National Award goes to OSU Librarian
Dan Chaney receives 2009 Carl Gaumer Library Champion Award
March 31, 2009
Story by Danny Groshong, OSU Library Communications Intern
For Immediate Release
STILLWATER - When Dan Chaney joined the Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) in 1996, he said he did not realize how much the association would impact his life. At the first conference he attended, Chaney left holding a chair position.
In 1998, Chaney began serving the MPLA as webmaster, a position he has held for 11 years. MPLA has only had an established online presence for 12 years.
MPLA benefits librarians and libraries by holding conferences, awarding grants for independent research and creating a network of like-minded professionals, Chaney explained.
"MPLA is a lot like the American Library Association, except on a much smaller scale," Chaney said. "It makes it easier to put names with faces and to meet and have similar goals and interests."
The Carl Gaumer Library Champion Award is ".to be given to the individual or company whose positive support of the Mountain Plains Library Association is demonstrated by constant conscientious endeavors towards libraries, library staff, trustees, and professional activities."
MPLA President 2004 Carol Hammond nominated Chaney for the award, citing his work as "a lasting legacy to MPLA, and something that has changed [MPLA] for the better forever."
In her nomination letter to Award Committee members, Hammond wrote, "I simply can't imagine how MPLA would be where it is today without [Chaney's] impressive, outstanding contribution."
The MPLA is a 12-state association of librarians, library paraprofessionals and friends of libraries, which includes Oklahoma. Its purpose is to promote the development of librarians and libraries by providing significant educational and networking opportunities.
For more information on this and other awards at the OSU Library, call 405-744-7331 or email lib-pub@okstate.edu.
Oklahoma State University is a modern land-grant system that cuts across disciplines to better prepare students for a new world. Oklahoma's only university with a statewide presence, OSU improves the lives of people in Oklahoma, the nation, and the world through integrated, high-quality teaching, research and outreach. OSU has more than 32,000 students across its five-campus system and nearly 21,000 on its Stillwater campus; with students from all 50 states and about 110 nations. Established in 1890, OSU has graduated more than 200,000 students who have made a lasting impact on Oklahoma and the world. CREATE - INNOVATE - EDUCATE - GO STATE!
URL: http://www.library.okstate.edu/news/spring09/chaney.htm
Last Updated: 31 March 2009
