--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:32:35 -0400 From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: HelenJane Armstrong honored by Special Libs Assn Sender: ahudson <[log in to unmask]> It is a pleasure to announce that at its June 2000 conference, the Geography and Map Division of the Special Libraries Association, bestowed its honors award on HelenJane Armstrong, Ph.D., Head of the Map & Imagery Library of the University of Florida. Following is the text of the proclamation accompanying the award: Special Libraries Association Geography & Map Division HONORS AWARD The Division Honors Award is presented to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the fields of geography, cartography and map librarianship. Our honoree has accomplished much in all three areas. The award may be made for specific activities or continued outstanding service. Our honoree has many specific activities to choose from, adding up to continued service to the field of map librarianship, from the era of lone map collections distanced in miles from colleagues, to networked, electronic collections on-line and accessible across numerous boundaries. Our honoree has moved from the era of paper maps and aerial photography to the era of vapor maps and satellite photography and digital imagery -- not to mention GIS, metadata and consortias of catalogers. Our honoree is an innovator, an administrator, an author, a mentor, a colleague and friend. She is the first to design and install compact shelving for map cases. She is one of very few map librarians with a Ph. D., in physical geography and biotic resources. She has designed or established map libraries, including the National Geographic Society map library in Washington, D.C. in 1963-5; Northern Illinois University Map Library, DeKalb, 1965-71; and the University of Florida Map Library, now the Map & Imagery Library!, 1973 to the present. [She is still working on getting that one just right!] She administers one of the strongest map collections in the South, seeing that collection grow tremendously over the decades, and move from paper to electronic media with skill and good design sense. While the newest technology may attract her, she has not ignored the beauty and research value of antiquarian maps as intellectual tools. She has published numerous articles in professional journals, including recent award winners, on cataloging, particularly of remote sensing. She has graciously taught generations of students the arcanery of maps, aerial photography and GIS. She has shared generously of her time and talent with her colleagues, participating in the leadership of professional map library membership associations. In addition, on a regional basis she has led the Committee on Southern Map Libraries, and in the State of Florida, promotes the use of the University of Florida collections from the student, to the citizen next door, to the Statehouse. Not the least, she has been a friend and colleague and mentor to all of us in this room, and for that, we proudly honor today, for a lifetime of service to map librarianship, Dr. HelenJane Armstrong, Head, Map & Imagery Library at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Alice C. Hudson, Chair / Mary Galneder / Paige Andrew Honors Award Committee Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., June 12, 2000 The award was also accompanied by an 8' scroll, single spaced, listing all her map library activities over the years! We did not offer to pay for framing it... Congratulations, Helen, for many jobs well done! On behalf of the Honors Award committee, Alice C. Hudson Chief, Map Division, NYPL --- End Forwarded Message ---