Jill Emery Wins Esther J. Piercy Award Jill Emery,
Director of the Electronic Resources Program at the University of Houston
Libraries, is the 2006 recipient of the Esther J. Piercy Award for her
success in the world
of serials librarianship, especially her
knowledge of electronic resources licensing and
pricing models.
Emery shaped how libraries use and acquire electronic resources
and
influenced the development of new and improved products and services by
sharing
her expertise with colleagues, publishers, and vendors.
Very active professionally, Emery was elected Chair Elect of the
Serials Round Table of
the Texas Library Association in her second
year out of library school. She currently
serves on three
publisher advisory boards as well as two elected national offices, Chair
of
the ALCTS Serials Section and a Board Member-at-Large of
NASIG.
Library Journal
acknowledged her achievements in
naming her one of 50 Movers and Shakers for 2004.
Emery has a BA in
Literature from Texas A&M University at College Station and an
MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin.
The Esther
J. Piercy Award, established by ALCTS in 1968 in memory of Esther J.
Percy, the editor of
Journal of Cataloging and Classification from
1950 to 1956 and of
Library Resources & Technical Services
from 1957 to 1967, is given to recognize the
contribution to those
areas of librarianship included in library collections and technical
services by a librarian with not more than ten years of professional
experience who has
shown outstanding promise for continuing
contribution and leadership. The recipient
receives a
$1500 grant donated by YBP, Inc. and a citation in recognition of his/her
accomplishments.
The award jury consisted of chair Larry Heiman,
Karen Brown, Julie Moore, John Radencich,
and Bonnie Tijerina.
Larry Heiman
Catalog Librarian, Arts & Sciences
Team
Catalog Dept. Sterling Memorial Library. Yale University
P.O. Box
208240 New Haven CT 06520-8240
(203)432-0012 larry.heiman@xxxxxxxx