Lisa Ryan received the 2006 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her organization of a student chapter of SLA at Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science, where she was a student. While launching SLA @ Pratt in September 2005, Lisa took important steps to ensure the long-term success of the student chapter. She was vigorous in her promotion of SLA to fellow students and was thus responsible for a large number of students joining the organization. Lisa was also proactive in helping to build a treasury for SLA @ Pratt, as she got the new organization accepted on campus as an official student activity, which includes financial support. Lisa also worked with SLA Headquarters to ensure an allotment for SLA @ Pratt, and she partnered with the New York chapter to raise seed money with raffles. In the programming arena, Lisa organized a well-attended panel on special librarianship from the perspective of new graduates. She also had a series of speakers on such topics as Cambridge Science Abstracts, digital preservation, and the Pratt archives. And Lisa organized a series of 11 separate tours to special libraries such as the Botanical Garden, Mellon Foundation, and New Yorker magazine. Lisa has also motivated students to attend SLA New York Chapter events and to be involved and active members of the community of information professionals.
Distinguished Service Award 2007
John Ganly received this award in honor of his 30 plus years of outstanding service to SLA. His service has taken many forms, including both Board participation and behind-the-scenes assistance. In 1993 he planned and coordinated Information Central, a reference service which was provided to the delegates and media representatives from around the world during the 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York City. John has been chair of the Business and Finance Division at the Association level and has participated in the development of several programs. One is the Centers of Excellence award, which was created by that Division for the purpose of honoring institutions that have designed and provided their services at the highest levels. Another is the 9/11 memorial, in which the New York Chapter presented a program to memorialize the members of the Chapter who perished in the World Trade Center. John raised the funds for a New York Times display ad honoring the SLA-NY members who died. John’s primary contribution to SLA has probably been raising a total of over $200,000 to support the Business and Finance Division, as well as the New York Chapter’s programs and events. His recent fundraising has been extremely helpful to SLA-NY. John will be chairing the SLA 100th anniversary activities for the New York Chapter.
John received his Bachelor’s degree from Baruch College and his MLS from Pratt Institute two years later. He has had a long career with the New York Public Library, starting as a business librarian in 1977. He is currently Assistant Director of the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL). SIBL, in honor of its Small Business Resource Center and related services, in which John has been so instrumental, received SLA’s Centers of Excellence award at the 2007 Denver conference. John has taught at the former Columbia University School of Library Service and is currently an adjunct professor at the Rutgers University School of Communication, Information and Library Science. He is the author of two business reference books. Last, and far from least, John has been a mentor to many other librarians who see him as a role model for all information professionals. His door is always open for advice and wise counsel.
President’s Award 2007
Kae Wells is the first ever recipient of the newly-created President’s Award and is being honored for exceptional work as the SLA-NY Arrangements Chair for three years in a row. She was originally appointed Chair of Arrangements from June 2005 through June 2006. This position involves taking responses for events, sending individual acknowledgements, and making name tags for all the attendees. The Arrangements Chair also handles the Holiday Party RSVP’s, which are significantly more complicated, as they also involve the collection of money from every attendee. In June 2006, Kae stepped down as Arrangements Chair but continued to assist the new Chair in all facets of the position. Kae ended up handling the 2006 Holiday Party with aplomb and with little assistance. When the 2007 Chair of Arrangements had to step down, Kae once again took on the position. Many people did not realize that Kae was in effect stepping up to the plate for the third year in row, although she had really officially only signed up for the position for one year. Suffice it to say that she not only does all the arrangements work several times a year, but does it extremely well and conscientiously. Also, Kae is to be commended for her environmental concern. Anyone who goes to SLA meetings knows that she is a green person who is vigilant about collecting the name badges from attendees on their way out, so that the nametags can be reused.
Kae got her Bachelor’s degree at Montclair State University. She segued into librarianship by serving as a volunteer library assistant for 20 years in her children’s schools. A Master’s in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute followed. After getting the degree, Kae went to work for four years as the only librarian for an oil refinery in New Jersey. In 1998 she was pleased to get the opportunity to work in New York City, and spent the next six years as the solo librarian at the CableTelevision Advertising Bureau. Now Kae is enjoying retirement from professional work. She is looking forward to taking on an exciting new role in life in February 2008: that of grandmother.
