TS-SIS Awards Committee Report
July 15, 2007
The members of the Awards Committee are:
- Kevin Butterfield
- Larry Dershem
- Leanne Hillery
- Marvin Lewis
- Ellen McGrath (Chair)
The Awards Committee publicized the call for nominations for the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship which were due February 1, 2007. We then reviewed the nominations and chose Mary Jane Kelsey (Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School) as the 2007 recipient.
The call for applications for the TS Educational Grants had a deadline of April 20, 2007. A number were received and the following grants were given:
- Sean Chen is the recipient of the first TS-SIS Marla Schwartz Grant to support his attendance at "The Future Is Digital: Metadata Standards and Applications" workshop. Sean is Cataloging Assistant at the Duke Law School Library and also a student in the MLS program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Edward Hart is the recipient of a TS-SIS Grant to attend the "Delivering the Goods: Effective and Efficient Acquisitions Processes" workshop. Ed is Acquisitions and Serials Librarian at the University of Florida.
- Tina Miller is the recipient of a TS-SIS Grant to attend the conference. Tina is Technical Services Librarian at the John F. Kennedy University Law Library.
- Karen Wahl is the recipient of a TS-SIS Grant to attend the conference. Karen is Catalog Librarian at the Fordham University Law Library.
The Committee also assisted in revising parts of the TS Handbook and website that deal with the TS Educational Grants.
Submitted by:
Ellen McGrath
Chair, TS Awards Committee