[IUG] IUG Beacon Award (new at San Jose conference)

["Seeman, Corey" <cseeman at bus dot umich dot edu>]

Hi -- I will send out a more formal notice later, but I wanted to let those who were not in attendance at IUG 2007 know that we now have created an award for exceptional service to the Innovative Community by people at member libraries.  In case you need a reminder, many people were nominating Bob Duncan for the award that did not exist.
 
So, thanks to the IUG Steering Committee, especially Cheryl Gowing who was about to design and acquire the award in two day's time in Miami, we now have an annual tribute to offer a member of the Innovative users community who has traditionally gone above and beyond the call of duty.  Now while I was originally calling this the Bob Duncan Award, we decided to call this the "IUG Beacon Award" and chose a lighthouse for its symbol.  The award is hereby established to:
 
"To honor exceptional service to the Innovative Users Community through presentations, collaboration, selfless dedication to libraries as a whole, and sage advice to others via the IUG List."

Our symbol will be a lighthouse to symbolize:
-Inspiration
-Navigation
-Illumination
-Protection
 
And as I said during the opening session, a great implementation is the product of a great employee, but someone who helps other attain greatness and shares the knowledge that she/he gained in the process is a great community member.  This award is to honor the latter.  You can think of it like the "Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award" at the Academy Awards which is presented to acknowledge a lifetime of works.
 
Recipients will be selected by the past-chairs and the Steering Committee with some process to be determined in the future.  I believe the nomination process will be coordinated by the current Past Chair and the selecting committee will consist of the IUG Past Chairs and the IUG Steering Committee.
 
The 2007 recipient of the award is...
 
Bob Duncan 
Lafayette College
2007 - San Jose
 
However, we took this opportunity to recognize essentially the first winner of the award as it was presented at our 10th conference in Houston, 

Mieko Yamaguchi
The University of Wales, Bangor
2002 - Houston
 
We will create a web page on the IUG site for this award along with a photo of what the original awards looked like.  That page will also have information on how to nominate people for the award...as soon as we think of them.
 
Congratulations to Bob and Mieko.
 
Best -- Corey
 
 
Corey Seeman
IUG Past Chair, 2007-2008

and sometimes
Director
Kresge Business Administration Library
Ross School of Business
The University of Michigan
cseeman at umich dot edu
(734) 764-9969
(734) 717-9734 (cell)
(734) 764-3839 (fax)
 
Kresge Library Home Page: http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/ <http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/> 
My home page: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cseeman/index.html <http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cseeman/index.html> 
 
 
 


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