Julie Moore, a librarian in the Technical Services Department of the Henry Madden Library at California State University, Fresno, is the 2010 winner of the Nancy B. Olson Award presented by the Online Audiovisual Catalogers Inc., an affiliate of the American Library Association.
The award recognizes a librarian who has made significant contributions to the advancement and understanding of audiovisual cataloging.
The award has special significance for Moore, who studied under Olson, the first chair of the catalogers’ association.
In accepting the honor at the group’s membership conference in Washington, D.C., Moore said, “This is definitely the highlight of my 21-year career as a cataloger. It is so wonderful to have my life’s work be acknowledged in this way.”
The Olson Award recognizes Moore’s work that includes:
- Teaching, working with and guiding interns in Alaska, who afterward established successful librarian careers.
- Promoting understanding of cataloging in a variety of formats and materials through presentations, teaching and writing.
- Raising awareness and promoting new international cataloging rules.
- Providing service and leadership in to her profession and to other groups.
- Her contributions to the organization, including membership on several key task forces.
Moore, who joined the Fresno State faculty in 2005 after working at Rutgers University and the Alaska Resources Library and Information Services in Anchorage, received her bachelor of arts from Ball State University and her M.A. from the University of South Florida.
For more information, visit http://www.csufresno.edu/library/spotlight/item.php?spotlight=145.
