TS-SIS Awards Committee
2008-2009 Annual Report
The TS-SIS 2008-09 Awards Committee consisted of the following three members:
- Chair - Linda M. Sobey; Asst. Director for Technical Services, Florida A&M University Law Library; Orlando, FL
- Member - Joyce Manna Janto, Deputy Director of the law Library, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
- Member - Melody Lembke. Director, Collection Management Services, LA Law Library Los Angeles, CA
Activities of the Committee:
- Beginning on October 1, 2008 the committee sent out emails to all relevant AALL list serves seeking nominations for the Renee D. Chapman Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship. Each month following until mid January 2009 more emails were sent out to seek nominations for this award.
- Five names were submitted for the Chapman Award. During the months of February and March 2009, the awards committee evaluated the nominees and their qualifications for the award according to the TS-SIS Handbook. In the middle of March 2009 the Awards Chair informed the TS-SIS Chair and the board of the selection of the candidate, Curt E. Conklin, and after approval from the board Mr. Conklin was notified via phone and a mailed letter and the announcement was sent out via email and to be published in the TS-SIS Newsletter. The AALL Awards Committee Chair as well as AALL Headquarters was also notified on the recipient of the Chapman Award. Arrangements were made with AALL HQ to have a plaque made and announcement posted in the AALL AWARDS Brochure for the annual meeting.
- On February 1, 2009, the committee sent out emails to the various AALL lists announcing the availability of the Marla J. Schwartz Grant and the TS-SIS Educational Grants to attend programs at the 2009 AALL Annual Conference. Two more emails were sent out before April 1, 2009 reminding individuals of the available grants.
- By the April 1st deadline the committee received thirteen applications for TS-SIS Grants. One applicant was disqualified due to lack of required letters of reference.
- During April 2009 the committee members evaluated all applications and the guidelines set forth in the TS-SIS Handbook. Since the committee had several good applicants and due to the current economic status we tried to give as many individuals as possible some part of the overall grant monies. The committee choose one applicant, Leslie K. Wakeford, to receive the Marla J. Schwartz Grant. The TS-SIS Chair was informed of the selection before notifying the recipients. The following individuals received a grant to either attend CONELL, AALL registration, or a workshop registration: Ajaye Bloomstone, Iris Garcia, Lindsay Beth Given, Emily Philips, Victoria Sukhol, Richard Todd, and Jared Wellman. All recipients were notified by a phone call or email as well as a letter via the mail. Non winners were notified by letter. A total of $2,520.00 was given out in TS-SIS Educational Grants.
- Beginning June 1, 2009 emails were sent out to AALL lists of the grant recipients and AALL HQ and the TS-SIS Newsletter editor were notified of the recipients. Grant recipients were notified by the Awards Chair to contact the TS- SIS treasurer regarding registration and or reimbursement questions if they had already paid for some events.
Respectively submitted:
Linda M. Sobey
TS-SIS Awards Committee Chair
June 25, 2009