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Brian E. C. Schottlaender Receives First Annual Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, U.S.A. - March 12, 2007 - EBSCO Information Services and the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) are pleased to announce Brian E. C. Schottlaender as the winner of the first annual Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award. Schottlaender, university librarian at the University of California, San Diego Libraries, will receive $3,000 and a citation from EBSCO Information Services and be recognized at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2007 American Library Association meeting in Washington D.C. Schottlaender’s contributions to the profession and to ALCTS consist of a wide variety of leadership roles, including president of ALCTS and the Association of Research Libraries. He led both organizations through a strategic planning process that positioned them for a stronger future. Schottlaender has contributed to the advancement of cataloging through his role in the formation of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging and through his dedication and leadership; he has played a critical role in moving the cataloging code into the 21st century. His contributions have been recognized by the Margaret Mann Citation and the Best of Cataloging & Classification award. Schottlaender’s professional career began after he completed a master’s of library science at Indiana University in 1980. That year he joined the cataloging staff of Indiana University, moving to a position in the Cataloging Department at the University of Arizona in 1981. He moved to California in 1984 and until 1999, held several positions at the University of California, Los Angeles, including assistant head of the Cataloging Division and associate university librarian Collections and Technical Services. In 1999, he left UCLA to become the university librarian at the University of California, San Diego. Over the more than 20 years he has held posts at UCLA and UC San Diego, he has established himself and the University of California as leaders in cooperative collections projects. As a writer and thinker, Schottlaender’s publications range from the management and administration of libraries, to library collections and cataloging theory. His professional interests are broad, far ranging and often provocative. His work on the future of the catalog, including his edited volume, “The Future of the Descriptive Cataloging Rules: Proceedings of the AACR 2000 Pre-conference,” is valued by the cataloging community. Cooperative collection development has been significantly shaped by his work, from “The Development of National Principles to Guide Librarians in Licensing Electronic Resources” in Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory to notably “You Say You Want an Evolution… The Emerging UC Libraries Shared Collection Concept” in Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services. Schottlaender’s work combines the practical with ideas that challenge conventional thinking in a way that is transformative. The Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award honors the memory of Ross Atkinson, a distinguished library leader, author and scholar whose extraordinary service to ALCTS and the library community at-large serves as a model for those in the field. The award recognizes the contribution of a library leader who has demonstrated exceptional service to ALCTS and its areas of interest – acquisitions, cataloging and classification, collection management and development, preservation and reformatting and serials. About EBSCO Information Services As the “e” agent of the industry, more than half of the subscriptions handled by EBSCO have an electronic component. EBSCO’s comprehensive solutions include proven systems to consolidate ordering, invoicing, claiming and renewals as well as assistance with licensing and registration requirements for our e-journal and e-package customers worldwide. EBSCO’s 32 Regional Offices, located in 21 countries around the world, serve customers in more than 200 countries and are staffed by information professionals who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas. In its seventh decade of business, EBSCO upholds relationships with more than 79,000 publishers globally. These publisher relationships uniquely position us to streamline many aspects of the e-resource life cycle. EBSCO maintains a Dun & Bradstreet financial strength rating of 5A1, the highest awarded, which underscores the importance placed on providing outstanding, ethical service. EBSCO contact: ALCTS contact:
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