>
> From:
> Eleanor Cook <cookei_at_appstate.edu>
>
>
> For Immediate Release Contact: Charles Wilt
>
> February 19, 2008 Executive Director, ALCTS
>
> 312-280-5030
>
> cwilt_at_ala.org <mailto:cwilt_at_ala.org>
>
> Daisy Waters wins Esther J. Piercy Award
>
> CHICAGO -- The Association for Library Collections & Technical
> Services (ALCTS) is pleased to announce Daisy P. Waters, assistant
> acquisitions librarian for Electronic Resources,* *Lockwood Library,
> State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., as the winner
> of the 2008 Esther J. Piercy Award. The award will be presented on
> Sunday, June 29, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2008 American
> Library Association (ALA) meeting in Anaheim, Calif.
>
> Waters embodies the qualities of leadership and participation that the
> award is intended to recognize, encourage and reward. In the six years
> since receiving her MLS degree, Waters has progressed quickly and
> impressively in her professional activities. Most notably, she has
> served in major leadership positions within the Serials (now
> Continuing Resources) Section of ALCTS and has participated widely in
> a number of other professional organizations at the local, state,
> regional and national level. She was also an ALA Spectrum Initiative
> Scholarship recipient in 1999, which led to an opportunity to serve as
> author and researcher for a significant national research study
> published by the ALA Office of Diversity: "Bridging Boundaries to
> Create a New Workforce: A Survey of Spectrum Scholarship Recipients,
> 1998-2003." She also has a number of other scholarly publications to
> her credit. Daisy Waters embodies the very best qualities that today's
> library professional needs to be successful.
>
> 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.
>
>
> Eleanor I. Cook
> Professor - Serials/Acquisitions transitioning to
> Intellectual Property & Copyright
> Belk Library, ASU Box 32026
> Appalachian State University
> Boone, NC 28608-2026
> 828-262-2786
> 828-262-2773 (fax)
> cookei_at_appstate.edu
>
> AND --- Chair of the Piercy Award Jury, 2007/08
Received on Sat Mar 08 2008 - 02:47:19 EST