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MOUG ANNOUNCES ITS 2004 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT, Jay Weitz

The Executive Board of the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) is honored to name Jay N. Weitz as the third recipient of MOUG's Distinguished Service Award.

What follows is the text of the letter that was read during the presentation at the MOUG annual meeting in Arlington, VA in February 2004.

Dear Jay,

The Executive Board of the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) is honored to name you as our third 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.

Your nomination was the collective work of eight music librarians. As their nomination states: "Anyone who has had anything to do with cataloging music on OCLC during the past 20 years, either knows Jay Weitz, and/or has been affected by Jay." You have unselfishly shared your music cataloging knowledge and wisdom with the world and you have done so cordially, humorously, and always informatively. Over the years, your constant efforts to improve the quality of music cataloging have been invaluable, not only to OCLC users, but to the entire music library community.

While the Executive Board received nominations for a number of well-deserving candidates, in the end your oft-spoken admonition "Don't agonize" guided the Board to its decision.

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

On behalf of MOUG members everywhere, thank you for your expertise, your knowledge, your patience, and your friendship.

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