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Professor Arlene G. Taylor receives 2000 Highsmith Library
Literature Award at ALA 2000 Annual Conference |
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From left to right - Theresa
Benedek (Assist. to Dean - SIS), Professor Taylor, Patricia
Thomas (Margaret Mann Citation recipient for 2000), Jesus
Alonso and Daniel Joudrey (MLIS Students), Chris Tomer
(Chair - DLIS) and Mary K. Biagini (Associate Dean
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PITTSBURGH, August 8 -- Arlene G. Taylor, a professor
in the Department of Library
and Information Science in
the School of Information
Sciences at the University
of Pittsburgh, was honored with the 2000 Highsmith Library
Literature Award for her book The Organization of Information
(Libraries Unlimited, 2000). Taylor received the award
at the annual American Library Association Conference in
Chicago in July 2000.
The Highsmith Library Literature is presented to an author
or co-author for an outstanding contribution to library
literature issued during the three years preceding the
presentation. The book must illustrate "management
principles and practice, understanding and applications
of new technologies and education for librarians or other
information specialists."
Professor Taylor was the recipient of the 1999 Profile
in Excellence, an honor given by Oklahoma Baptist University
to recognize outstanding accomplishments by alumni. In
1996, Taylor received the Margaret Mann Citation, awarded
by the ALA ALCTS (Cataloging and Classification Section)
for outstanding professional achievement in cataloging
or classification.
Dr. Tayor's research and teaching interests focus on
the organization of information, information storage
and retrieval, bibliographic control, cataloging, online
systems, and library automation.
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School of Information
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