chapter awards

Billie Connor Award: The Billie Connor Award was established to honor Billie Connor, a long time member of the Chapter and twice president.  Billie is the principal librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library in charge of the Business/Economics and Science/Technology/Patents departments.  This award honors a Chapter member who has gone beyond the normal in support of the Chapter over a lengthy period of time.

Meritorious Service Award: The Meritorious Service Awards can be given for successful completion of a short-term project that has benefited the Chapter or to a person who has given exceptional service to the Chapter over a short period of time (2-3 years).

Recipients of awards from past years:

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

2007-2008

Sue Brewsaugh

Ann Shea

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

2006-2007

Jean Crampon, Chris Lincoln

  • Dena Hollingsworth (Chair of the Sternheim Fundraiser)
  • Amy Wegener (New Chapter Website)

Ann Shea

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

2005-2006

Debbie Hartzman
  • David Cappoli (UCLA Student Chapter Liaison)
  • Pam Lee (Professional Development Meeting)
  • Steve Tibbets (Mentor Program
  • Amy Wegener (Chapter Newsletter Editor)

Susan Hendrickson
Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

2004-2005

Belinda Beardt

  • Lillian Hernandez (Elections Chair 2001-2004)

Susan Hendrickson
Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

2003-2004

  • David Cappoli (UCLA Student Chapter Liaison)
  • Christian Gray (Recruitment)
  • Kathleen McElhinney (Website maintenance and redesign)
  • Richard Lindstrom (Website Employment page)
  • Doris Helfer (2004 Professional Development Seminar)

Elaine Adams

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

2002-2003

Katherine Richards

  • Belinda Beardt (Vendor Relations Chair)
  • Latonya Jefferson (Hospitality)
  • Wayne Wilson (Hospitality and sustained chapter support)
  • Archives Team (Researching the chapter archives and mounting exhibits at the 75th Anniversary Party and at the 2002 Annual Conference Hospitality Booth) - Joyce Hardy (archivist), Mary Lee, Bill Lee & Steven Strom

Elaine Adams

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

2001-2002

Barbara Amago

  • Pam Quon (Chapter archives project)
  • Teresa Bailey (Chapter booth decoration at SLA annual conference, 2001 and 2002)
  • Rita Costello (Chapter booth staffing at SLA annual conference, 2001 and 2002)

Bob Bellanti

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

2000-2001

John Shea

  • Loran Bures (For service in reworking the Chapter Bylaws)
  • David Cappoli (For leading the UCLA Student Group)
  • Ann Coppin (For service as the liaison to the Library of California)
  • Robert Powers  (Chapter webmaster for designing our new web site)

Laurel Crump

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

1999-2000

  • Barbara Amago (Ad hoc committee on Chapter governance)
  • Lindy Lecaros (Strategic planning)
  • Seymour Satin (Fundraising)

Katherine Richards

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

1998-1999

Ann Shea

  • Paul Morton (for over 20 years of weekly service to the SLA Southern California Jobline)
  • Bill Lee (for continued and dedicated work on the Southern California Jobline)

Doris Small Helfer

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

1997-1998

Dick Lohnes, Dorothy McGarry

  • Debbie Hartzman (Newsletter editor/author;  Executive Board/Advisory Council service)
  • Ray Hewitt (Chapter web site; Newsletter "Internet Site-ings" column; Networking Chairman)
  • Linda Moussa (Three years work on Scholarship fundraiser)
  • Jeanne Spala (work on Scholarship fundraiser)

Judy Ostrander

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

1996-1997

Bob Bellanti

Seymour Satin (special service)

Dick Lohnes

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

1995-1996

Doris Small Helfer

  • Bob Bellanti (scholarship program)
  • Sharon McNeil (Taste of Mystery fundraiser)

Dan Strehl

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

1994-1995

Joan DeFato

  • Jill Foreman (work on special project)
  • Doris Small Helfer (outstanding contribution to work of the Chapter)

Billie Connor

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

1993-1994

Billie Connor

  • Chris Hagen (Newsletter editor)
  • Sharon McNeil (SJSU Mentor Program)
  • Seymour Satin (L.A.F.F. fund-raiser)

Kay Salm

Year Billie Connor Meritorious Service Chair

1992-1993

  • David Acheson
  • Rita Costello
  • Nina Hull
  • Dick Lohnes
  • Seymour Satin
  • Christa Buswell (Medical Librarians Association of  Southern California & Arizona member; Co-chaired Crossroads I Symposium with Nina Hull)

Kay Salm