[Chapters-l] Louisa (Toot) Verma and Yin Zhang win ASIST Chapter Member of the Year Award

[Karen Howell]

2003 ASIST Chapter Member of the Year Award Winners
 
Congratulations to the 2003 ASIST Chapter Member of the Year award winners,
(Los Angeles Chapter) and Yin Zhang (Northern Ohio Chapter).

The Chapter Member of the Year award recognizes the service of an individual
to a particular chapter.  It is given for significant contributions to the
membership of the chapter through participation in and support of its
meetings and publications; fundraising; recruitment; or other significant
activities.

Louisa (Toot) Verma and Dr. Yin Zhang will receive their awards during the
ASIST Annual Meeting, at the Chapter Assembly meeting on Sunday, October 19,
9:00 to 10:30 a.m. at the Westin Long Beach Hotel in Long Beach, California.

Award Citations:

Louisa (Toot) Verma, Los Angeles Chapter
    Louisa (Toot) Verma has been an active member of the LACASIS board for
many years.  She has served as Treasurer, Secretary, Sponsorship
Coordinator, and OASIS Advertising Coordinator.  She has also been a
frequent contributor to the OASIS newsletter, and advocate for LACASIS
support of the SIG III International Scholars Program, and the major force
behind the development of the chapter¹s sponsorship criteria and outreach
brochure.

She is always one of the first people to volunteer for a new position or
project.  Louisa volunteered to help with every aspect of the
ground-breaking ASIST Joint Chapter Virtual Mini-Course, ³Strategies for
E-Learning and Distance Education Educators.²  She worked with the other
team members on the format and Blackboard issues. She integrated content and
developed introductory materials for the program.  And she served as an
online moderator for the virtual mini-course.

Louisa (Toot) Verma has contributed initiative, innovative yet practical
ideas, and a willingness to jump into a new venture with energy and
enthusiasm.  ASIST is very pleased to recognize all of her contributions to
the Los Angeles Chapter with this award.


Yin Zhang, Northern Ohio Chapter
    Although she is the most recent addition to the Northern Ohio Chapter¹s
leadership group, Dr. Yin Zhang has quickly become a key member.  She
contributes her creativity in planning programs and finding ways for chapter
members to share their expertise.

Within the few years since she joined NorASIST in 1999, Yin organized a
program called ³Web-Based Surveys;² she recruited a SLIS student and
supervised her to redesign and maintain the chapter website; and she
presented another program, ³Digital Reference in Action: Perspectives from
Librarians and Educators.²

Yin continues to be an active Program Planning Committee member and Web
Committee member; she has helped to organize the Chapter¹s Career Nights;
and she has enthusiastically participated at all Chapter pre-program social
events.  Perhaps, most importantly, Yin has done an outstanding job in
recruiting student members and getting them to become involved in the
chapter¹s activities. ASIST is very happy to recognize Yin Zhang for her
many accomplishments and contributions to the Northern Ohio Chapter.

 
Congratulations, Louisa and Yin Zhang!

 
Karen Howell
ASIST Chapter Assembly Director
 

 


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Karen Howell
CIS Committee Vice-Chair for Strategic Planning
and
Director, Center for Scholarly Technology
Information Services Division
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA  90089-2571
(213) 740-2933
khowell at usc.edu