THE NANCY B. OLSON AWARD WINNER
It is with great pleasure that we, the OLAC Awards Committee, selected Jean Weihs to receive the 2003 Nancy B. Olson Award. The Committee received many worthy candidates this year, and we truly wished we could have given each of them an award. However, when we combined Jean's considerable achievements with the location of the conference (Toronto, Jean's home town) the choice became clear.
I would like to thank Verna Urbanski and Lowell Ashley for serving on the Awards Committee, and especially to thank Verna for her richly comprehensive and heartfelt wording on the award plaque.
Congratulations Jean!
The 2003 OLAC Awards Committee
Kevin Furniss, Committee Chair
OLAC
Online Audiovisual Catalogers
Nancy B. Olson Award
Jean R. Weihs
2003
For being one of the first librarians to recognize the relevance of media collections to all levels of education and all types of libraries and understanding the value of providing bibliographic access to those collections;
For her pioneering work to help create internationally recognized cataloging standards as chair of the Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Code;
For always being motivated to provide the best access for library users and working to insure that no one who wanted access to media materials would be left behind;
For being one of the very best writers and editors of topics relating to cataloging and applying her excellent abilities to complex cataloging issues while caring about the details of how catalogers do what they do;
For working to educate prospective librarians, paraprofessionals, library administrators and library users by teaching, presenting lectures, having one on one consultations and discussions;
For mentoring students and colleagues, helping the inexperienced feel they have a place in library science, and for being a constant support and affectionate friend to OLAC and OLAC members;
We award to Jean Riddle Weihs this day, Saturday, June 21, 2003, the Nancy B. Olson Award in recognition of her tremendous gifts to the media cataloging community worldwide.
After the presentation, Jean sent this letter of appreciation to the OLAC President:
Dear Kay,
I feel very honoured to have received the Nancy B. Olson Award during the OLAC meeting in Toronto. I have been a member of OLAC since its early days and have always admired the enthusiasm and dedication of its members and their truly useful work in educating cataloguers through the newsletter, Website, and meetings. OLAC is a testament to the fact that a small organization can be an excellent organization, and OLAC is one of the best.
Thank you to the OLAC executive, the Awards Committee, and to all OLAC members. The award will be treasured.
Best wishes for OLAC's continuing success,
Jean Weihs
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