Library Society of the World “Shover and Maker Award” winner

 

I thank you all for your confidence in me and my abilities. Without you I would never have won this prestigious Library Society of the World “Shover and Maker” award, let alone been nominated for it.

I have been a shover and a maker for many years and am finally rejoicing that someone else has recognized my unique talents.  See: http://www.shoversandmakers.net/sm-award-winners-2009  I should be there somewhere.

 

After a degree in chemical engineering and a masters in library science, I am now in my 22nd year with Xerox. I am located in the postmodern structure at the corner of Winston Churchill and the QEW in Mississauga, ON, CANADA.

This last year, in order to win this award, I completed the following – among other things:

• updated internal library web pages
• negotiated contracts with a number of big name library suppliers
• developed and implemented a system to import all the MARC records for our ebook collection (over 12K titles) into our library catalogue
• worked really hard at understanding US/Canada corporate copyright agreements
• learned how to build things in Second Life
• twittered (tweeted?) like mad
• designed/implemented/populated a database of courses and conferences in our area of interest with web interface
• supported engineers, chemists, physicists, etc. at two locations in two countries, thousands of miles apart, and kept most of them happy
• attended SLA in Seattle
• championed a library booth at an internal technical conference
• found someone else to handle the interaction with the US government’s iEdison system
• got a new laptop with vista and had them uninstall it and install XP
• won an internal award for my community work (foster family for Dog Guide puppies)
• won $100 gift certificate from SLA for completing the 23-things project (months have gone by and I have not seen the money though)
• became webmaster for CFUW Oakville

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