NOTSL Awards

Occasionally, a recipient of the NOTSL Scholarship submits a proposal that particularly speaks to the profession of cataloging. When this happens, the Scholarship Committee designates their award as a "Jane Myers Cataloging and Metadata Scholarship" in recognition of our former colleague.

Margaret Maurer shared the following information via email with the AUTOCAT community in April of 2007, following the death of Jane Myers:

Those in the Public Library cataloging community in Ohio have been grieving the loss of Jane Myers, our friend and a catalog librarian at Westlake Porter Public Library. She made many contributions to the Ohio Library Council's Technical Services Division, to NOTSL, to TechKNOW, and Westlake Porter Public Library.

My favorite story about Jane involves her struggle with cancer of an unknown origin. When Jane was originally diagnosed with this disease three years ago, she also discovered that there was no LCSH heading for her type of cancer. She at once initiated the process for the creation of a heading to describe her cancer, although she was not a PCC participant. I'd call that a pretty proactive response to a tough situation.

Listed below is the resulting subject heading:

Subjects Record [1308937240]

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150 $a Cancer of unknown primary origin

450 $a Cancer of unknown primary site

450 $a CUP (Cancer of unknown primary origin)

450 $a Occult primary cancer

450 $a Primary cancer, Occult

450 $a Primary cancer, Unknown

450 $a Primary origin, Cancer of unknown

450 $a Primary site, Cancer of unknown

450 $a Unknown primary cancer

550 $w g $a Cancer

550 $a Metastasis

670 $a MESH $b (Neoplasms, Unknown Primary x Neoplasm Metastasis, Unknown Primary, Neoplasms, Occult Primary, Occult Primary Neoplasms, Unknown Primary Tumors)

670 $a Alltheweb search, Feb. 10, 2004 $b (Cancer of unknown primary origin, CUP, Cancer of unknown primary site, Occult primary cancer, Unknown primary cancer)

670 $a National Cancer Institute/Cancer Facts web site, Feb. 10, 2004 $b (Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin; Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) origin is the diagnosis when metastatic cancer is found but the place where the cancer began (the primary site) cannot be determined. CUP is a term that refers to many different cancers.)

The Margaret Maurer Professional Networking Award is established to honor the persistent contributions of Margaret Maurer, Associate Professor Emeritus at Kent State University, who dedicated over three decades of service to NOTSL. Margaret's commitment to the organization, including her instrumental role in developing the position of Archivist, reflects her lifelong dedication to advancing the library profession and supporting colleagues in their growth.

Reasoning: By providing this support, the award not only honors Margaret Maurer's legacy but also fosters the ongoing growth of library professionals who contribute meaningfully to their institutions and communities. The Margaret Maurer Professional Networking Award recognizes the value of lifelong learning, professional engagement, and leadership within the library profession, helping recipients to expand their expertise, network with peers, and bring innovative practices back to their workplaces. It embodies the spirit of service, dedication, and professional excellence that Margaret exemplified throughout her career. 

Eligibility: This award is designed to support working library professionals and paraprofessionals in pursuing face-to-face professional development opportunities that enhance their skills, knowledge, and impact within the field. This award is available exclusively for NOTSL members and may be used to cover both conference registration fees and travel expenses, with a maximum of $1,000. 

Recipients may use the award to attend conferences, workshops, trainings, or other professional development activities directly related to library services, management, technology, or information science. Preference is given to experiences that foster personal connections and networking, reflecting Margaret's love for face-to-face conversations and her belief in the power of building professional relationships.

Molly Anderson

— $1000 for expenses related to continuous coursework to obtain a MLIS degree.

Alexandra Bathrick

— $1000 for expenses related to continuous coursework to obtain a MLIS degree.

Sean Kennedy

— $1500 for registration and expenses related to attending ALA 2025 in Philadelphia, PA.

Kristi Krueger

— $1000 for registration and expenses related to attending KOHA Con 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Julie Moen

— $200 for expenses related to continuous coursework to obtain a MLIS degree.

 Sara Montagno

— $1000 for expenses related to continuous coursework to obtain a MLIS degree.

Sandra Ong

— $500 for registration and expenses related to attending the Ohio Library Council 2025 convention and Expo.

Joshua Sulser

— $250 for expenses related to continuous coursework to obtain a MLIS degree.

Julie Loop

— $760 for conference registration and expenses to attend ALA in San Diego, Ca. 

