Awards Committee
2009-2010 Annual Report
The TS-SIS 2009-2010 Awards Committee consisted of the following three members:
- Wendell Johnting, chair, Cataloging/Government Documents Librarian, Indiana University School of Law, Ruth Lilly Law Library, Indianapolis, IN
- Gwen Gregory, member, Associate Director for Technical Services, John Marshall Law School Library, Chicago, IL
- Linda Sobey, member, Assistant Director for Technical Services, Florida A & M University, College of Law Library, Orlando, FL
Activities of the Committee:
- Beginning October 1, 2009, the committee sent out e-mail notices to all relevant AALL listservs seeking nominations for the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship. Each month thereafter through January 22, 2010, more notices were sent to seek nominations for the award.
- Four names were submitted for the Chapman Award. During the months of February and March, the Committee evaluated the nominees based on their qualifications for the award according to the TS-SIS Handbook. In the middle March 2010, the Committee chair informed the TS-SIS Chair and the Board regarding selection of the candidate, Carol Avery Nicholson, Associate Director for Technical Services at the Kathrine Everett Law Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After approval from the Board, Ms. Nicholson was notified by phone and e-mail and the announcement was sent out via the TS-SIS listserv, published in the TS-SIS Newsletter, and posted on the TS-SIS website. The current AALL Awards Committee Chair, Camille Broussard, as well as Kim Rundle at AALL HQ, were notified regarding the recipient of the Chapman Award. AALL HQ will have a plaque made for presentation to Carol and the announcement will be posted in the AALL Awards brochure for the annual meeting. Margaret Maes, Executive Director of the Legal Information Preservation Alliance, nominated Ms. Nicholson for the Chapman Award, and has agreed to present the award to her at the TS-SIS Business Meeting at the AALL conference in Denver this summer.
- On February 1, 2010, the Committee sent out e-mail messages to the various AALL lists announcing the availability of the TS-SIS educational grants, as well as the Marla J. Schwartz Grant, which help fund attendance at the AALL Annual Meeting, pre-conference workshops, and/or the CONELL meeting each year. Two more reminder e-mail notices were sent out before April 1, 2010 (the deadline for applications for these grants).
- By the April 1 deadline, the Committee received four applications for the TS-SIS grants or the Marla Schwartz grant. (There were no TS-SIS Pre-Conference Workshops to be offered this year.) During April, the Committee members evaluated all applications based on the guidelines set forth in the TS-SIS Handbook. All four applicants received $445 to cover Program Registration costs to attend the Denver annual meeting. One applicant, who had also applied for funding to attend CONELL, additionally received $100 via a Marla Schwartz grant to cover registration costs at that meeting. The following individuals received a grant for attendance at the AALL or CONELL annual meetings: Ajaye Bloomstone, Amanda Quist, Courtney Selby, and Caroline Young. All recipients were notified by telephone, as well as with a follow-up e-mail message congratulating them and requesting that they contact Wendy Moore, the current Secretary/Treasurer, regarding registration submission and reimbursement procedures.
Respectfully submitted,
Wendell Johnting
2009-2010 TS-SIS Awards Committee Chair
June 1, 2010