NOTE: ** =
Required Field
**Type of
report being submitted: Committee Progress Report
**Date: 2/8/04
**Committee
Name: Shirley Olofson Memorial Award Committee
**Supervising Board Member: Sara
Morris, Beth Kraemer
**Chair,
Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs: Denise Kwan and Beth Filar Williams
**Committee
members: Tiffani Conner, Brooke Lippy, Susie Skarl, Bob Wolverton
**Activity in
Current Reporting Period
1.
Projects completed (For example, any procedures, tip
sheets, checklists, etc. created during this period): The committee
solicited applications for the award by posting to various mailing lists, an
announcement in Footnotes, etc. A total of 36 completed applications were received
by the deadline, January 1. Before the applications were received, there was a
discussion via email about how the applicants should be judged and the
committee developed a Word document and an Excel spreadsheet containing
applicants’ personal information, basic criteria, and a set of weighted
subjective criteria to be used to rank applicants. All the applications were
stored in an email account to be retrieved by committee members. Before the
conference all committee members sent their ranking scores and comments to the
chair who compiled the total score of all applicants. The committee discussed
via email who should be the winner among the top 5 candidates since three out
six committee members were unable to attend Midwinter. At Midwinter, the members
in attendance held a closed meeting at which time a winner was selected after
consulting with the 3M award committee to make sure no one would receive more
than one award. On February 1, the winner was contacted by phone and emailed
the terms of the award. The recipient signed the acceptance form agreeing to
the terms of the award.
2.
Projects in progress but not yet completed: The
committee is creating a certificate to be presented to the award recipient
along with a check at the NMRT Membership Meeting at the Annual Conference in
Orlando. Those applicants not chosen for the award will be notified as well.
**Action Items/Issues To Be Resolved
(What is left to do, based on your Planning Report?
Have there been any substantial changes in plans since then? What items, if
any, have been deferred until next year?): The committee will send the
relevant information to the Publicity Committee so a press release could be
written. The remaining activities are for the committee to obtain the award
check from ALA and to present it to the winner in Orlando.
Financial
Report Section:
Your budget appropriation (see
budget) |
a. 1000 |
Amount
which you have spent so far this year
|
b. 0 |
Your
estimated additional expenses this year
|
c. 1000 |
Total of amount spent and
additional "estimated" expenses for this year (b+c) |
d. 1000 |
Difference between budgeted
amount and total expenses from above (a-d) |
e. 0 |
**Report submitted by:
Denise Kwan
**Email address:
kwan@iit.edu