Outstanding Achievement Award 2007
Ellen Miller received the newly-created Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of her organization of the archives of the New York Chapter of SLA. The assignment Ellen volunteered to take on was to turn about 15 boxes of old and new Chapter materials into a functioning archive of information about the New York Chapter’s 90 plus years of excellence. For Ellen the task specifically involved making many trips from her home in New Jersey in order to spend the equivalent of over three work weeks in an office in New York where the materials are located. Ellen began by going through all the files and folders to see what was there. Next she weeded materials that, according to the Association’s archives guidelines, are not needed. Materials then had to be sorted into new categories, and old and new materials had to be interfiled. Ellen made the Archives as user-friendly as possible for future New York Chapter archivists by leaving space in strategic places for the growth of the archives. Finally she created an index, also known as finding aids, for locating materials by subject and category. The Chapter is currently using the archives to retrieve information for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of SLA.
Ellen is a graduate of Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. She got her Master’s in Library Service from Columbia University and then had a long career in the corporate world in New York. Ellen held the position of Director of Research Services at the Booz, Allen & Hamilton consulting firm for eight years. Subsequently she spent ten years at J.P. Morgan, where she held a number of positions, including Manager of the Information Resource Center. Ellen rose to the position of Vice President at J.P. Morgan and became Chief Administrative Officer of the Equities Division. Since 1999, Ellen has been retired from full-time professional work and has taken on several interesting assignments as a consultant.
Distinguished Service Award: Pam Rollo
Outstanding Achievement Award: John Ganly
Outstanding Achievement Award: Bill Noorlander
President's Award: Winter Shanck
President's Award: Jamie Russell
Distinguished Service Award: Pam Rollo
Pam has been a member of SLA since 1986. She has served the Chapter, the Business and Finance Division and the Association in a variety of roles, culminating in the Presidency of the Association in 2005.
Pam is being recognized with the Distinguished Service Award for her long and continued service to the Chapter. Even as Pam took on national roles (Division Cabinet Chair, President of SLA) she remained steadfast in her interest and support of the NY Chapter.
Pam holds an MLS, Columbia University, New York, NY, and a BA, History, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY. She is a well respected lecturer at both Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and at Pratt Institute.
She has had a varied and distinguished work career both as a librarian and as a vendor. Her career includes time at Credit Suisse, LexisNexis, NYPL and Checkpoint Systems. Pam continues to serve the Chapter as an essential member of the Centennial Celebration Committee.
Outstanding Achievement Award: John Ganly
John Ganly has been a member of SLA for over 30 years. During this time, he has offered his services in the form of both Board participation and behind-the-scenes assistance. John has been chair of the Business and Finance Division at the Association level and has participated in the development of several programs. One is the Centers of Excellence award, which was created by the Business and Finance Division for the purpose of honoring institutions that have designed and provided their services at the highest levels. Another is the 9/11 memorial, in which the New York Chapter, under the leadership of Pam Rollo, presented a program to memorialize the members of the Chapter who perished in the World Trade Center . John's role was to raise the funds for a New York Times display ad honoring the SLA-NY members who died. His primary contribution to SLA has probably been raising a total of over $300,000 to support the Business and Finance Division, as well as the New York Chapter's programs and events. His recent fundraising has been extremely helpful to SLA- New York . John is chairing the SLA NY Chapter Centennial Celebration activities for the New York Chapter.
John is awarded an honor for the second year in a row. Both John and Bill Noorlander have moved fundraising for the chapter to a different level. This not only refers to the generous sums of money they have raised for the Centennial Year Celebration but also to the new sense of collaboration and partnership they have engendered with our sponsors. The new methods and attitude fostered with our sponsors will help the Chapter in the years ahead.
John received his Bachelor's degree from Baruch College and his MLS from Pratt Institute two years later. He also holds a Master's in political science from the New School . He has had a long career with the New York Public Library, starting as a business librarian in 1977. In 1984, John became Chief of the Economic and Public Affairs Division of New York Public and served in that position until 1996 when the Science, Industry and Business Library, also known as SIBL, opened its doors in the former B. Altman building. Since then, he has served as Assistant Director of that library. SIBL, in honor of its Small Business Resource Center and related services, in which John has been so instrumental, received SLA's Centers of Excellence award in 2007 at the Denver conference. John has taught at the former Columbia University School of Library Service and is currently an adjunct professor at the Rutgers University School of Communication, Information and Library Science. He is the author of two business reference books.
