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Alan Jeffreys Award for Tom Meehan

By Martin Moyle, on 17 September 2014

Every year the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group confers the Alan Jeffreys Award on an individual who has made ‘significant contributions to the understanding and development of cataloguing, indexing and related fields’. I’m pleased to say that this year’s recipient is Tom Meehan, Head of Current Cataloguing in Bibliographic Services.

Tom received the award in recognition of his commitment to evaluating, explaining and promoting emerging cataloguing and metadata standards, and the support and general wisdom that he selflessly provides to many other cataloguers and cataloguing managers. His nomination stated:

“I would like to nominate Tom Meehan for his teaching of linked data and Bibframe in the current changing cataloguing environment which has helped to make a positive impact on the education and professional development of cataloguers. He is able to eloquently and effectively explain what linked data and Bibframe are, and what they mean for cataloguing and cataloguers, in a way that is accessible to those who are new to these topics.

Alongside his presentations at CIG workshops and his articles in Catalogue and Index about these topics, Tom’s use of social media to share his knowledge with the cataloguing community is to be commended. He has proved very willing to share his knowledge of these topics and of cataloguing in general, both on his blog, in generously making his presentations available on SlideShare and in answering questions cataloguers pose on Twitter.”

‘Back-room’ work doesn’t always attract the recognition it deserves, and for a Library Services colleague to receive national acknowledgement in this way is certainly something to celebrate. The list of previous Award holders shows that Tom is in prestigious company.  Congratulations to Tom: he’s a worthy recipient.

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