At this year’s UK Libraries Annual
Dinner on April 19th, Sandee
McAninch will receive the inaugural Paul A. Willis Outstanding Faculty
Award.
McAninch began her career at UK in
1983 as Head of the Government Publications and Maps Department. With online access still years into the
future, McAninch provided research access to a complex collection for scholars
across the campus and beyond.
In 1994, as Head of Research and
Information Services, McAninch organized the merger of the Reference and
Government Publications/Maps department.
In 1998 she assisted with the intricate planning and implementation of
moving the government documents collection from Margaret I. King Library to the
William T. Young Library.
McAninch has been the Regional
Depository Librarian and Head of the Federal Depository Unit within the UK
Libraries since 2005. In addition to her
primary faculty responsibilities, coordination of statewide Federal Depository
services, and representation of the commonwealth at the national Federal
Depository Library Conferences, McAninch actively participates in national
efforts to shape the future of the Federal Depository Services at a regional
and national level.
Most recently, as Regional Depository
Librarian, McAninch worked with the Association of Southeastern Research
Libraries (ASERL) to conceive, plan, and implement the successful ASERL
Collaborative Federal Depository Program’s Centers of Excellence model,
overseeing UK Libraries participation in an ASERL/IMLS grant project intended
to pilot the model and create tools and workflows appropriate to the
region-based collaborative collection development initiative advanced by ASERL
and institutions across the Southeast region.
McAninch took a leadership role in the
regional effort to plan and implement the ASERL model, but also guided other
Kentucky federal depository libraries through the adoption of new workflows and
database tools to allow participation in the COE model and improve disposition
tools and procedures among Kentucky institutions.
In 2010, McAninch’s professional
accomplishments and prominent national standing in government documents
received special recognition. She was
awarded the James Bennett Childs Award by the American Library Association’s
Government Documents Round Table. The
award pays tribute to an individual whose stature, service, and publications
record constitute a significant lifetime contribution to the field of
government information librarianship.
McAninch has demonstrated sustained
excellence in all aspects of her work.
She is a leader within the commonwealth, the region, and nationally as
well as a mentor and role model for our newer faculty.
The Outstanding Faculty Award is named
in honor of Paul A. Willis who
served as Director of UK Libraries for three decades. He earned a B.A. and a law degree from UK and
a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of
Maryland.
Willis worked as a cataloger at the
Library of Congress before joining UK Libraries. He served as Circulation Librarian and then
Director of the Law Library before becoming Director of UK Libraries in 1973
and serving until 2003. He completed his
career as Dean of Libraries at the University of South Carolina from 2004 until
his retirement in 2007.
During his career at the University of
Kentucky he created the Information Alliance consortium, planned the
construction of the William T. Young Library, and expanded UK Libraries
collections and services. He was a member of ASERL (Association of Southeastern
Research Libraries), SOLINET, and the Association of Research Libraries, for
which he served on the Board of Directors for three years.
For Annual Dinner reservations please
contact Sherree Osborne at 859.218.1088 or e-mail sosbo3@uky.edu.
