Ellen McCrady receives Banks/Harris Preservation Award

Ellen McCrady recipient of the 2002 Banks/Harris Preservation Award

The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services
(ALCTS) is pleased to announce that Ellen McCrady is the recipient
of the 2002 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award.

Since 1975, Ellen McCrady has been the editor and publisher of the
"Abbey Newsletter", which has subscribers in 44 countries.  During
her long career, first in bookbinding and then in preservation, Ms.
McCrady has made significant contributions to the library and
archives preservation field. Besides her own publications, she has
contributed numerous articles to publications in the fields of
librarianship, papermaking, and conservation.  In addition she is
known for her strong advocacy of alkaline papers and the development
of a reliable pH testing pen used to determine whether paper or
cellulosic board is acid or alkaline.  Ms McCrady is a ready source
of information on a wide range of preservation topics and shares
this information willingly to a wide range of individuals in the
library and archives fields.

The Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award presented by
the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association
for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) honors the
memory of Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris, early leaders in library
preservation, teachers, and mentors for many in the field of
preservation.

The award, consisting of $1,500 and a citation, sponsored by
Preservation Technologies, L. P., recognizes the contribution of a
professional preservation specialist who has been active in the
field of preservation and/or conservation for library and /or
archival materials.

The award will be presented on Monday, June 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the
ALCTS Membership Meeting and President's Program during the 2002
American Library Association Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA.


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                  Conservation DistList Instance 15:75
                   Distributed: Tuesday, May 7, 2002
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