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Extra Mile / Above and Beyond This award recognizes a person(s) who has frequently and consistently worked outside normal expectations to make a difference within the Libraries while maintaining quality service or outstanding production levels with a positive and professional attitude. Examples include:
Beth Thornton and Sophie Dong - Serials Cataloging Beth and Sophie both work to help the whole department understand the difficult, intricate, and nuanced interpretation of serial cataloging rules. They have developed several presentations that provided insight about the nature of serials cataloging, and deserve recognition for working with other departments to illustrate what serials cataloging does, and how serial records are put together. Serials cataloging is typically a department that usually remains invisible-- however, these ladies have been champions of outreach, calling attention to the marvelous work that comprises a serials record. Both are approachable and infinitely patient, helpful, and supervise with demonstrations of how records can be improved. Working in serials cataloging is extremely pleasant, thanks the helpfulness and positive atmosphere created by Sophie Dong and Beth Thornton. Nick Cole - Serials Although Nick has only been in the Binding Unit for 4 months, the amount and quality of the work he produces is that of someone who has been there for years. Nick was previously employed as a student assistant in the Public Services Unit of the Serials Department, so he was able to learn many of the skills he needed beforehand, which made training him a breeze. Nick is very perceptive and genuinely cares about doing a good job, which makes him a great candidate for special projects outside of his normal duties as Binding Assistant. He is constantly volunteering to assist others with tasks that may seem tedious to anyone else- whether it's helping to move the entire CPR collection at the Main Library to the 1st floor, inventorying microfilm, taking the time to make sure old back issues are bound and have item records with the right information, or checking to make sure that item records are correctly reflected in Holdings- all while keeping up with his own work, and everyone who has had the opportunity to work with him knows that these tasks will be done with great care and attention to detail and with a cheerful attitude. Nick is aware that the help he gives to others is part of the greater good of the Libraries, and being that it's so hard to find someone of Nick's caliber we're extremely lucky to have such a dedicated person in the Serials Department. He's truly a supervisor's dream come true and an asset to the Libraries. Lisa Storey - Acquisitions and Serials I am nominating Lisa Story in for the Extra Mile ASSET. Lisa story is a "go-to" person in Serials, taking questions from people within and outside the Department. She is always pleasant and willing to help. In fact I don't think I've ever met anyone as truly good-natured as Lisa. However, the reason I am writing is to recognize her for her help in Serials Cataloging. In the last year Lisa has committed two hours each day to working with us. Since she has so many years of experience with serials, we did not start her with the easy stuff. She has been working on cataloging the electronic American Periodical series titles, and is currently about halfway through some 1,500 titles. These titles, while seemingly simple, more often than not end up in a tangle of title changes, other editions, mergers, splits and lots of other scary serial stuff (hey....we fit in with the ASSET theme this year!). I am grateful for Lisa's willingness and commitment to working with us, as well as her patience with the rules and changing practices of serials cataloging. Thanks, Lisa. Jamie Jedlicka - Cataloging In addition to Jamie's daily Database Maintenance duties, she began a special project to inventory Georgia Room monographs. This project involves comparing GIL against the Ga Room stacks. Sounds easy, right? The reality is that this sort of inventory uncovers both little and large discrepancies: materials that were never barcoded, materials that were never cataloged, holdings records lacking volume information for sets, copies that are really different editions, among other problems. To verify that a book is actually linked to the correct data and that all copies are accounted for (and match), she must pull other copies from the stacks, the repo, or other locations, and she has to even dig around in the old static snapshot of the Libraries' catalog, Galin, and the card catalog, to verify information for titles. Once she gathers her materials, she then carefully reviews each copy against the bibliographic, holding and item data in GIL (if there), against the shelflist card (again, if there), and/or GALIN (if there). Considering the nature of these unique works, Jamie works closely with Ga Room staff in resolving issues, such as preservation/conservation/labeling questions as well as project workflow issues. She also works closely with other staff in the Cataloging Department, to resolve questions about cataloging or in routing uncataloged materials. To date, Jamie has completed an inventory of monographic materials for call number ranges A-E, which has been a monumental project! The end result of this ongoing project will be that GA Room books will be barcoded and verified against the bibliographic, holding, and item information, with corrections made as needed. Call number conflicts will be resolved and multiple copies will be verified. On a larger scale, not only does Jamie's work contribute to the quality of the information in GIL, but it will facilitate future movement of GA Room material, given that a larger portion will be barcoded and verified. Jamie's leadership on this project has been outstanding. She keeps everything on track and organized with little assistance from her supervisor. She is certainly DBM's "go-to" person for GA Room! Tim Peacock - Systems While I don't work on a regular basis with Tim Peacock, I can say that his weekly biscuit deliveries definitely improve the quality of life in the Libraries. It’s the little things like that and his always-cheerful attitude that add an extra “something” to working in the library and made everyone’s day a little better. Ken Henslee - Cataloging 1. Ken has always helped me out regardless if its been something small or a huge project if I asked a question he has always helped me find the answer. Sheila McAlister - DLG If there were a "hard core librarian/archivist" award category, that's the one I'd use for Sheila McAlister. The Civil Rights Digital Library portal launched in April providing access to more than 100 digital collections from about 90 libraries, archives, public broadcasters, and other institutions across the U.S. Bringing all of the metadata together to make this happen has been a huge task, and it requires extensive expertise in descriptive work and in understanding issues associated with metadata aggregation. Sheila showed great perseverance in leading this component of CRDL, and we're fortunate to have someone of her caliber at the UGA Libraries. Renna Tuten - Russell Library Renna's professional outreach efforts with the Society of Georgia Archivists bring distinction and recognition to herself and to the libraries. Much effort goes into editing the SGA Newsletter, which she diligently reminds other archivists across the state to participate in! She balances hard work, diligence, and ambition, with a true humility and down-to-earth personality that makes Renna so joyful to work with on committees. Her flexibility and willingness to chip in --anywhere, at the drop of a hat-- are evidence of Renna's incredible work ethic, and clearly demonstrate what an important, go-to person she is here at UGA Libraries. She is always bringing new, fresh ideas, and injecting verve & enthusiasm into conversations & correspondence. Renna is clearly passionate and happy about archives, libraries, and public service. We and our patrons are all the better for it. Jermaine King - Access Services Jermaine deserves to receive this particular asset award for multiple reasons, not the least of which include: Jermaine is always willing to lend a helping hand regardless of the situation. He has sat at the Security desk many times when the security staff was thin or when there are times of extraordinary demand. His help has been critical at times when he is the only person that is willing and able to handle the responsibilities of a security assistant. Jermaine also contributes to the quality of life at the libraries by being one of the only people to lead by example on such policies as food and beverage and not only adheres to it but also enforces it when need be. He has been a great asset to both Access Services and Security, in particular. Mike Wages - Systems I will always nominate Mr. Mike Wages for an ASSET Award, even if he hates it. Why? Because he continues to speak to me after all I've put him through! He is always patient and professional, even when I -know- he must want to throttle me for my technical idiocy and lame-brainedness. Mike PATIENTLY sorts these things out for the folks in our department, which is a challenge, because there are days when we have complicated problems where we have to continually keep bothering him. Without prodding, he will up to make certain that things have continued to run smoothly. If I could bake Mike Wages cookies every time I had to call upon his assistance, I would. But I hate baking. So I'm nominating him. nfirmation of the receipt of your nomination will be emailed to you.
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