PAM Award Winners
Richard Funkhouser
Dr. Peter B. Boyce, former Executive Officer of the American Astronomical
Society (AAS), is the 1999 recipient of the PAM Division Award and Nancy
Anderson, Mathematics Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana/
Champaign (UIUC), is the 1999 recipient of the Division's Achievement
Award. The following is extracted from the nominations for the two
recipients.
During his tenure at the AAS, Dr. Boyce established a strong working
relationship between the Society and those who serve the information needs
of its membership. His leadership led to an extraordinary cooperation
between the AAS and astronomy librarians including the placement of a
library liaison on the AAS Publications Board. Under his guidance, the
electronic Astrophysical Journal moved from a hazy idea to vaporware to
reality, and became finally the model and benchmark for electronic
journals. Along the way, he continued to insist on asking librarians for
comments and incorporated their advice into both the journal and its
license agreement, now considered models for the rest of the industry.
After his retirement, Dr. Boyce co-chaired the third meeting on Library
and Information Services in Astronomy (LISA3). His leadership helped to
make this one of the best gatherings ever and one that serves as a model
for cooperation among diverse groups.
Nancy Anderson was Division Chair/Elect and Chair and has chaired
committees and moderated roundtables. She has served the Association as
its representative to the Section of Science and Technology Libraries of
IFLA. Nancy has been especially active in supporting the mathematics
community's access to literature. She established at the UIUC Mathematics
Library a facility to obtain as much of the monographic literature
reviewed by Mathematical Reviews as possible, particularly from the Soviet
Union. Her two editions of French Mathematical Seminars have helped in
identifying them and locating copies. She co-authored with Lois Pausch the
book Guide to Library Service in Mathematics. Nancy has served as a
member of and co-chaired the AMS Library where she participated in the
preparation of a survey of mathematics libraries which provided valuable
comparative data.
In 1994, Nancy received the PAM Division Award recognizing her work on the
AMS Library Committee (Jointly with Professor James Rovnyak) and the
preparation of her landmark French seminars publications.
PAM Award Acceptance Letter
Dr. Peter B. Boyce, Senior Consultant for Electronic Publishing
First, I truly apologize for my inability to be here to accept this award.
I accepted invitations to give papers or attend four meetings in the span
of three weeks, and I just could not fit this trip into my schedule. Fear
not, though, I will be getting my share of librarians this year, since I
will be talking at the NASIG meeting next week in Pittsburgh. Although
they are not "Special Librarians," I'm sure they will be equally quick to
tell me where I am going wrong.
Which brings me to the real reason for these remarks. I feel so honored by
this award. The last eight years of working with so many of you, have been
very rewarding. I knew that I could always count upon Sarah, Marlene,
Ellen, Uta, Brenda, and all the PAM members to give me real feedback,
useful comments, and no-nonsense advice. Whether it was what made the
electronic journals most useful to the readers or what made licensing and
access easiest for the librarians, I knew I could count upon the accuracy
of the feedback from PAM members. I also knew that I had better pay
attention and heed the advice, or every astronomy librarian around the
world would know about it instantly.
In all seriousness, I have enjoyed my collaborative association with all
of you. I appreciate what you have done to make the AAS electronic
journals such a success. I have leaned heavily upon your well-organized
network, and I continue to marvel about how well you continue to play the
role of information experts in this new electronic world.
But, most of all, I have enjoyed meeting and working with all of you as
true and honest friends.
So, this is a very special award, which I will truly treasure.
Thank you all -- and a special thanks to Sarah for standing in for me to
accept your award on my behalf.
rlf@purdue.edu
American Astronomical Society
pboyce@aas.org
