Outstanding
Achievement Awards 2002
University librarian
Gloriana St. Clair hosted the University Libraries' appreciation picnic on Friday,
June 7, in the Peace Garden. The annual picnic gives library staff on campus
a rare opportunity to socialize, but its primary purpose is to celebrate library
faculty and staff members' contributions to the university community. Valerie
Wadyko, Bella Gerlich, and James Vroom organized and coordinated this year's
event.
Outstanding
Achievement
Sue
Collins, Jeff Hinkelman, Jason Bugg, Sheila Rosenthal
Photo
by Ken Andreyo
This
year, for the first time, the library solicited nominations for outstanding
library service campus-wide. Winning "outstanding achievement" certificates
and cash awards of $250 were:
- Susan Collins,
reference librarian in Hunt Library, for Excellence in Customer Satisfaction
- Sue was nominated by the History department, who cited her direct role in
teaching and active support of the department, including her resourcefulness
and good humor in dealing with "obscure" requests.
- Jeffrey Hinkelman,
video collection manager in Hunt Library, for Excellence in Forwarding the
Instructional and Research Mission of the Library - Jeff was cited for his
work supporting this year's 4-day Carnegie Mellon Film Festival, "Behind the
Wall," as well as his management of the university's Video Collection.
- Jason Bugg,
resource sharing associate in the Engineering and Science Library, for Excellence
in Library Citizenship - Jason was cited for his open communication and active
team building, as well as his leadership and creativity in revitalizing the
library's in-house web newsletter.
- Sheila Rosenthal,
librarian in the SEI Library, for Excellence in Customer Satisfaction - Sheila
received a collective nomination from 58 faculty and staff at SEI, who cited
her consistent exemplary reference service to library users at the Software
Engineering Institute.
Other Awards
Honored
with mementos for Years of Service:
- 1 year
- Jennifer Fritsch, Carole George, Premlata Venkataraman, Dawn Caldwell, Leah
Zande, Arnette Loggins, Charles Sprowls, Jonathan Singletary, Jason Bugg,
Amy Pencosky, James Vroom, Joseph Mesco, Denis Galvin, Adrian Tinsley, Brian
Woolstrum, Jennie Benford, and Troy Straitiff.
- 5 years
- Christine Carnevali, Jennifer Kaye, Diane Covington, Adele Barsh, and Paul
Neuhaus.
- 10 years
- Larry Stanley, Ken Rose, and Denise Novak.
- 15 years
- Mary Kay Johnsen, Jan Hardy, Cindy Carroll, Melanie Myers, Erika Linke,
Dennis Kierzkowski, Lynn Berard, Joan Stein, Ruth Ann Schmidt, Gabrielle Michalek,
Linda Dujmic, Kathy Bossick, Sue Collins, Terry Hurlbert, and Martin Aurand.
Michael West, of
the Modern Languages department, was the lucky recipient of a digital camera
- drawn by lottery as a result of his participation the University Libraries'
LibQUAL+ survey this spring. The national survey measures library service quality
across institutions.
