University Park, Pa. -- Penn State University Libraries Associate Librarian Barbara Coopey has been named winner of the 2009 Virginia Boucher/OCLC ILL Distinguished Interlibrary Loan Librarian award. The award is administered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and was announced in a recent RUSA press release. Coopey, who is assistant head of Access Services, was recognized for her "outstanding professional achievement, leadership and significant contributions to the field of interlibrary loan and document delivery," at the helm of Penn State's Interlibrary Loan department.
"Coopey has demonstrated these qualities primarily through her nearly two decades of work at Penn State University Libraries, where she oversees all aspects of resource-sharing activities conducted on multiple systems and has broad oversight for interlibrary loan and resource-sharing initiatives among Penn State’s 38 libraries located across 24 campuses and the World Campus, Penn State’s distance education program. Mindful of Penn State’s role as one of four State Resource Libraries, Coopey exhibits leadership in her work that ensures that resource-sharing services deliver to members of the Commonwealth as well as Penn State faculty and students. In addition, her stewardship of the State Library Services fund has guaranteed quality library services for Pennsylvania," read the RUSA statement.
RUSA also recognized Coopey's other professional endeavors.
"Coopey is actively involved in research and implementation of on-campus delivery of materials and has a forthcoming article in the next issue of the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve. Coopey’s scholarly accomplishments are regularly solicited for national resource-sharing audiences at various conferences nationwide."
Coopey will be presented the award, a citation and a cash prize at the RUSA Awards Ceremony and Reception, on July 13 in Chicago, during the ALA Annual Conference.