ASSOCIATES (vol. 6, no. 1, July 1999) - associates.ucr.edu
The winner of Library Mosaics ' and the Council on Library/Media Technician's 1999 award for Outstanding Support Staff is Meralyn Meadows, Administrative Assistant at Stanly County Public Library in Albemarle, North Carolina. The award is presented annually for noteworthy service by a library support staff member.
Ms. Meadows has been actively involved in the support staff arena for many years. She played a major role in the formation of the ALA Support Staff Interests Round Table, and has served on its Board since the group's inception. She has also served as chair of the North Carolina Library Paraprofessional Association, as well as other capacities in the organization, such as conference planning chair. She has completed two years as the chair of the SouthEastern Library Association Paraprofessional Association Round Table.
She has been a speaker at numerous paraprofessional conferences around the country, as keynote speaker and as workshop presenter, on such topics as paraprofessional leadership and team building. In addition, she created, researched, compiled and maintained the annual edition of the ALA SSIRT National Directory: Library Paraprofessional Associations. This also has included coordination with the Web version (on the LSSRC).
For her efforts in promoting and organizing support staff, she has been presented with the 1999 Support Staff Award.
Meralyn Meadows will be featured in the March/April issue of Library Mosaics and will be recognized at the annual banquet of the Council on Library/Media Technicians conference, Detroit, Michigan, April 9, 1999. She will also receive a cash prize and a plaque describing her achievements.
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The winner of Library Mosaics ' and the Council on Library/Media Technician's 1999 award for Outstanding Supporter of Support Staff is Edward T. Gillen, New York State Education Department, Albany, New York. The award is presented annually for outstanding service to library support staff.
Mr. Gillen was selected for his dedicated work on behalf of support staff. Among his foremost accomplishments, he was involved in the New York State Library Assistants' Association (NYSLAA) from the very beginning and for several years held the office of recording secretary. He also served on the committee that created NYSLAA's Certification of Achievement Program. As president for his regional group, Capital District Library Assistants (CALA), Mr. Gillen promoted, and is largely responsible for, the forming of many other groups since the NYSLAA.
After 16 years of service, Mr. Gillen left his support staff position, yet remained involved in supporting the cause of support staff workers everywhere through presentations, articles and his continuing involvement in various support staff organizations. He has appeared as the featured speaker at various conferences. His publishing credits include articles in ASSOCIATES: The Electronic Library Support Staff Journal, The Journal of Education for Library and Information Science and Personnel News.
In April 1996, Mr. Gillen pitched the "Day in the Life of Library Support Staff" as an issue of Library Mosaics. This eventually led to a worldwide celebration of Library Assistants Day on April 17, 1996. He also developed the idea for the creation of an electronic journal for library staff, out of which was born Associates.
For his efforts in supporting and encouraging support staff, he has been presented with the 1999 Outstanding Supporter of Support Staff Award.
Edward T. Gillen will be featured in the March/April issue of Library Mosaics and will be recognized at the annual banquet of the Council on Library/Media Technicians conference, Detroit, Michigan, April 9, 1999. He will also receive a cash prize and a plaque describing his achievements.
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