2002 FLICC Award Winners Recognition Ceremony
2002 FLICC Award Winners Recognition Ceremony
The FLICC Award winners for Fiscal Year 2002 are:
2002 Federal Library/Information Center of the Year
(Beginning with the Fiscal Year 2002 Awards,
FLICC selected winners in two categories: a small library/information center
(with a staff of 10 or fewer federal and/or contract employees) and a larger
library/information center (with a staff of 11 or more federal and/or contract
employees).
Large Library/Information Center Category:
The Homer E. Newell Library, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, is recognized
for its promotion of various innovative technologies and approaches to knowledge
management. The library developed an extensive Web-based portal that linked
a comprehensive project directory of resource and image gallery links with a
network of experts. This enhanced the value of the knowledge gained from individual
projects for the entire agency. The library is further recognized in fiscal
year 2002 for eliminating the boundaries between traditional library support
and the need for preserving knowledge unique to the Goddard Space Flight Center.
Small Library/Information Center Category:
The James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital Library,
Tampa, Florida, is recognized for providing innovative, comprehensive,
and customer-focused resources and library services to clinical staff, allied
health professionals, patients, families and volunteers. In fiscal year 2002,
the library worked directly with the hospital's nursing staff to provide patients
with print information to supplement their discussions with their caregivers.
The library also created a variety of innovative Web-based services and creative
outreach activities for both professionals and patients to deliver knowledge-
based information directly to the bedside, and it provided vital support for
excellence in patient care, research and education for staff and patients.
2002 Federal Librarian of the Year
Army Librarian Ann Parham is recognized
for her leadership and devotion to librarianship as demonstrated by her commitment
to excellence in the management of the worldwide U.S. Army Library Program,
her advocacy for the restoration of the Pentagon Library, and the innovative
librarian training program she orchestrated. In fiscal year 2002, Parham served
as an example for the entire federal library community by reaffirming the values
and importance of library and information services to management, the user community
and the nation. Her initiatives in the wake of the September 11 attack on the
Pentagon serve as a model of principled determination and are a credit to the
librarian profession.
2002 Federal Library Technician of the Year
Reginald A. Stewart, library technician, U.S.
Army Library, Giessen, Germany, is recognized for his visionary approach
to improvements and outreach in library services for children. He created a
"storymobile" and initiated weekly visits to military housing areas
to reach children unable to come to the library for story time. His enthusiastic
storytelling and reading program created continuing awareness, interest and
visibility of library services in Army communities. In fiscal year 2002, Stewart
is commended for expanding the main library's children and adult collections,
as well as military dependent elementary and high school libraries, through
dedicated and enthusiastic efforts to acquire, select, process, barcode and
shelve more than 50,000 volumes from several closed base libraries.
The award winners and their supervisors were honored at a ceremony preceding the annual Forum. Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress, presented an award to each winner, who then made a few remarks.
Watch the video to see the awards ceremony.
Information on the 2003 Award program and a call for nominations will be announced on July 15, 2003. For the latest information on the awards, interested parties may refer to the FLICC Awards Web site at http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/awards.html.
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