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ULA award recipients for 1999 are:
Distinguished Service Award
This is the Associations most prestigious award presented to persons who have sustained achievements of the highest caliber for several years. Wayne Peay, Director of the Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah, was presented the Distinguished Service Award. Wayne has long been a state-wide leader in developing technologies which have resulted in citizens throughout the state having access to a wide variety of information sources through PIONEER, Utah’s Online Library, and the Utah Academic Library Consortium’s Academic PIONEER. Through Wayne’s influence, all aspects of librarianship, from public and academic to school libraries, have benefitted from his leadership and foresight. Particularly impressive are results of his work on the state-wide multi-year initiative, Libraries 2000. Funding from this made possible joint statewide database licensing, cooperative collection development, and document delivery services to all academic libraries in the state.
Librarian of the Year Award
Nominees for this award must be librarians who, in the recent past, have outstanding achievements in a library, media center, or library science education. Salt Lake County Library System’s Carolyn Klatt, Senior Electronic Resources Librarian, was honored as the Librarian of the Year. Carolyn has provided leadership in development of three home pages: the Salt Lake County Library System; the original State Library Home Page, and most recently, the Utah Library’s Home Page, of which she is the Web-master. Besides being extremely knowledgeable in computer skills, Carolyn has contributed much to children’s librarianship over the years. She has served as Chairperson of the Children’s Literature Association of Utah; ULA Chairperson of the Young Adult Services Roundtable; consultant for State Library Children’s Services, and coordinator of state-wide programs. Carolyn is tireless and enthusiastic, truly deserving of the label, “Librarian of the Year.”
Special Service to Libraries Award
This award honors individuals, library staffs, committees, library boards, other similar groups or individuals who have made significant contributions in support of libraries or library service. Qualifying accomplishments may represent a sustained contribution over several years or a notable effort over a shorter period of time. For her tireless efforts in overcoming many obstacles to build a new library in Morgan, Director of the Morgan County Library, Jill Boydstun was presented the Special Services to Libraries Award. The award was also directed to the Morgan County Library Board and the Morgan County Friends of the Library, for their efforts in building of their new library. Many problems were encountered along the way to completion of the sleek $1.7 million, 10,000 square foot library which replaced the 45 year old, 2,300 foot facility. Jill and her Board and the Friends persisted in receiving funding from the State Library Board, convinced Morgan voters to pass a bond for the new building, and received help from private donors and businesses in Morgan to complete the magnificent structure.
Special Recognition Award
The Special Recognition Award is given only in special circumstances, when contributions of an unusual nature merit it. Sam Weller, owner of Sam Weller’s Books, when presented with this award, received a well-deserved standing ovation upon his acceptance of the award. Sam recently retired after fifty years of service to Utah’s book readers, both as buyers of books, and users of books from the libraries. Sam was always a “great champion of libraries and of intellectual freedom.” He found books librarians needed and made librarians aware of what was out there and how to get it. Sam supported every library initiative, workshop, conference, or program that solicited his help. “The Utah Library Association honors Sam Weller not just for his contributions to libraries but also for his contributions to the lives of the readers both libraries and booksellers serve.”
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