ALCTS Network News v10n03 (August 8, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v10n03 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 10, Number 3 August 8, 1995 In this issue NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR 1996 ALCTS AWARDS BETH SHAPIRO DIES NISO ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS DENNIS DAY, FORMER CHAIR OF IFC, DIES ************************************************************************** NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR 1996 ALCTS AWARDS Nominations are sought for the seven ALCTS awards described below. The deadline for award nominations is December 1, 1995. LEADERSHIP IN LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS AWARD This award, $1,500 and a citation donated by Harrassowitz, is presented by the Acquisitions Section for significant contributions by and outstanding leadership of an individual in the field of library acquisitions. Recognition is made for individual achievement of a high order in this area. Send nominations to: Trisha L. Davis, 117 East New England Ave., Worthington, OH 43085. BEST OF LRTS AWARD This award is presented to the author or authors of the best paper published during 1995 in _LRTS_. Send nominations to: Holley Lange, 1533 Mount Evans Drive, Longmount, CO 80501. ESTHER J. PIERCY AWARD This award is presented to a librarian with fewer than ten years of experience for contributions and leadership in the field of library collections and technical services. It is administered by the Serials Section. Send nominations to: Marietta Plank, 2209 McKledin Library, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7011. BOWKER/ULRICH'S SERIALS LIBRARIANSHIP AWARD This award, $1,500 and a citation donated by the R. R. Bowker Company, recognizes distinguished contributions to serials librarianship through participation in professional associations, library education programs, serials literature, research, or development of tools to enhance access to, or management of, serials. Send nominations to: Sally Tseng, 49 Gillman St., Irvine, CA 92715-2103. MARGARET MANN CITATION This award, a citation and $2,000 to the library school of the winner's choice donated by OCLC, is administered by the Cataloging and Classification Section. This award is presented to a cataloger or classifier for outstanding professional achievement in the areas of cataloging or classification through publication, participation in professional cataloging associations, or valuable contributions to practice in individual libraries. Send nominations to: Patricia Thomas, 144 West Stadium Drive, Stockton, CA 95204. BLACKWELL/NORTH AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD This award, a citation and $2,000 to the library school of the winner's choice donated by Blackwell/North America, is given to an author or authors of an outstanding monograph, published article, or original paper published in 1995 on acquisitions, collection development, or areas of resource development in libraries. Send nominations to Ross Atkinson, Cornell University Library, 201 Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14853-5301. FIRST STEP AWARD/WILEY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT This award, $1,500 donated by John Wiley & Sons, is given to a librarian new to the serials field to attend the ALA Annual Conference. It is administered by the ALCTS Serials Section. Send nominations to: Mary Ann T. Itoga, 200 Highland Avenue, Apt. 301, State College, PA 16801. ************************************************************************* BETH SHAPIRO DIES Rice University Vice Provost and University Librarian Beth Janet Shapiro died Thursday, Aug. 3, in Houston after a courageous battle with cancer. Beth was an active member of ALCTS. Among her many ALCTS commitments, she chaired the Organizational Structure Task Force and served as faculty and planning committee member for the very succesful Electronic Library institute. Since 1991, Beth had been the University Librarian of Fondren Library at Rice University. Recently she was promoted to Vice Provost and University Librarian, a new position at Rice which she was the first to occupy. She was also a lecturer in the Department of Sociology. Beth received an MA from Michigan State University in sociology, the MLS from Western Michigan University, and a Ph.D. in sociology from Michigan State University. She began her professional career in 1972 as Urban Policy and Planning Librarian at MSU where she advanced through a number of positions to become, in 1988, Deputy Director of the MSU Libraries. In 1991 Beth joined Rice as University Librarian, becoming the first woman to hold the position. Beth held positions in numerous professional groups, including the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the American Sociological Association. She presented many papers at professional meetings and conferences, and was author and co-author of numerous articles and books. While at Rice, Beth provided vigorous leadership as University Librarian, and was admired for her competence and dynamic personality. She took an active role in the Sociology Department, which instituted an annual award in her honor to a graduating sociology major who exemplifies Beth's "courage, grace, perseverance in pursuit of a laudable goal, verve, empathy, love of life, humor, the ability to overcome challenges, concern for the underdog, moral strength, a sense of responsibility to loved ones and to society, and a winning personality." Beth will be remembered not only for her extraordinary contributions as a professional librarian and university citizen, but also for her love of family and friends, her deep sense of social obligation, her sparkling humor, and her affirmation of life in the face of a disease that never conquered her spirit. She is survived by her husband, Russell Carl Barnes; her daughter Gabrielle Alexandra (Gabbi); her parents, Marilyn and Harold Shapiro; brothers and sisters-in-law, David and Avra and Alan and Della; nieces and nephews, Arana, Rachel, Nathaniel and Isabel; and many friends and colleagues in Houston and across the country. A memorial service was held in the chapel at Rice University on Monday. Contributions may be made to either The Shapiro Library Staff Innovation Fund at Rice or the Beth Shapiro American Radicalism Fund at Michigan State University. The Shapiro Library Staff Innovation Fund will be an annual award to a Fondren Library Staff member who has developed an innovative program to provide library services to the Rice community or who has showed exemplary service to the University community. Contributions should be sent to the Office of Development MS-81, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas, 77005-1892. The Beth Shapiro American Radicalism Fund at Michigan State University will be used for the preservation and electronic imaging of collections in American Radicalism in the MSU Libraries. During her college days, Beth was a member of the anti-war and civil rights movements and took special interest in helping to build the American Radicalism Collection. Contributions should be sent to Michigan State University Libraries, East Lansing, Mich., 48824-1048. ************************************************************************* NISO ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS The National Informations Standards Organization (NISO) has elected its Board of Directors for the 1995-97 term, effective July 1, 1995. Joel Baron, Group Director, Publishing and Publisher Relations for Dawson Holdings PLC, is NISO's new Vice Chair/Chair elect. Howard Turtle, Principal Research Scientist at West Publishing Company, and former Chief Scientist at OCLC, Inc., is representing information services. Nolan F. Pope, Associate Director for Automation, General Library System, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected to a second three-year term representing libraries. Marjorie Hlava, President and Chairman of the Board of Access Innovations, Inc., has been elected to a second three-year term representing publishing. ************************************************************************* DENNIS DAY, FORMER CHAIR OF IFC, DIES J. Dennis Day, Director of the Salt Lake City Public Library, former chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee, former President of the Freedom to Read Foundation and a driving force behind the Foundation's success, died August 2 in Salt Lake City. 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