Cara Calabrese

— $550 for Conference Registration for the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Carissa Thatcher

— $550 for Conference Registration for the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Colleen Badenhop

— $400 for continuous coursework toward a MLIS

Joan Milligan

— $200 for Conference Registration for the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of ACRL

Joshua Sulser

— $400 for continuous coursework toward a MLIS

Laurinda Gruber

— $300 for Conference Registration for the OVGTSL Conference

Nicole Merzwiler

— $200 for continued education coursework at the Library Juice Academy

Shelby Driver

— $400 for continuous coursework toward an MLIS

Taryn Mirabello
– $1,000 for continuing coursework towards MLIS

Megan Bockelman
– $2,000 for continuing coursework towards MLIS

Andrew Kosmowski (North American Center for Marianist Studies)

• $300 to attend the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) 2020, in Akron, OH

Lindsay Miraglia (Akron-Summit County Public Library)

• $1,200 to put toward tuition and fees for Technical Services-related courses at Kent State University

Colleen Fedewa (Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University)

• $1,000 for Rare Book Cataloging Class and the Rare Book School in Charlottesville, VA

Jamie Berilla-Macdonald (Ashland University Library)

— $300  to attend the 2019 Ohio Library Support Staff Institute (OLSSI) at Heidelberg University.
Follow-up letter

Laurinda Gruber (Columbus State Community College Library)

— $450 to attend the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) 2019 conference in Lexington, Kentucky.
Follow-up letter

Brendan Latran (student at KSU iSchool)

— $750 to put toward tuition and fees for Technical Services-related courses at the iSchool.
Follow-up letter

Andrea Legg (on behalf of the Tuscarawas County Public Library System's Technical Services staff)
– $1,000 to help defray the cost of sending four Technical Services staff members (Andrea Legg, Melissa Dean, Cathy Everett and Maryann Swonger) to the Ohio Library Council's Technical Services Retreat slated for March 2018 in Columbus.
Follow-up letter

Jennifer Wasserman (Head Cataloguer at the Avon Lake Public Library)
– $500 to help defray the cost of enrolling in the KSU iSchool as an alumni student to broaden her knowledge into digital technologies.
Follow-up letter

Noreen Mulcahy (Health Sciences Librarian – Technical Services at the Mount Carmel Health Sciences Library)
$750 to attend the 2017 Medical Library Association conference in Seattle, WA.
Follow-up letter

Yvette Blandford (Manager of Technical Services at the Louisville Public Library)
$750 to attend the 2017 IUG Conference in Maryland.
Follow-up letter

• Jennifer Kremyar (Librarian, Acquisitions and Metadata Services, Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University)
  $900 to attend the 2016 Rare Books School in Charlottesville, VA

• Jian Lee (Library Associate I Chinese Cataloger, The Ohio State University)
  $900 to attend the 2016 Council of East Asian Libraries Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA

• Brittany Hayes (Library Cataloging Specialist/Electronic Resources, The University of Akron)
  $600 to take the online course Digital Image Processing and Collection Management at Kent State University

• Zaineb Bayahy, Arabic Cataloger, The Ohio State University Libraries, $1000 Jane Myers Cataloging and Metadata Scholarship, to help defray expenses for attendance at the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition in Gammarth, Tunisia. (Scholarship funds returned due to relocation of conference.)

• Abigail Goehring, Library Assistant, Battelle Memorial Institute, $500 to help defray tuition for a Government Information class in her SLIS program at her School of Library and Information Studies at Florida State University.

• Margaret L. Winstead, Cataloger, Lane Libraries, $500, to help defray tuition for a Digital Preservation class and practicum cataloging archival materials at Smith Library in her School of Library and Information Science program at Kent State University.

• Charlotte Beers Plank, Library Associate, Oberlin Public Library, $500, to help defray tuition for Digital Preservation, Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials, and Metadata Implementations and Architectures classes in her School of Library and Information Science program at Kent State University.

Margaret Castellani, $500, to help defray the cost of attending the ARLIS conference.

Jane Kirkland, $500, to help defray expenses for attending NASIG.

Jennifer Rice, $500, to help defray expenses for attending NASIG.

Erin Valentine, $400, to help defray expenses for attending Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) 2014 Conference

Margaret Winstead, $300, to help defray expenses for tuition in the SLIS program.

Rocki Strader, $500, to help defray expenses for research at the Music Library Association archives at the University of Maryland.

Emily Schubeler, $300, to help defray expenses for a practicum in the SLIS program.

Dawn Grattino, Senior Cataloger, Cleveland Public Library
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $1500.00
Ms. Grattino plans to use the award to help defray the cost of attending a Rare Books cataloging class offered by the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.

Allison Howell, Acquisitions Clerk, Technical Services, Mansfield/Richland County Public Library
NOTSL Scholarship: $500.00
Ms. Howell plans to use the award to help defray the cost of attending a two-day workshop titled "Donor Relations Essentials for Archivists" as part of her MLIS degree program at Kent State University School of Library and Information Studies.

Tammy Troup
$500 Jane Myers Scholarship
Tammy is a Clerical Assistant at Akron Summit County Public Library and plans to use the money to help pay for a Metadata cataloging workshop at KSU in the spring of 2012.

Shadi Shakeri
$500 Jane Myers Scholarship
Shadi is an international student at KSU and would like to use the money to pursue a career in cataloging.

Melissa Hill
$500 NOTSL Scholarship
Melissa is working at The Ohio State University as a volunteer and would like to use the award to take a KSU cataloging and classification course in the spring of 2012.

