awards

silver award cup

The State, Court & County Law Libraries Special Interest Section awards program includes a series of triennial awards presented at its annual meeting. They are the Bethany J. Ochal Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession, the O. James Werner Award for Distinguished Service to Persons with Disabilities and the Connie E. Bolden Publications Award.

 


0. James Werner | Connie E. Bolden | Bethany J. Ochal


O. James Werner Award for Distinguished Service to Persons with Disabilities

Awarded triennially at the SCCLL Annual Meeting, the O. James Werner Award honors a member who has made a significant contribution to either serving directly or arranging for services to be provided to persons with disabilities or for distinctive service by a person with a disability.

Recipients

2007
(No award given)
2004
(No award given)
2001
Catherine Lemann for her leadership of AIDSLaw of Louisiana.
1998
Pamela J. Gregory for her extensive work with adult literacy programs.
1995
(No award given)


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Connie E. Bolden Publications Award

The award is presented to a State, Court and County Law Libraries Special Interest Section member to recognize scholarly publication.

Recipients

2007
Jean M. Holcomb
, Retired, for her Law Library Journal series "Managing By The Book."
2005
Joel Fishman, for his extensive publication of books and articles dealing with Pennsylvania law over the past twenty-five years.
2002
Gail Warren, for her development of the "Court Library Management" course notebooks for the Institute for Court Management from 1999 through 2001.
1999
Kendall F. Svengalis, for his book Legal Information Buyer's Guide & Reference Manual
1996
Charles R. Dyer, in recognition of his work on Sourcebook for Law Library Governing Boards and Committees
1993
Kendall F. Svengalis, in recognition of his work on The CRIV Sheet.


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Bethany J. Ochal Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession

The award is presented to a State, Court and County Law Libraries Special Interest Section member who has made a significant contribution to law librarianship and who is nearing the end of his or her library career or who has recently retired.

Recipients

2006
Carol D. Billings, Director, Law Library of Louisiana.
Jean M. Holcomb, Director (retired), King County (WA) Law Library.
2003
Paul Fu, Supreme Court of Ohio Law Library
Kai-Yun Chiu
Shelley Dowling, United States Supreme Court Law Library
Kay Schlueter, Texas State Law Library
2000
Marvin Anderson, Minnesota State Law Librarian
Jacqueline Wright, retired Arkansas Supreme Court Librarian
1997
Marie Sekula
Edgar Bellefontaine, Social Law Library, Boston
1994

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