2000-01 Chapter Professional Achievement Award:
Linda Vida
Photograph © 1999 Peg SkorpinskiPlease join us as we celebrate the presentation of the 2000/2001 Chapter Professional Achievement Award to Linda Vida at the September 25 dinner meeting. Family, friends and colleagues are welcome to attend!
This annual award recognizes the contributions made to both the Chapter and the profession. Linda's accomplishments are notable, as detailed in the following article, forthcoming in the September/October Bayline.
Linda Vida Recipient of 2000/01 Chapter Professional Achievement Award
By Jeanne Fong
The San Francisco Bay Region Chapter's Professional Achievement Award recognizes each year a Chapter member, nominated by his or her peers, who has made notable and enduring contributions to the Chapter and the profession. These accomplishments can be made through outstanding leadership in the Chapter and in committee work, participation in seminars, teaching courses and public speaking, publications and editorial contributions, innovations at the worksite, mentoring activities or extracurricular activities, which provide the profession and/or the Chapter with commendable publicity and acclaim. We are pleased to name Linda Vida, Head of the Water Resources Center Archives at the University of California, Berkeley, as the 2000/01 recipient of the Chapter Professional Achievement Award.
Linda's record as an active leader, enthusiastic contributor and valued coach and mentor has been evident at the Chapter and Association levels of SLA. As a member of the San Francisco Bay Region Chapter, Linda has chaired many of our committees, including Advertising, Fundraising, Government Relations, and Nominating. She was the Chapter's Director/Program in 1994/95 and President in 1996/97. She capped her term as President by arranging the very successful California chapters reception at the 1997 SLA Annual Conference in Seattle.
Surely one of Linda's crowning achievements was her work in planning and organizing the 1999 SLA Winter Meeting reception, which was held in the United States Court of Appeals building in San Francisco. Set in the splendor of the Court building's beautiful beaux arts interiors, the reception truly lived up to its billing as a gala event. Hundreds of SLA attendees will long associate that reception with the 1999 Winter Meeting.
Following years of active participation in Environment and Resource Management Division (ERMD), Linda is joining the ranks of the Association leadership by becoming the 2001/02 ERMD Divisional Chair. She was also Editor of the ERMD Newsletter.
As Head Librarian of UC Berkeley's Water Resources Center Archives, Linda's skilled leadership and imagination launched a popular new lecture series called the California Colloquium on Water, reinvigorated the library's publication program, spearheaded a new Web presence, and started a successful outreach and development program. Linda has also served on many committees at UC Berkeley, including service on the Executive Board of the Librarians Association of UC Berkeley.
Perhaps the broadest impact Linda has had on Chapter members has been in the area of mentoring. Many of us owe to Linda our decision to become members of SLA. Some of us vividly recall what it felt like to be both new librarians and new Chapter members, and wondering how to take our first steps in professional networking (assuming we even knew what networking meant). Linda was there for us, giving generously of her time, encouragement and advice. She has always been a positive example, and never one to rest on her laurels. Her special personal touch influenced our development as professionals and in our personal lives.
Congratulations, Linda.
Jeanne Fong is a former Chapter Past-President. Diane Rosenberger, Debbie Hunt and Jeanne were the members of the 2000/01Awards Committee.
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