For his willingness to share his knowledge by presenting cataloging workshops at OLAC conferences
For his many years as OCLC liaison to Online Audiovisual Catalogers
For his insightful and often humorous comments and advice as a longstanding Q&A panelist at OLAC meetings,
and more recently, as the Q&A column editor for the OLAC Newsletter
For his service to the wider online/AV community through his work on the PCC Standards Committee,
IFLA’s Permanent UNIMARC Committee, and ALA’s Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access
For his continually demonstrating and proving the importance of standardized audiovisual cataloging
For his creation of widely adopted cataloging guides
For his calming mantra to advice seekers, "Do not agonize"
On this day, Saturday, the twenty-fifth of June, two thousand and five
Robert Freeborn, President