The Awards and Honors Committee reviews nominations for the OLC annual awards program and recommends to the OLC Board of Directors recipients for the various awards and honors that recognize outstanding performance by library staff members, trustees and Friends group members.
Purpose and Objectives
The principal charge of the Awards and Honors Committee is to recommend to the OLC Board of Directors recipients for the various established awards and solicit nominations and supporting materials from members of the library community.
Such solicitation may be accomplished through OLC publications, conference coverage, listservs, or by any other means the Committee deems both appropriate and applicable.
The Committee’s recommendations to the Board will include biographical information on the recipients as well as professional accomplishments, OLC sustained involvement, and other qualifying data related to the award criteria that made that particular person or group stand out as the best in its category. Award recommendations must be submitted to the OLC Board for formal approval at its July meeting.
Award recipients and nominators will be notified by the Committee and in writing by the OLC Executive Director, and if applicable, will also include correspondence to the Library Director and Board President.
Committee members will author/modify the Awards and Honors materials for presentation at the OLC Annual Convention and Expo, as well as oversee all publicity associated with the announcement of the awards.
Kaitlyn Phillips
Casey Titschinger
Elizabeth Muether
Present Position (with date of appointment):
Mercer County District Library
Chief Fiscal Officer - January 2017- present
Director - May 2014 - present
Previous Position(s) (with dates of service):
Assistant Director - August 2012 to May 2014
Circulation Manager - January 1999 to August 2012
Education:
Kent State University, Master of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.), Library and Information Science, 2010 - 2012
Wright State University, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Organizational Leadership, 2006 - 2010
OLC Participation (limit to activities of last five years):
Membership Committee - November 2015 to present
Certified Public Librarian
Other Professional Memberships:
SEO Advisory Committee - July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2020
Mercer County Civic Foundation Board – January 2017 – Present (mercercountycivicfdn.org)
Scholarship Committee Chair
Celina Rotary Club - November 2013 – Present (www.CelinaRotary.org)
Board Member, President Elect 2015-2016, President 2016-2017
Education Committee Chair 2014 - Present
West Ohio CAP Board – February 2016 – Present (www.lacca.org)
CCSCO – Celina Combined Schools Community Organization - August 2008 – Present
Secretary August 2013 – Present
