[Sigdl-l] ASIST SIGDL 2014 Deborah Barreau Memorial Award Winner Announced

[ASIS&T SIG DL]

*October 1, 2014 --The Digital Libraries Special Interest Group (SIG-DL) of
the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased
to honor Ngozi Okoro as the 2014 recipient of the Dr. Deborah Barreau
Memorial Award. As coordinator of the SIG-DL Webinar program for 2014,
Ngozi produced an outstanding series of professional development webinars
that were attended by SIG-DL and ASIS&T members, as well as Digital
Libraries practitioners and students from all over the world. Webinar
subjects included web archiving using the Internet Archive’s Archive it
application, Digital Asset Management best practices, and data archiving
and management using DataVerse.“This year Ngozi scheduled a variety of
timely and topical webinar presentations that were well attended and well
regarded by the ASIS&T membership. She worked very independently in this
venture, making contacts with speakers, scheduling the webinars and
managing the webinar events with little or no outside assistance. The
SIG-DL webinar program was very successful this year due to Ngozi’s
efforts,” remarked Kevin Comerford, 2014 Chair of SIG-DL.The Dr. Deborah
Barreau Memorial Award honors ASIS&T SIG-DL members who have made
significant contributions to the Digital Libraries Special Interest Group
through service, projects, research or professional development initiatives
that enrich the SIG-DL community. The award is intended to encourage active
engagement of SIG-DL members, recognizing outstanding service to the SIG.
The Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to
SIG-DL was established in memory of Dr. Deborah Barreau, a leader in ASIS&T
for many years and served as an advocate for SIG-DL and emerging leaders
within the ASIS&T Community. Ngozi Okoro will be honored during a ceremony
that will be held during the SIG-DL business meeting at the ASIS&T Annual
Conference on November 4, 2014 in Seattle, Washington.*
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