Library’s William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections Division Receives AAO Award

The Archives Association of Ontario (AA0) has presented its Institutional Award for 2002 to the Library's William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections.

The award is for outstanding service to the community and providing an exemplary model for other archival programs.

Carl Spadoni, research collections librarian, accepted the award on behalf of McMaster University Library at AAO's annual conference on June 20.

The citation for the award praised the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections for:

acquiring major archives and building collections for research purposes;

fostering the Bertrand Russell archives as an international resource base for Russell scholarship;

making fonds and collection descriptions and finding aids
available electronically;

providing quality reference service to the public;

the work of the conservators and McMaster's co-op conservation program for other institutions;

scholarly commitment of the division's staff to academic life at McMaster;

and the staff's participation in archival organizations.

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The Archives Association of Ontario (AA0) has presented its Institutional Award for 2002 to the Library&#039;s William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections. <p><br />
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The award is for outstanding service to the community and providing an exemplary model for other archival programs. <p><br />
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Carl Spadoni, research collections librarian, accepted the award on behalf of McMaster University Library at AAO&#039;s annual conference on June 20.<p><br />
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The citation for the award praised the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections for: <ul><br />
<li>acquiring major archives and building collections for research purposes;</li><br />
<li> fostering the Bertrand Russell archives as an international resource base for Russell scholarship; </li><br />
<li>making fonds and collection descriptions and finding aids<br />
available electronically; </li><br />
<li>providing quality reference service to the public; </li><br />
<li>the work of the conservators and McMaster&#039;s co-op conservation program for other institutions; </li><br />
<li>scholarly commitment of the division&#039;s staff to academic life at McMaster; </li><br />
<li>and the staff&#039;s participation in archival organizations.</li><br />
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