil rights policy, commemorative stamps, electronic surveillance, first ladies, public opinion, separation of powers, undeclared war and presidential yachts. There are approximately 200 biographical articles, several cross-references, an extensive general index, a series of tables and a synoptic outline. Editor Levy, professor emeritus of history at Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, Calif., is one of the country's most prominent Constitutional scholars. His books include "Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination," which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1968, and "Emergency of a Free Press," which received a 1985 American Library Association (ALA) award for the best book on intellectual freedom. Levy was senior editor of the "Encyclopedia of the American Constitution" which was awarded the 1987 Dartmouth Medal. Fisher is on the staff of the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service and is an adjunct professor at the School of Law, Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books including "Presidential Spending Power," which received the 1975 Louis Brownlow Book Award. Fisher frequently testifies before Congress on issues such as executive privilege, executive spending, discretion and the line item veto. "Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre," edited by Kurt Ganzl and published by Schirmer Books, received the Dartmouth Medal Honorable Mention Award. "This comprehensive guide to western stage musicals and operettas from the past 150 years is a treasure-trove for scholars and lovers of the musical theatre," Zabel said. "The articles are well-written, entertaining and based on exhaustive primary research. The inclusion of more than 300 illustrations makes this fund to browse." The two-volume compendium of articles about musical stage productions, covers more than 2,000 theatricals performed in the United States, Britain, France, Austria, Hungary and Australia from the early 19th century to the present. There are articles on individual productions, composers, directors, producers, choreographers, lyricists, librettists, designers and performers. There are also more than 300 black-and-white illustrations. Ganzl, considered by many experts as the world's foremost authority on the musical theatre, has worked as a performer, talent agent and casting director for musicals and plays in Europe, Australia and the United States. His first book on the musical theatre, "The British Musical Theatre," was awarded the Roger Machell Prize for the year's best performing arts book and the British Library Association's McColvin Medal for the year's most outstanding reference work. Ganzl's other books include "Ganzl's Book on the Musical Theatre," "The Complete 'Aspects of Love,'" and "The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record." The awards will be presented on Monday, June 26, at 4 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. RASD is a division of the American Library Association. 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 PLA announces award winners Four distinguished service awards have been announced by the Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association. James D. Pate, assistant department librarian, social sciences, at the Birmingham (Ala.) Public Library is the recipient of the Allie Beth Martin Award. The award, $3,000 donated by Baker & Taylor, recognizes a public librarian for demonstrating a range and depth of knowledge about books and other library materials and the distinguished ability to share that knowledge. Warner Cable - Columbus (Ohio) Division is the recipient of the PLA Adult Lifelong Learning Section's Advancement of Literacy Award. The award, sponsored by Library Journal, is given to a publisher, bookseller, software dealer, foundation or similar group that has made a significant contribution toward the advancement of adult literacy. The Alvan Bolster Ricker Memorial Library and Community House in Poland, Maine, received the Excellence in Small and/or Rural Public Library Service Award. The award, $1,000 donated by EBSCO Subscription Company, honors a public library serving a population of 10,000 or less that demonstrates excellence of service to its community as exemplified by an overall service program or a special program of significant accomplishment. Four librarians were selected to receive the New Leaders Travel Grant. The winners are Susan L. Erickson, youth services coordinator at the San Bernardino (Calif.) County Library; Katherine Moser Kelly, reference and library services supervisor at the Guam Public Library in Agana; Susan Martin Ralph, public services librarian at the Southwest Georgia Regional Library in Bainbridge; and Terry Roy, information services coordinator at the Lafayette (La.) Public Library. The award, $5,000 split among each winner and donated by Geac, Inc., is designed to enhance the professional development of public librarians new to the field by making their attendance at major continuing education activities possible. The winners will be recognized during the PLA All-Star Breakfast on Monday, June 26, at 7 a.m., during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Bestselling author Jane Hamilton will keynote the event and a complete breakfast will be served. The registration deadline is June 9. Tickets are $25 per person. PLA members will automatically receive registration information. For more information, call the PLA Office, 800-545-2433, ext 5PLA. 10. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 John Sessions Memorial Award recipient named The Special Collections and University Archives at the Rutgers University Libraries in New Brunswick, N.J., and the Butte (Mont.)-Silver Bow Public Archives Labor History Collection are the 1995 John Sessions Award recipients presented by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). The awards, plaques donated by the AFL-CIO, are given to a library or library system in recognition of work with the labor community. "The committee was very impressed with the focused work of the Archives staff in preserving and making more accessible the records of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaries, Machine and Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO," said Arthur S. Meyers, chair of the John Sessions Memorial Award Committee about the Rutgers recipient. "The staff worked closely with the IUE staff to transfer the records to Rutgers and prepared outstanding finding aids and historics that have been very helpful to researchers in documenting labor history." Regarding the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, Meyers said, "The committee was impressed that in a restrictive environment, the rich labor history of the region and state have been presented and made more accessible." The Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives involves local government and the labor community working together to preserve the heritage of the community and state through collection, preservation and educational exhibits. In 1992, the Montana AFL-CIO acknowledged the work of the Archives in collecting and preserving the history, an integral part of the national labor heritage. The Archives has been designated as the official labor archives of the state. The Special Collections and Archives at Rutgers authored an article, "Labor History Resources at the Rutgers University Libraries" in Labor History and Labor History Archives in the United States," Detroit, Mich., Wayne State University Press, 1992, and received special federal awards from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the U.S. Department of Education. James P. Quigel, Jr., is labor archivist, Special Collections and Archives at the Rutgers University Library, Ralph S. Bingham III, is assistant to the labor archivist and Ronald Becker is head of Special Collections. Ellen Crain is archivist, Marilyn Manley, chair of the Archives Board of Directors and James D. Harrington, president of the Butte Historical Society. The awards will be presented on Monday, June 26, at 4 p.m., at the RASD Awards Reception, during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. RASD is a division of the American Library Association.