John is a previous recipient of the Gale Research Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship. He received an SLA President's Award in 1993 for his role in planning and coordinating Information Central, a reference service which was provided to the delegates and media representatives from around the world during the 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York.
Bill is receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award along with John Ganly for his efforts in raising funds for the Centennial Celebration of the New York Chapter.
However, it is not only for the impressive sums of money he has raised but also for the new sense of collaboration and partnership he has helped engender with our sponsor partners. The new methods and attitude fostered with our sponsors will help the Chapter in the years ahead. Bill has immersed himself in the running of the Chapter and the professionalism of its finances.
Outstanding Achievement Award: Bill Noorlander
Willem Noorlander has served in domestic and international positions with several global banks and consulting firms and has a wide range of experience in the Financial and Information industries.
His long term experience and background includes finance/accounting, operational management, risk management and general management. During the last 15 years he has focused on information management, including in-depth knowledge of usage requirements, information sourcing and contract negotiations.
Bill is a Principal in BST America, a Market Data Consulting and Outsourcing firm, located in New York city . In his current role he is the Partner in charge of BST's Market Data consultancy practice.
Bill has written numerous articles for the information industry focusing on management of information content, outsourcing, sensible management of vendor relationships and fiscal responsibility. He has also taught courses at the SLA Annual Conferences.
He has been a member of SLA since 2004. His company has supported both the New York Chapter and the Business and Finance Division. Bill served on a major task force for the Association (Partnering) and is currently the Treasurer of the New York Chapter.
Bill holds both a BA and an MA in accounting from State University of New York at Albany. He is an avid gardener and proud grandfather. Bill and his wife are active in the affairs of their village in upstate New York.
President's Award: Winter Shanck
Winter has been a member of SLA since 2001. She has worked in the library profession for the past 13 years. She began her career working as a Page in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of New York Public Library in 1995. In 1999, she worked part-time as the Technical Services Assistant at William and Anita Newman College Library at Baruch College and in June of 2000, she began working full-time as the Library Assistant in the Reference Library/Tape Archive at the public broadcasting station, Thirteen/WNET. In the years that followed, Winter was placed in steadily more responsible positions. In April 2007, she was promoted to the position of Archivist at Thirteen/WNET.
She has been awarded the President's Award because of her diligent and focused work on the NY Chapter's archives. Following on the good work of her predecessor (Ellen Miller), Winter successfully transferred the archives into the safekeeping of Baruch College . In addition she has revitalized (or resuscitated) the Midtown Lunch Group of the New York Chapter.
Winter's academic career began at Baruch College . In June 2001, she received her Bachelor's degree in Marketing at Baruch College (CUNY). Although she loved the Advertising world, she did not wish to pursue a career in that field. Throughout her entire academic career, she worked in the library field and discovered that she had a strong aptitude and love for the field. It was a natural progression for her to begin her librarianship studies in 2003. Winter enrolled in the Graduate program at Queens College and received her Master's of Library Science in 2006.
Winter's love of reading, classic films, and classic television has led to her advocacy for the preservation of the rich audiovisual media assets and the associated paper records available at Thirteen. In her world, providing access to quality educational content is crucial to document the historical and cultural record.
In addition to being a member of SLA, she is also a member of the Society of American Archivist, Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP) organization, and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). She also holds positions on the SLA Advisory Council, the IMAP Board, and the myMETRO Advisory Council and in 2008 was a recipient of the Diversity Leader Development Program award from SLA . It is her hope to inspire future professionals in the field to assume leadership roles and to pass along her passion for open access to legacy and current resources.
President's Award: Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell is being honored with The President's Award for her quiet support of "all things SLA." She has supported (and made possible) one of the most visible events of the Chapter for the past two years. Due to her intervention we have had the wonderful space at the McGraw Hill building for the Chapter Holiday Party. She was the lead organizer for the 2007 party. In addition, she has been a presence at many important Chapter programs.
