Monday, March 21, 2011

COPPUL Outstanding Contribution Award Winner

COPPUL is pleased to announce that the winner of its 2011 Outstanding Contribution Award is Mary Westell, Director of the Centre for Scholarly Communication in Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary.

Mary Westell is being recognized for her many contributions to COPPUL Systems and Digitization work. Mary chaired the COPPUL Systems Group from 1998-2000 and the COPPUL Digitization Group from 2003-2007 and she is currently Chair of the COPPUL Digital Curation and Preservation Group. In her roles as Chair, Mary has demonstrated leadership in moving projects forward to fulfil the objectives of the respective groups.

COPPUL is pleased to recognize Mary's achievements and long record of contributions to the consortium. Congratulations to Mary!

A press release about the award can be found on the COPPUL website.