- Includes SLA and Local Chapter Members
On November 29, SJSU SLIS celebrated its fortieth continuous accreditation anniversary by honoring more than 40 alumni during its "Forty for Forty" celebration. The honorees included several SLA members - Sarah Buchanan, Ann Caputo, Daria DeCooman - as well as local Chapter members Christy Confetti Higgins, Eli Edwards, Monica Ertel, Fred Gertler, Cindy Hill and George Plosker.
Please click for photos of the reception, courtesy of George Plosker (Thanks George!).
Read on for a full list of honorees.
Doug Achterman - Author, lecturer, Web 2.0 champion for student learning.
Dorothy Loretta Becker - Educator, school librarian, reading specialist, Board of Directors-Chi State Learning for Everyone Foundation.
Richard Bray - Library director, Library Journal mover and shaker, addressing the spiritual information needs of seniors.
Sarah Buchanan - Educator, library and information science professor, recipient Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award.
Bonnie Buckley - Consultant, director, corporate librarian, state-wide library planner, Nevada Center for the Book champion.
Kim Ly Bui-Burton - Published poet, community-wide collaborative programs innovator, pioneering library director.
Ann Caputo - Senior executive, adjunct faculty member, mentor, industry association leader, recipient Rose L. Vormelker Award.
Peggy Conaway - Library director, community historian, author, library project manager.
Ethel S. Crockett - Ninetieth California State Librarian, college library director, professional association leader.
Christy Confetti Higgins - Director of Sun Microsystems Digital Library, author, presenter, recipient SLA Horizon Award.
Nancy Cummings - System administrator, library director, Arizona Library Association’s 1988 Librarian of the Year, 1994 recipient Distinguished Service Award.
Michael Daw - Lawyer, law librarian, law school educator, Director and Associate Dean of Golden Gate University Law Library.
Daria DeCooman - Elsevier Senior Library Communications Manager, newsletter editor, producer, manager.
Jean Marie Deken - National Archives and Records Administration archivist, collection curator, Archives Director-Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
Judith Downie - Government documents information literacy champion, recipient CSU San Marcos History Department 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Eli Edwards - Author, public librarian, corporate librarian, academic librarian, blogger.
Ann Elliot - Poet, editor, educator, social worker, teacher, author, community organizer, civic leader.
Monica Ertel - Director of Global Information Services, Bain & Company, formerly Director of Worldwide Customer Services at Innovative Interfaces, Director of Research for Korn/Ferry International, and Director of Apple's Knowledge Systems Laboratory.
Steve Fjeldsted - City Librarian, county librarian, library director, author.
Sarah Flowers - Library Journal mover and shaker, conference planner, author, young adult library champion.
Bernard Fradkin - Educator, academic library director, dean, leader in professional service.
David Genesy - Consultant, speaker, program manager, library director, part-time faculty San José State University School of Library and Information Science.
Fred Gertler - Interim Dean, student outreach and information literacy instruction champion, two-time recipient Outstanding Staff Recognition Award, Santa Clara University.
Cindy Hill - Directorof corporate libraries at Failure Analysis Associates and Sun Microsystems, Library Technical Assistant Program instructor, SLA past president.
Mary Dullea - Associate Director and Executive Law Librarian at Santa Clara University, legal research instructor, recipient Student Bar Association Community Service Award, Student Bar Association Staff Appreciation Award.
Joan Sidney Howland - Nationally recognized expert in law and technology and American Indian Law, appointed to the Roger F. Noreen Chair at the University of Minnesota Law School, recipient of Spirit of Law Librarianship Award.
Barbara Jeffus - First school library consultant for the California Department of Education in over 20 years, recipient of California School Library Association’s Professional Services Award for Continuous & Meritorious Service to the Library Media Profession.
Robin Kear - Speaker, author, librarian, and advocate for "global librarians," recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
Jayne Ann Krentz - Corporate librarian, accomplished New York Times bestsellerromance author, conference seminar presenter, editor, essayist, philanthropist.
Doug McDavid - Executive consultant, member of IBM Academy of Technology, author, patent holder, Board of Directors-New Media Consortium.
Jo Ellen Misakian - School librarian, interim college dean, book-to -ilm catalyst, author, non-profits board member, recipient of California School Library Association’s Professional Services Award for Continuous & Meritorious Service to the Library Media Profession.
Jeff Paul - San José State University’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library Director of the Chicano Library Resource Center, head of systems, acting associate and assistant library director, author, part-time faculty San José State University’s School of Library and Information Science.
George Plosker - Information Industry Executive for IEEE, Dialog, Thomson Gale, author, frequent conference speaker, recipient SLA 2006 Author Award.
William Post - Vice Provost for Information Resources and CIO at California State University, Chico, innovative educator.
Natalie R. Rencher - Branch manager, principal librarian for capital projects, Director of Library Services-Stockton-San Joaquin County Library, Deputy and Interim Library Director-San Diego County Library system.
Robert Skapura - Author, school librarian, community college dean, library software company pioneer and entrepreneur.
Risë L. Smith - Librarian, learning resources director, ACRL Institute for Information Literacy’s Best Practices Project advisory panel member, 2004 South Dakota Library Association Librarian of the Year.
Anne-Marie Tarter - School librarian, author, journal contributor, conference presenter, recipient 2006 School Library Association’s School Librarian of the Year Award.
Ingeborg Wald - Librarian, translator, published poet, educator, art grants recipient, recipient Poetic Achievement Award, and Arcadia Poetry Press’s Editor's Choice Award.
Yuhfen Diana Wu - Business librarian, author, conference presenter, first San José State University recipient of a RUSA-BRASS Emerald Research Grant, past president Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA).
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
Debbie Faires - Community college library educator, full-time faculty for San José State University’s School of Library and Information Science, assistant director, recipient 2006 SLIS Alumna of the Year 2007 San José State University’s School of Library and Information Science Outstanding Lecturer Award.
Lori Lindberg - Pioneering archives educator, corporate archivist, recipient 2006 SLIS Outstanding Lecturer Award, 2005 San José State University’s School of Library and Information Science Alumna of the Year Award.
Valerie Torres - Teacher-librarian champion for information literacy, popularly acclaimed recipient of the Teacher of the Year award in 2007, and San José State University’s School of Library and Information Science Alumna of the Year in 2007.
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