Jamie Russell began her work life as a school media specialist/librarian after receiving an MLS from Simmons College in Boston, then moved to NY to make a partial career change into corporate libraries.
After temping in several dues-paying jobs to pick up additional skills and resource background, Jamie became a librarian at the Research Institute of America, a national newsletter publishing company in NYC. She went on to become Library Manager at US News & World Report's NY office, and is presently Director of Information Services at BusinessWeek magazine.
Jamie volunteers with several job training programs for underserved women in NYC, as well as serving on her company's WINS program-Women's' Initiative for Networking and Success. She is also BusinessWeek's liaison for McGraw-Hill's Employee Giving Campaign.
Jamie chaired one of the first SLA NY Career Days (in 2000), and has served on or moderated several career panels since then. She has taught workshops on marketing the library within your corporation, and has written for BusinessWeek, and for the SLA newsletter on global libraries.
Distinguished Service Award: Carol L. Ginsburg
Outstanding Achievement Award:Guy St. Clair
President's Award:Vida Cohen
President's Award: Donna Severino
Distinguished Service Award: Carol L. Ginsburg
The New York Chapter is very pleased to honor Carol with the Distinguished Service Award for all her service to the New York Chapter and to the Association. Carol, a member of SLA since 1982, has held leadership roles in both the Chapter and on the Association level. She is a past President of the New York Chapter (1988-89), past Chair of the Business and Finance Division (1993-94) and is currently Co Chair of the Content Buying section of Leadership and Management Division, Fundraising Chair of the New York Chapter. She has also chaired the Professional Development Committee of SLA, the Branding Task Force, the Public Relations Committee, the Nominating Committee and served as a member of many other SLA committees. Carol is also a frequent speaker at SLA events and over the years she has planned many NY Chapter programs. This year, thanks to Carol's vision, efforts and ability to line up excellent speakers and topics, the NY Chapter celebrated the centennial with a series of six very special programs.
Carol was named a Fellow of the Special Libraries Association in 1995. She was awarded the President’s Award and she is a recipient of the Dow Jones Factiva Leadership award bestowed upon an individual who has shown competencies in all facets of information provision and leadership in the industry. In 2005, she was inducted into the SLA Hall of Fame. Carol has written numerous articles and has lectured widely on topics such as, product usage, marketing, technology and the future of the information professional.
Carol has a BA in English and History from New York University and a MLS from Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. Carol spent most of her career with Bankers Trust Company and its successor Deutsche Bank, located in New York, where she was a Managing Director responsible for the global strategy, management and operations of Business Information Services. Her global organization provided and supported electronic information and desktop services to bankers, acted as a consultant on information projects and trained bankers in using information effectively and economically. She was responsible for evaluating, selecting and sourcing appropriate content for both internet and intranet applications. During her tenure she forged the Bank’s 40 disparate information professionals into a global network which allowed the organization to utilize information services 24 by 7 and maximum the Bank’s investment in data and information tools and resources.
Carol is currently a managing director with BST America a global market data and information consulting and outsourcing firm. When she is not working or volunteering for SLA or her temple, she often spends her time babysitting Charley, her adorable granddaughter.
Outstanding Achievement Award: Guy St. Clair
Guy St. Clair is recognized by the New York Chapter of the Special Libraries Association with the chapter’s Outstanding Achievement Award for 2009 for his work in writing SLA at 100: From Putting Knowledge to Work to Building the Knowledge Culture. Prepared for the SLA Centennial, the book is offered not only as a history of the association but as a description of and predictions about knowledge services delivery in the future.
St. Clair is a native of Virginia who came to New York in 1969 to be the librarian at the Union League Club. His professional career had previously included work at the Alderman Library of the University of Virginia, the Library of Congress, the University of Illinois Library, the Richmond Public Library, and the Boatwright Memorial Library at the University of Richmond. From 1979-1987, he was the Library Director at The University Club of New York.
In the 1980s, Guy St. Clair and Andrew Berner recognized that the many librarians and information specialists working alone require support and professional guidance in order to provide the best possible service for their parent organizations and communities. To meet this need, St. Clair and Berner began offering consulting, training, and publishing services, including the publication of The One-Person Library: A Newsletter for Librarians and Management, which they published until 1998.
