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Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award

Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award: 2007 Call for Nominations

The ALAO Awards Committee seeks nominations for the 2007 Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes an individual who (1) has been an ALAO member for at least 5 years, and (2) who has promoted academic libraries and librarianship not only on his or her own campus, but also within the state. The award also recognizes someone who has provided leadership in the promotion of ALAO through service such as committee membership, executive board office, or interest group office. The Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award honors the memory of Jay Ladd, a founding member of ALAO in the early 1970s.

This is a wonderful way to recognize a colleague who has provided leadership in ALAO and in the profession. The recipient of this year's award will receive an honorary 5-year membership in ALAO and will be recognized at the 33rd ALAO Annual Conference at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on October 26, 2007.

You may access the nomination form from the ALAO web site at:
http://www.alaoweb.org/oldsite/manual/c31.pdf

Please include the following information:

• Name of nominee
• Nominee's position title
• Nominee's college or university
• Nominee's ALAO activities
• Your reasons for nominating this person
• Your name and contact information, including phone and email

NOTE: You may nominate more than one person. Your reasons for nominating your candidate(s) for the Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award will be especially valuable to the Awards Committee.

Please send your nominations via mail, US Cargo, fax, or as an email attachment by OCTOBER 1, 2007 to:

Ann M. Watson
Head of Instruction & Access Services
Denison University Library
400 West Loop
Granville, OH 43023
watsona@denison.edu
Fax:740-587-6285

About the Award

This award is designed to recognize those ALAO members who promote academic libraries and librarianship not only on their own campuses, but within the state. It also recognizes those who provide leadership in the promotion of ALAO through service such as committee membership, executive board office, or interest group chairmanship.

In 1998 the Executive Board voted to rename the ALAO Distinguished Service Award to honor Jay Ladd, a former Ohio State University librarian who was instrumental in forming ALAO. Jay died in early 1997.

Past Recipients of the Distinguished Service Award

• 2007 Betsy Blankenship
• 2006 Lois Szudy
• 2005 Ella Copeland
• 2004 Ximena Chrisagis
• 2003 Rob Withers
• 2002 Doug Morrison
• 2001 Alison Ricker
• 2000 Pat Walker
• 1999 Greg Pronevitz
• 1998 Margy Kramer
• 1997 Sara Bushong
• 1996 Susan Phillips
• 1995 Julie Houston
• 1994 Kathy Wright
• 1993 Ann Allan
• 1992 Peri Switzer
• 1991 Linda Landis
• 1990 Sr. Deborah Harmeling
• 1989 Jay Ladd
• 1988 Charles Maurer
• 1987 Martha Laury
• 1986 Marian Winner
• 1985 Hannah McCauley
• 1984 Virginia Tiefel