Honours and Awards
American Library Association Herbert and Virginia White Award, 2001
(for significant contributions to the public recognition and appreciation
of the profession of librarianship)
American Association of School Librarians Baker and Taylor
Distinguished Service Award , 1996
Canadian School Library Association Grolier Award for Research, 1995
Canadian College of Teachers Fellow, 1993 (refereed; one of ten active
in Canada)
Phi Delta Kappa (education honour society for teaching, research and
service) Outstanding Dissertation Award, UBC Chapter Nominee, 1992
Canadian Library Association Honorary Life Member, 1992
Canadian Library Association Outstanding Service to Librarianship
Award,
1991
Canadian School Library Association Distinguished School Administrator
Award, 1989 (received as senior education official) “...established
major school improvement and curriculum implementation initiatives which
emphasized…the leadership role of the teacher-librarian.”
British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association Distinguished
Service Award, 1989
Canadian College of Teachers, elected, 1980
Canadian School Library Association Grolier Award for Research, 1980
Phi Delta Kappa (education honour society for teaching, research and
service) Young Leaders in Education, 1979 (one of three in Canada; one
of 75 selected for North America)
Canadian School Library Association Margaret B. Scott Award
of Merit,
1979 (“…blessed with high intellect, ambition and an educational
idealism…rise as the most well-known librarian in Canada…has
created a national awareness of libraries and librarians through methods
previously the preserve of the industrial world…his word has become
the word… is a high water mark”)
Governor-General of Canada Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee
Medal,
1977 (“…an expression of appreciation of worthy and devoted
service...and of the esteem in which [you] are held by your associates”)
Phi Delta Kappa (education honour society for teaching, research and
service), elected, 1977
University of Michigan School of Library and Information Studies Beta
Phi Mu Award, 1976 (“exceptional professional promise”)
Beta Phi Mu (library science honour society for research and service),
elected, 1974
Recognition
American Library Association Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship (established by the ALA Council in 2003)
University of British Columbia Ken Haycock Award in Library and Information
Studies (annual award in management and leadership for graduate students, established
by the University Senate in 2002)
International Association of School Librarianship Ken Haycock Leadership
Development Grant (annual award to enable leaders in developing countries to attend international
conferences, established by the IASL Executive Committee in 2000)
British Columbia Library Association Ken Haycock Student Conference
Award (annual
award to enable graduate students to attend conferences, established by the
BCLA Executive Committee in 1999)
British Columbia School Trustees’ Association Certificate of Honour,
1999
British Columbia Teacher-librarians’ Association Ken Haycock
Professional Development Award (annual award to support professional development and continuing
education, established by the BCTLA Table Officers in 1985)
University of British Columbia Recognition and Retention Award, 2002,
1999
University of British Columbia Merit Award, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997,
1996, 1995, 1994, 1993
Elected to the Executive Board of the American Library Association,
a 68,000 member, $45m organization; the first Canadian
resident elected to the Board and by the largest
margin.
Nominated for President of the American Library Association, the oldest and
largest library association in the world, the first Canadian resident nominated
since 1926 (one of two official nominees).
Canadian who’s who: A biographical dictionary of notable living
men and women. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1980—
Who’s who in the West. New Providence, NJ: Marquis. 2002—
Who’s who in America. Willamette, IL: Marquis. 1978—.
Who’s who in library and information services. Chicago: American Library
Association, 1982.