By the mid-1990s, St. Clair had transitioned OPL Resources Ltd. into SMR International, the New York-based consultancy practice which today provides consulting, publishing, and strategic learning services to a wide variety of organizations and companies. Working with colleagues Dale Stanley and Cindy Hill, St. Clair currently serves as president and consulting specialist for knowledge services for SMR International, helping clients focus on change and its impact on people, organizational effectiveness, and knowledge services delivery within the larger organization. Through a strategic alliance with SLA, SMR International developed and provides content and instructors for SLA’s Click U Certificate Program in KM/Knowledge Services.
St. Clair’s involvement with SLA began in 1972.In addition to his affiliation with the New York Chapter (for which he served as President in 1989-1990), he belongs to the Washington, DC Chapter and the Australia and New Zealand Chapter. St. Clair is also a member of the Museums, Arts and Humanities Division (for which he served as Chair in 1976-1977 and again in 1983-1984), the Knowledge Management Division, the Business and Finance Division, and the Leadership and Management Division. He was SLA’s President in 1991-1992. In 1989, Guy St. Clair was presented SLA’s Professional Award for recognizing the role of the one-person librarian Guy was named a Fellow of SLA in 1996. The NY Chapter is proud to honor Guy for "SLA at 100", which is an outstanding achievement and a very significant contribution to SLA and to our centennial.
The President's Award: Vida Cohen
The New York Chapter is very pleased to award Vida Cohen with the President's Award for her work in carrying out all the details of the Centennial Celebration Committee as well as for all her work for hospitality and arrangements for the Happy Hours as well as many other SLA NY Chapter events. Vida's tireless efforts and attention to detail contributed to the success of these and many other NY Chapter events.
Vida Cohen has over twenty-five years of information industry experience in the subscription agency business as an Account Executive and in senior management. Vida, a longtime attendee of SLA events, got involved in SLA through her work at Readmore, Blackwell Information Services (a division of Blackwell Scientific) and Swets . The knowledge that she gained from SLA and other related associations, enabled her to better understand the requirements and tools Information Professionals need in order to provide service to their organizations. Through her involvement in SLA, Vida has had the opportunity to establish relationships with information professionals in major corporations, medical, academic institutions as well as government agencies. Vida believes that the leadership positions she attained might not have been possible without the assistance and support she received from SLA members. In addition to her hospitality work for the NY Chapter, Vida is also a member of the Hudson Valley Chapter where she is currently serving as Membership Chair.
The President's Award: Donna Severino
The NY Chapter is very pleased to award Donna Severino with the President's Award for all of her work and exemplary leadership on the SLA NY Employment Task Force.
In response to the current economic crisis, which has hit our profession hard here in the New York area, the SLA-New York Chapter launched the Employment Task Force to provide service to its members. Donna was the main force behind scheduling meetings, communicating events and ensuring that action was taken. While many people contributed time and effort to the Employment Task Force, it was Donna's drive and leadership which really moved the effort forward. Donna had a vision for the Task Force and built a strong group to support her.
Donna Severino is a long-standing member of SLA. She is currently employed as the Vice President of Records Management for the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). Prior to joining NYCEDC in June 2009, Donna held the position of Vice President of Legal, Compliance and Management Controls Department Information Services for Goldman, Sachs & Co. While at Goldman Sachs, she was credited with building their Legal and Compliance Information Center, establishing a legal and regulatory research team, developing and maintaining the internal websites for two divisions and launching a regulatory update process that led to the development of cutting edge technology in this area. Additionally, Donna developed a best-in-class records management program and database for the Legal and Compliance Departments of Goldman Sachs. In August 2005, she was awarded a patent for the records management database she developed with Goldman Sachs' IT Department.
Donna is a graduate of Fordham University with a BA in Political Science. In 2008, Donna successfully completed the Fordham Management Institute at Fordham's Graduate School of Business.
Donna is in the process of obtaining her Certified Records Manager's designation and recently joined the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) Metro NYC Chapter Board as Vice President and Interdisciplinary Liaison.
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