THE 2005 NANCY B. OLSON AWARD WINNER
It was my pleasure to chair the OLAC Awards Committee this year, because I was able recommend the honoring of a stalwart in the AV and music cataloging community. The OLAC Awards Committee was very pleased to be able to present the award to Jay Weitz . I would like to thank Kay Johnson and Adolfo Tarango for volunteering to be on the Awards committee and in helping so wonderfully to fulfill our mission.
Congratulations Jay!
The 2005 OLAC Awards Committee
Cathy Gerhart, Committee Chair
The plaque that was presented to Jay at the ALA Annual meeting read:
For his dedication to the interests and goals of Online Audiovisual Catalogers
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
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