ASCLA Award Recipients for 1999
ASCLA Exceptional Service Award
 Rangashri Kishore is the 1999 recipient of the ASCLA Exceptional Service Award presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. Ms. Kishore is the librarian at the UNICEF in New Delhi.
The ASCLA Exceptional Service Award is a citation presented to recognize exceptional service to patients, to the homebound, to medical, nursing, and other professional staff in hospitals, and to inmates, as well as to recognize professional leadership, effective interpretation of programs, pioneering activity, and significant research.
The chair of the award committee, Neil Kelley, stated that “We are pleased to recognize Ms. Kishore's dedication to the role libraries play in serving the mentally ill and her role in establishing two halfway houses, one in Bangalore in 1993, the other soon to be running in New Delhi.”
ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award
 Jan Beck Ison is the 1999 recipient of the ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. Ms. Ison is the executive director, Lincoln Trail Libraries System.
The ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award is a citation presented to recognize leadership and achievement in the following areas of activity: consulting, multitype library cooperation, and state library development. The award recognizes sustained activity that has been characterized by professional growth and effectiveness, and has enhanced the status of these areas of activity.
The chair of the award committee, Neil Kelley, stated that “for almost a quarter century, Jan has carried the torch and advanced the cause of multitype library cooperation in four states. Her mantra has long been cooperation.”
ASCLA Professional Achievement Award
 Bridget L. Lamont is the 1999 recipient of the ASCLA Professional Achievement Award presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. Ms. Lamont is the director of Policy Development, Illinois Governor's Office.
The ASCLA Professional Achievement Award is a citation presented to one or more ASCLA members for professional achievement within the areas of consulting, networking, statewide service, and programs.
The chair of the award committee, Neil Kelley, stated that “During Bridget's sixteen years as the director of the Illinois State Library, Illinois became a multitype state and new standards of statewide service were established that became a national model.”
ASCLA Service Award
Barbara T. Mates, regional librarian, Cleveland Public Library, Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is the 1999 recipient of the ASCLA Service Award presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies.
The Service Award is a citation presented to recognize an ASCLA personal member for outstanding service and leadership to the division. The award recognizes sustained leadership and exceptional service through participation in activities which have enhanced the stature, reputation, and overall strength of ASCLA; representation of ASCLA to other appropriate organizations, institutions or governmental agencies.
The chair of the award committee, Neil Kelley, stated that “Barbara has served in numerous elected and appointed positions in ASCLA. She exemplifies the ASCLA tradition of service and advocacy of the publics we serve.”
ASCLA National Organization on Disability Award
 The Disabilities Resources Incorporated, Bellport, New York is the 1999 recipient of the National Organization on Disability Award for Library Service for people with disabilities presented by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. (President Julie Klauber is pictured at left.)
The award, $1,000 and a certificate is given to a library organization that has provided services for disabled persons donated by the J. C. Penney Company through the National Organization on Disability. The award recognizes an innovative and well-organized project which successfully developed or expanded services for persons with disabilties and can be for specific service(s) program for a library that has made their total services more accessible through changing physical and/or attitudinal barriers.
The chair of the award committee, Neil Kelley, stated that “Disabilities Resources Incorporated is being recognized for effectively targeting the 2,000 largest public libraries nationwide to share current disability related information, especially spinal cord injuries. Libraries area a prime target for their information.”
ASCLA Research Grant
No grant awarded this year.
Francis Joseph Campbell Award
 Donald John Weber, chief of the Florida Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services, Division of Blind Services is the recipient of the 1999 Francis Joseph Campbell award given by the Library Service to People with Visual or Physical Disabilities Forum of the Libraries Serving Special Populations Section of ASCLA.
The citation and medal is presented to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of library service for the blind and physically handicapped. This contribution may take on the form of an imaginative and constructive program in a particular library; a recognized contribution to the national library program for blind persons; creative participation in library associations or organizations that advance reading for the blind; a significant publication or writing in the field; imaginative contribution to library administration, reference circulation, selection, acquisitions, or technical services; or any activity of recognized importance.
“Don Weber has been a strong force in shaping library services to blind and physically handicapped readers,” according to Beth Eckles, chair of the award committee. “Under Don's leadership, the library has grown at a rapid pace, becoming the largest library for the print-disabled in the country measuring 89,160 square feet. His strong commitment to services for the blind has resulted in a high rate of patron growth, from 9,000 in 1975 to 46,000 currently.”
In 1995, Weber received an Outstanding Service Award from the National Federation of the Blind in Florida. As a member of ALA, he has served twice (1977–79 and 1993–95) on the committee to review Standards for Library Services to the Blind and Physically Handicapped. He has also served as director for the Advocacy Center for people with disabilities, Inc., in Florida from 1986–98.
Don Weber passed away several months after being honored at the ALA Annual Conference. He left a great legacy.
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