The following members of the P-A-M Division of SLA were honored with the 1996-1997 P-A-M Achievement Award at the Annual Conference in Seattle. The P-A-M Achievement Award, a new honor that the Awards Committee proposed and was accepted by the Executive Board this past spring, is reserved for those recipients whose professional work is marked by distinction and dedication to librarianship in astronomy, mathematics and/or physics. The purpose of this award is to recognize those Division members who have made outstanding contributions to the Division. The winners are:
Ellen Bouton
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Offices Held in PAM:
87-93 I.A.U. Thesaurus
89-90 Secretary
92-93 Chair-Elect
93-94 Chair
Ellen's tireless efforts with the international astronomical community have been noted in her work with the I.A.U. Thesaurus, the Astrolib listserv and the establishment of the Russian-North American Library Partner's program.
Marlene Cummins
University of Toronto Astronomy Library
Offices held in PAM:
87-93 I.A.U. Thesaurus
89-90 Chair-Elect
90-91 Chair
90-93 Bylaws
90- Procedures Manual
93- Liaison to AAS Publications Board
95- LISA II Colloquium
Marlene has, among other initiatives, recently been connected with the electronic Astrophysical Journal website. This site, which exemplifies truly the best in what an online journal should be, is a welcome reliable resource for librarians.
Sarah Stevens-Rayburn
Space Telescope Science Institute Library
Offices held in PAM:
79-80 Chair-Elect
80-81 Chair
86-87 Awards
93- ULAS2
Sarah has authored or co-authored numerous articles and books (including "Library and Information Services in Astronomy: Proc. Of Colloquium 110 of the IAU"). She is also a cofounder with Ellen Bouton of the NRAO RAO/unRAP sheet, which is an entire database of astronomical pre/reprints listed by institution, author, title and citation.
John W. (Jack) Weigel II
University of Michigan Science Library
Offices held in PAM:
72-73 Acting Chair
72-73 Bylaws Chair
72-73 Nominating
72-73 Program
72-97 Archives
78-79 Awards
Jack has the distinct honor of being the original member of PAM. In the summer of 1972, he persuaded four other SLA members into signing a petition to the SLA Board of Directors requesting the institution of a Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Provisional Division. Prior to that, Jack was the un-elected chair of the unofficial astronomy librarians' group which met fairly annually from 1967-1972 and then was absorbed by PAM.
Congratulations to all the recipients!
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Created by: Laurel Kristick, August 1, 1997
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