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Subject: [IFLA-L] Dorothy McGarry, Margaret Mann Citation recipient
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:37:28 -0500
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Margaret Mann Citation recipient
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ALCTS Announces Margaret Mann Citation Recipient
Dorothy McGarry, retired Head of the Cataloging Division of the UCLA
Physical Sciences and Technology Libraries, is the recipient of the 2005
Margaret Mann Citation presented by the Association for Library Collections
& Technical Services (ALCTS), Cataloging and Classification Section (CCS)
of
the American Library Association (ALA).
The award is a citation and a $2,000 scholarship donated in the recipient's
honor by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., to the library school
of
the winner's choice. It recognizes outstanding professional achievement in
cataloging or classification either through publication of significant
professional literature, participation in professional cataloging
associations, demonstrated excellence in teaching cataloging, or valuable
contributions to the technical improvement of cataloging and classification
and/or the introduction of a new technique of recognized importance.
The Margaret Mann Citation Committee is honored to present this award to
Dorothy McGarry in recognition of her multiple contributions to the
practice
of cataloging. In particular, the Committee notes her prolific involvement
in professional association work at regional, national, and international
levels. Her service within ALA encompasses a number of divisions and
activities. She has distinguished herself in the Special Libraries
Association by her advocacy of cataloging issues. McGarry's intense
involvement at the international level over the past fifteen years has
included chairing the IFLA Section on Classification & Indexing.
Dorothy McGarry's contributions to the technical improvement of cataloging
include participation in the development and ongoing revision of several of
the International Standard Bibliographic Descriptions (ISBDs) and the
promotion of these standards to the international cataloging community. Ms.
McGarry has participated in IFLA working groups on "Guidelines for Subject
Authority Files," and "Principles Underlying Subject Heading Languages."
She
has sought to enable an understanding of these and other IFLA efforts
through presentations at international meetings and publication of
articles
in international publications.
Ms. McGarry has made significant contributions to the cataloging of
cartographic and scientific materials. She is a member of the
Anglo-American
Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials, which prepared the second
edition of Cartographic Materials: a Manual of Interpretation for AACR2,
2002. She has also played a significant role in the development of
geoscience information sources, such as the Georef Thesaurus and Union List
of Geologic Field Trips of North America.
Throughout Dorothy McGarry's career, she has served as a mentor and trainer
to many catalogers, scholars and cataloging activists. One of her former
interns, Martha Yee, has said: "Since Margaret Mann was a teacher, it would
be particularly appropriate to give this award to Dorothy as recognition of
her generosity in teaching several generations of interns to catalog."
Another former intern, John Duke, has written: "... she was a mentor who
nurtured in me an abiding and profound interest in the problems of
bibliographic control and the proper application of rules for the growth of
a catalog." The recent publication of Seymour Lubetzky: Writings on the
Classical Art of Cataloging, which she co-edited, is another instance of
her
outreach to new generations of librarians. In her role as a consultant, Ms
McGarry has assisted librarians from many different countries in
implementing internationally recognized cataloging standards and practices.
She has helped both individual librarians and the profession as a whole by
recruiting and encouraging librarians to serve on committees, task forces,
and working groups of many professional organizations.
The common thread in Dorothy McGarry's professional life is the knowledge,
expertise, dedication, and spirit of helpfulness she brings to whatever
activity is being undertaken. The range and depth of her contributions to
promote and advance the art of cataloging and classification serve as a
model for professionals in many different kinds of library settings. Her
work has helped replenish the ranks of library professionals and move
library methods and practices forward as we advance into a new age of
automation and information sharing.
Dorothy McGarry holds a master's degree in library science from the
University of California, Los Angeles.
The Margaret Mann Citation will be presented on June 26, 2005, at the ALCTS
Awards Ceremony during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.
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