Mary Greenberg/Marguerite Howland Personnel Development Award

Letters of application and any accompanying materials for 2025 may be sent to the selection committee via libdean@okstate.edu between the opening date (Feb. 1, 2025) and the closing date (March 3, 2025) at 5 p.m.

Emeritus librarian Jill Holmes upon her retirement from the OSU Library in 1992 established this award to honor Mary Greenberg & Marguerite Howland, former library employees. The award is given to full-time library employees for work-related higher education tuition, workshop and seminar registration fees and conference expenses. Recipients are invited to an awards lunch and are honored at the Edmon Low Library Staff Association's Spring Meeting

Requests for funds must be work-related and are considered in this order:

library science or work-related post-secondary course tuition;
workshop and seminar registration fees.
conference expenses.

All things being equal, awards are made with preference given in this order: non-exempt staff, exempt staff, then library faculty.

Past Award Winners

2024

Parker Bledsoe, Systems
Karolana Foister, ETL

2023

Hui-Fen Chang, CVHS
Jacob Jackson, Communication Services
Nina Thornton, Communication Services

2022

Hui-Fen Chang, CVHS
Brandon Katzir, DRDS

2021

Hui-Fen Chang, CVHS
William Davis, Communication Services
Nina Thornton, Communication Services

2020

William Davis, Communication Services
Ben Hedges, Archives

2019

Ben Hedges, Archives
Maria Yepez, CVHS

2018

Maria Yepez, CVHS
Jamie Autry, Dean's Office

2017

Milena Weaver, Circulation
Juliana Nykolaiszyn, OOHRP
Cristina Colquhoun, RLS
Sarah Coates, Archives

2016

Shannon Bowman, CML
Ross Bowman, Systems
Sarah Coates, Archives
Tabitha Manners, DRDS

2015

Shannon Bowman, CML
Ross Bowman, Systems

2014

Abby Albert, ILS
Deb Hull, Acquisitions/Bindery
Shannon Bowman, CML
Ross Bowman , Systems

2013

Kyle Fortney, Systems
Deb Hull, Acquisitions
Scott Lewis, Systems
David Peters, SCUA

2012

Deb Hull, Acquisitions
Kyle Fortney, Systems
David Peters, SCUA
Bonnie Ann Cain-Wood, Dean's Office

2011

Matthew Benbennick, Documents
Shirley Tatum, MMR
Deb Hull, Acquisitions
David Peters, SCUA
Kathleen Swinnea, Dean's Office

2010

Jon Hall, Access Service
Matthew Benbennick, Documents
Shirley Tatum, MMR
Melissa Beezley Fitzgerald, Cataloging
Hannah Fortney, Cataloging
Valerie Trammell, Dean's Office

2009

Shirley Tatum, MMR
Melissa Beezley, Cataloging

2008

Amie Allen, CML

2007

Amie Allen, CML

2006

Kate Blalack, SCUA
David Peters, SCUA

2005

Tom Steele, Cataloging
Bonnie Ann Cain, Dean's Office
Shauna Clark, CML

2004

Bonnie Ann Cain, Dean's Office
Misty Smith, Bindery

2003

Misty Smith, Bindery

2002

Emily Williams, CML

2001

Louisa Payne, Acquisitions

2000

David Peters, Map Room

1999

Kiem Dung Ta, Systems Department. She will use this award for her A+ Computer Specialist Certification Exam.

1998

Jennifer Paustenbaugh, The Dean's Office

1997

Kim Seagraves, Library Systems
Holli Seery, Humanities & Social Sciences