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MOUG ANNOUNCES ITS 2003 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT, Judy A. Weidow

The Executive Board of the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) is honored to name Judy A. Weidow as the second recipient of 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 Judy's name in nomination called her "a quiet but persistent supporter of MOUG since its inception" and cited particularly her contributions as editor of The Best of MOUG from the 3rd edition (1989) through the currently available 7th edition. Another nominator characterized this book as "an invaluable resource [for determining] uniform titles for prolific composers." In concurring with the nominations, a member of the Executive Board called Judy's work on The Best of MOUG both "exemplary" and "not sufficiently recognized." The Board hopes with this award to redress to a small degree this lack of adequate recognition.

Judy Weidow presently serves as Head Librarian, Music Cataloging Unit in The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin. She received the B. Mus. from North Park College in Chicago, Ill., the M. Mus. in organ performance from University of Illinois, and the MA in Library Science from Rosary College.

The Executive Board, along with the entire MOUG membership, is proud to recognize Judy's exemplary accomplishments in the world of music cataloging.

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