[Asis-l] Norman Horrocks Award for Library Leadership (fwd)

[Richard Hill]

[Forwarded.  Dick Hill

         Norman Horrocks Award for Library Leadership

         The Nova Scotia Library Association is pleased to announce the
establishment of the "Norman Horrocks Award for Library Leadership" which
will be awarded annually by NSLA for leadership in the Nova Scotia
library community.

         The award, announced at NSLA's Annual General Meeting on October 25,
2003 in Dundee, Nova Scotia, will  honor the unflagging and constant
support Dr.Horrocks has provided the Association from its beginnings
to the celebration of its 30th Anniversary which will take place in 2004.
The Nova Scotia Library Association was established in 1974 to promote and
facilitate the exchange of ideas, problems and solutions among people
concerned with library service at all levels and in all areas of Nova
Scotia.  The General Meeting of the Association is hosted annually by
various library-related organizations throughout the province.

         Dr. Horrocks is Professor Emeritus, School of Library and Information
Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Editorial Consultant,
Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland and Contributing Editor, "Library
Journal", New York.  He was present in Yarmouth in 1973 to support the
establishment of the Association, has been a member since its
incorporation in 1974 and in 1990 received the NSLA Lifetime Membership Award.

         His work in libraries - for those who work in them and those they
serve - was first recognized at the Manchester Public Libraries in England
when he was the first recipient of the W.H.Brown Prize for public service.
This was an annual reward, funded by a grateful library user, to recognize
the contributions of the library staff to the public good.

         Dr. Horrocks is the only person to have received top awards from
three national associations - the Canadian, British and American library
associations. In addition, Dr. Horrocks has received awards from :-
         the University of Pittsburgh,
         Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey,
         The Atlantic Provinces Library Association,
         Beta Phi Mu - the international scholastic honor society for
librarians,
         The Association for Library and Information Science Education,
         The New Jersey Library Association, and
         The Writers Federation of Nova Scotia.



         The nomination criteria will be posted shortly on the Nova Scotia
Library Association web site,( http:nsla.ns.ca). The first "Norman
Horrocks Award for Library Leadership" will be presented at the
Association's annual meeting in October 2004.


Peggy Hiscock
Past President, NSLA,
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library
902.755.6031
phiscock at nsngp.library.ns.ca

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