The Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award (known informally as the Banks/Harris award), was awarded annually by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association, from 2001 to 2020. The award was established to honor the memory of Paul N. Banks and Carolyn Harris, two early leaders in library preservation.
The award consisted of a citation and a $1,500 grant donated by Preservation Technologies, L.P. The award recognized the contribution of a professional preservation specialist who has been active in the field of preservation or conservation for library or archival materials. Winners were chosen based on their accomplishments in preservation leadership, including activities such as leadership in professional associations, training and mentoring in the preservation field, development of new methods and techniques, and significant contributions to literature.
Recipients Year Winner Role 2001 Sally Buchanan Associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences 2002 Ellen McCrady (d. 2008) Editor and publisher of the Abbey Newsletter for preservation professionals from 1975 to 2004 and the Alkaline Paper Advocate from 1988 to 2008. She also conducted research regarding papermaking and acid testing. 2003 John F. Dean Head of the Department of Preservation and Conservation at Cornell University Library since its beginning in 1985 2004 Janice Merrill-Oldham Malloy-Rabinowitz Preservation Librarian at Harvard Library, overseeing the Weissman Preservation Center and the Preservation and Imaging Department 2005 Paul Conway Professor in the University of Michigan School of Information whose work focuses on digital preservation and electronic media 2006 Gary Frost Conservator at the University of Iowa Libraries and leader in the field of library preservation for over 35 years 2007 Walter Henry Conservator at the Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources and creator of Conservation OnLine and the Conservation DistList 2008 Janet Gertz Director for Preservation at Columbia University Libraries and former chair of ALCTS' Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) 2009 Barclay W. Ogden Head of the Preservation Department at the University of California, Berkeley Libraries and leader in disaster planning 2010 Michèle V. Cloonan Dean and professor of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College 2011 Roberta Pilette Director of the Preservation Department and Chief Preservation Officer for the Yale University Library 2012 Julie Allen Page Co-coordinator of the California Preservation Program (CPP) and the Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS). 2013 Randy Silverman Preservation Librarian, University of Utah Library 2014 James M. Reilly Director, Image Permanence Institute 2015 Jeanne Drewes Chief of Binding and Collections Care Division, Library of Congress 2016 Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa Associate Director and Head of the Preservation and Conservation Division at the Harry Ransom Center, UT Austin 2017 Karen Kiorpes Preservation Librarian for the University at Albany, SUNY, University Libraries 2018 Nancy E. Kraft Head of the Preservation Department at the University of Iowa Libraries 2019 Paula De Stefano Barbara Goldsmith Curator for Preservation and Head of the Preservation Department at New York University Libraries 2020 Jennifer Hain Teper University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2021 no award
See also List of American Library Association awards
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External links The Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award Preservation Technologies, L.P.: Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award