2002 Cathy Evans

Cathy Evans, director of libraries at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis and past-president of TENN-SHARE, is the recipient of the 2002 Tennessee Resource Sharing Award sponsored by TLA and TENN-SHARE. The award will be presented at the Honors and Awards Luncheon during TLA annual conference at noon on Thursday, April 3, 2003, at the Marriott Hotel, the conference hotel in Chattanooga.

The Tennessee Resource Sharing Award recognizes any person, institution, or organization in Tennessee who has done outstanding work in promoting resource sharing within and among Tennessee libraries. Cathy will receive a plaque and $100 provided by TENN-SHARE. The monetary award will be given to a library or other institution of her choice that provides resource sharing among Tennessee libraries, with the money being earmarked for resource sharing services.

The award committee, made up of past recipients of this award, had this to say about their decision:

“Cathy has demonstrated sustained contributions to resource sharing in Tennessee, as her nominators describe. We were impressed that she received several nominations. She is clearly a resource-sharing LEADER in Tennessee. Among her TENN-SHARE accomplishments have been inception of the instruction programming, and since her presidency began, TEL Phase II has gotten off the ground thanks to Cathy. We also note Cathy's participation in the Tennessee Advisory Council on Libraries, and her service on the TEL database selection committee. As a librarian in a private school, her involvement in resource sharing goes well beyond what gains her organization might receive. She has developed and encouraged resource sharing as a service to all the citizens of Tennessee.”