PAM Division Award Winners List
(See also PAM Achievement Award Winners, PAM International Membership Award Winners, PAM Award Guidelines, and PAM International Award Guidelines.)For outstanding contribution to the literature of Physics, Astronomy, or Mathematics
2007 No award.
2006 No award.
20th, 2005
Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics - ERAM, (also known as the Jahrbuch Project). Bernd Wegner & Keith Dennis, co-editors. For the creation of a unique and freely accessible database and archive of mathematics literature with over 15,638 links to full-text images of articles and books in various digital archives, and including the Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik, one of the first reviewing publications for mathematics published from 1869 until 1943. Details.
19th, 2004
American Physical Society: for its long-standing awareness of the importance of the historical literature in its discipline, and its commitment to archiving that literature in scanned, reference-linked and searchable backfiles made available to its researchers and subscribers at reasonable cost. We also recognize its trailblazing role in the secure archiving of electronic versions of its publications. Finally, we acknowledge its careful and generous policy on copyright and its continuing support of arXiv in enhancing the dissemination of scholarly information to all. Details.
18th, 2003
Evan Owens: For his work, while with the University of Chicago Press, making the journals of the American Astronomical Society available as full-text electronic journals at a time when the e-journal idea was merely a glimmer of an idea at other societies and commercial publishers. Details.
17th, 2002
John Gardner: For technologies he has developed to promote accessibility of electronic information by people with print disabilities, including low vision, blindness, and dyslexia, in the Science Access Project at Oregon State University. Details.
16th, 2001
Guenther Eichhorn: For his groundbreaking work in the genesis and development of the Astrophysical Data System, that represents an unparalleled shift in the free distribution of astronomical information. Details, Photo.
15th, 2000
Maurice Bruynooghe: On behalf of his entire Editorial Board and the Association for Logic Programming, for recognizing the difficulty of increasing journal costs for both libraries and scholars, and for taking steps within their own scholarly community to effect positive change. Details, Photo.
14th, 1999
Peter Boyce: For his work at AAS which led, among other things, to an "extraordinary cooperation between the AAS and astronomy librarians" and to the development of the electronic Astrophysical Journal which has become a model for electronic publishing. Details.
13th, 1998
Paul Ginsparg: as the original creator of the Los Alamos National Laboratories electronic preprint server which introduced several novel and innovative approaches to scholarly publishing. Details. Photo.1997 No award.
1996 No award.
12th, 1995
Daniel Egret: On behalf of SIMBAD (Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data) which has revolutionized astronomical research.
11th, 1994 [joint]
Nancy Anderson: In honor of her work as co-Chair of the American Mathematical Society's Library Committee and in recognition of her landmark bibliography of French mathematical seminars.
11th, 1994 [joint]
James Rovnyak: In honor of his role in the initiation of the American Mathematical Society's Library Committee and his leadership of the Committee as it surveyed North American mathematics libraries and addressed various issues in mathematics information.
10th, 1993
Henry H. Barschall: In recognition of his contribution to the physics literature via a groundbreaking journal cost study, and in appreciation of his defense of the right to publish and exchange such information, which has benefitted the scholarly and library communities at large.
9th, 1992
Joanne Goode: For her work on PAMNET.
8th, 1991
Brenda Corbin: For her work on the International Astronomical Union conference, Library and Information Services in Astronomy (LISA).1990 No award.
7th, 1989
Mathematical Society of Japan: For producing Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics (Prof. Masatake Kuranishi, Columbia University, accepted the award).1988 No award.
1987 No award.
6th, 1986
Judith Bausch: For her editorship of the Union list of astronomy serials.1985 No award.
1984 No award.
5th, 1983
Edwin Parker and Louise Addis: For his writing the original SPIRES programs and her managing the high energy physics preprint database for SLAC.1982 No award.
1981 No award.
4th, 1980
Walter Fricke, Director of the Astronomisches Recheninstitut: For his editorship of Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts.
3rd, 1979
Robert Kelly, Director of the Particle Data Group: For the Particle Data Group's publication of Review of particle properties.
2nd, 1978
William LeVeque, Executive Director of the American Mathematical Society: For his contributions to the bibliography of mathematics, especially his editorship of Reviews in number theory.
1st, 1977
D.A. Kempe: For publication of Astronomy and astrophysics: a bibliographical guide.Copyright protected.
