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MOUG ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT, Kathryn E. BURNETT

The Executive Board of the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) is honored to name Kathryn E. (Kay) Burnett as the first recipient for MOUG's Distinguished Service Award.

This award has been established to recognize and honor a librarian who has made significant professional contributions to music users of OCLC. The MOUG Executive Board selects a recipient based on nominations received from the MOUG membership.

Those who presented Kay's name for nomination best stated the reasons why she is an ideal choice as the first recipient for this award: "Her work, represented by the OCLC three-letter symbol SNN, has set a high standard in music cataloging for completeness and timeliness. Smith College has been an OCLC contributor since 1974. The thousands of catalog records for sound recordings, and analytics for collected works and series that Kay has contributed to OCLC have benefited the music library community beyond measure. Her exhaustive analysis of sound recording collections with authoritative analytical added entries have not only become a model for all music catalogers, but now also serve as the basis for discographical reference services via the OCLC FirstSearch WorldCat utility. More recently, Kay has also joined the NACO-Music Project. Quiet and unassuming,

Kay has served as a role model for all of us interested in advancing the case for high quality music cataloging in a cooperative environment."

Kay Burnett is Associate Librarian and Music Cataloger at the Werner Josten Library of the Performing Arts at Smith College. She received the A.B. degree from Oberlin in 1950 and the M.A. degree from Smith College.

The Executive Board, along with the entire MOUG membership, is proud to call Kay a respected colleague and a recognized leader in the world of music cataloging.

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