Cheryl S. Paganelli
Kent SLIS student: assistant cataloger at a public library, pursuing MLIS focusing on cataloging
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $500.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU MLIS program

Annette M. Fuldauer-Lang
Kent Library/Media licensure student: enrolling in a course on School Library/Media cataloging
NOTSL Scholarship: $350.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU Instructional Technology Program

Anne E. Lockard
Kent SLIS student: music cataloger pursuing additional coursework in cataloging
NOTSL Scholarship: $350.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU MLIS program

Don P. Jason III
Kent SLIS student: pursuing advanced cataloging courses to enhance video access
NOTSL Scholarship: $350.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU-MLIS program

Beth J. Thompson
Kent SLIS student: focusing on cataloging and audiovisual archiving
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $500.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU-MLIS program

Sarah Nolan
Kent SLIS student: focusing on academic libraries, cataloging, and technical services
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $500.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU-MLIS program

Joy L. Glasser
Kent SLIS student: interested in the conservation of library materials
NOTSL Scholarship: $250.00
Educational activity: Attend an 8-week workshop on basic booking and binding skills

Kathleen F. Lamantia
Technical Services Librarian, Stark County District Library
NOTSL Scholarship: $250.00
Educational activity: Innovative User Group (IUG) 2010 conference in Chicago

Moriana M. Garcia
KSLIS student -Columbus focusing on Cataloging and metadata
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $375.00
Educational activity: Attend Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL).

Jennifer A. Kunkler
KSLIS student focusing on Technical Services and Cataloging.
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $375.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU-MLIS program

Natlie J. V. Long
KSLIS student focusing on Technical Services and Cataloging.
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $375.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU-MLIS program

Yuezeng Shen
Principal Cataloger & Electronic Resources Librarian, Cleveland State University
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $375.00
Educational activity: Innovative User Group (IUG) 2009 conference in Anaheim, California

Adam Pellman
KSLIS student
NOTSL Scholarship: $375.00
Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $125.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the MLIS program at KSU

Mary N.S. Richardson
KSLIS student
NOTSL Scholarship: $375.00
Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $125.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the MLIS program at KSU

Kiffany Francis
Metadata Librarian, Cleveland State University Library, Cleveland, Ohio
NOTSL Scholarship: $375.00
Educational activity:
Attend ARCHIVES: 2008 –l meeting of the Society of American Archivists. San Francisco, California

Deberah England
Electronic Resources Librarian, Wright State University Libraries, Dayton, Ohio
NOTSL Scholarship: $375.00
Educational activity: ER&L 2008: Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference. Atlanta, Georgia.

Celia Halkovich
Student — $450 scholarship
Educational Activity: Offset tuition costs in the Master's of Library and Information Science program at Kent State University.

Rita Johnson
Acquisitions Unit Coordinator, Wright State University, Dunbar Library, Technical Services Dep't —$350 scholarship
Educational activity: Attend the Innovative Users Group 15th Annual Conference in San Jose, CA.

Barbara Strauss
Head, Technical Services, Cleveland State University Library—$350 scholarship
Educational activity: Attend the 13th National Conference of ACRL in Baltimore, MD

Jeremy A. White-Zeager
Head of Bibliographic Services, Ursiline College—$350 scholarship
Educational Activity: Attend the 13th National Conference of ACRL in Baltimore, MD

Karen R. Schneiderman
Part-time Cataloger, Baker & Hostetler — $500 scholarship
Educational Activity: Offset tuition costs for the Cataloging 2 course at Kent State University.

Ashley M. Simcox
Student assistant, Technical Services Department, University of Akron Law Library—$400 scholarship
Educational Activity: Attend a preservation workshop

Sheryl Gannon
Acquisitions Coordinator, Heidelberg College—$225 scholarship
Educational activity: Attend the Ohio Library Support Staff Institute.

Marcia Baum
Serials Managers, Upper Arlington Public Library — $500 scholarship
Educational Activity: Technical Services course offered by the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University.

Jacqueline Feczkanin
Student employee, Cataloging Department, KSU —$500 scholarship
Educational Activity: coursework toward completion of Master of Library and Information Science degree at Kent State University

Xudong Jin
Associate Director of Libraries & Head of Technical Services, Ohio Wesleyan —$500 scholarship
Educational activity: Attendance and presentation of a paper at the China Society for Library Conference in Guilin, China in July 2005.

$500 scholarship

SaraJean W. Petite
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Library, Government Resources Manager & Bibliographic Access Librarian

$250 scholarship

David E. Hertz
Clark County Public Library, technology assistant

Christine L. Pesch
Lorain County Community College Library, Library Automation Technician

Awarded a $500 scholarship

Sharlane G. Gubkin of Cleveland Heights. OH

Awarded a $250 scholarship

Regina S. Houseman of Cleveland, OH
David R. Powell of Powell, OH

2002 winners, each awarded a $500 scholarship…..

• Deborah Reynolds, librarian at the Hopewell-Loudon Local School District near Findlay, is pursuing her MLIS through Kent State University.

• Rita M. Knight-Gray, working at the CWRU Law Library, pursuing her MLIS from Kent State, and studying audiovisual archiving over the Internet from Charles Sturt University in Australia.