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Following is an announcement (abridged) from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). Since many of you have worked with George on various PCC activities, I thought you would like to know. Congratulations, George!

 

Melissa Beck

UCLA Law Library

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The Technical Services Special Interest Section Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2012 Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship is George Prager.

 

George Prager is Head of Cataloging and Assistant Professor at the New York University Law School Library. His professional activities, publications, presentations, and lectures are long and varied, including having served as the AALL representative to the Machine Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI) for five years. George has served on many TS-SIS and Cataloging and Classification task groups and committees, and recently worked with Jolande Goldberg (Law Specialist, Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division) to revise and expand the LC Classification sections for international criminal law (now KZ7000-KZ7500). He also worked with Jolande in reclassifying materials into the new LC classification schedule for Indigenous Law of the Americas (KIA-KIX).

 

George has been active in the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). He has been a long-time NACO names and series trainer and reviewer. He served as the co-chair of the PCC Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Record Task Group. With co-chair Becky Culbertson (University of California, San Diego), they were able to complete the Task Force's discussion, write the Provider-Neutral E-Monograph MARC Record Guide and have it approved by the PCC Policy Committee and the Library of Congress Standards and Policy Division. For their work, George and Becky were awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the Program for Cooperative Cataloging in July 2009. He also served in the summer of 2011 as co-chair of another PCC task group that revised the Integrating Resources Manual. Currently, George is chairing two PCC RDA-related task groups.

 

In addition to his impressive service record, George has added valuable contribution to the professional literature through numerous publications and articles. His notable contributions to various aspects of technical services are evident in his professional lectures and presentations, including a series of lectures on international developments in cataloging and RDA in both Italy and China. George's work and service to the law library community and technical services librarianship are exemplary, and represent the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award in its finest tradition.  

 

About the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award

 

The Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship is presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries to an individual or group in recognition of extended and sustained distinguished service to technical services law librarianship and to AALL. Honorees may be recognized for achievement in a particular area of technical services, for service to the Association, or for outstanding contributions to the professional literature. These achievements may include, but need not be limited to, the publishing, presenting, or sharing of innovative techniques or research, analysis, or commentary; or developing software, hardware, or other mechanisms that significantly enhance access to law library materials and collections. These contributions may be applied in the functional areas of processing, preservation, or technical services administration. Contributions may also consist of service to TS-SIS as a whole.