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Good friends and distinguished guests, I beg
your indulgences this evening in the slight departure from traditional
honorary speech format. |
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I'm sure you all read the wonderful biography of
Katherine Ann Foley written by Gin Everett which appeared in the winter
2001 News Library News. |
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And not too long ago, Elli Briscoe presented a
truly encompassing portrait of Kathy when she was presented with the Agnes
Henebry roll of honor award. |
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SLA
NEWS DIVISION AWARDS BANQUET |
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June 11, 2001 |
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San Antonio, Texas |
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Katherine Ann Foley was born in? |
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Katherine Ann Foley was born in: |
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1. Brooklyn, NY. |
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Kathy's first library job was at: |
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2.
Montgomery Academy Library in
Montgomery, AL. |
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Kathy's greatest contribution to the division? |
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Kathy's greatest contribution to the division? |
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For 20 years Kathy’s official greeting has been "Hey!"
because. . . |
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For 20 years Kathy’s official greeting has been "Hey!"
because. . . |
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This is
Kathy's 27th year as a News Librarian. |
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She has
missed only two SLA conferences since she started attending in 1975. |
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Her
first conference was Denver in 1976. |
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She missed Hawaii and then Detroit in 1982 ( the
year daughter Elizabeth was born.) |
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Kathy
will be remembered as THE record-holder for the hours spent in archive
shopping and the number of vendor installations she has survived. |
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Houston Post:
1985 - installed VuText text archive |
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Washington Post : 1987 - launched PostHaste (Basis text database from
DataTimes) Added Newsview later for story enhancement. |
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Washington Post: 1994 - installed T-One Merlin photo archive (after shopping and trying out a couple
others!) |
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San Antonio Express-News: 1996-1997 shopped and installed EyeQ
Publisher text archive. Launched
company wide intranet. |
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San Antonio Express-News: 1999 - 2001 - shopped
and installed CCI / MediaStore digital asset management system for photo
collection. |
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2001
is the first time in 10 years that Kathy has not been preparing some type
of presentation for an SLA conference session. |
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Kathy
took a break in 1997 in Seattle. |
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She has
opted this year to just be our hostess with the mostest. |
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1980 |
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1983 |
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Led
division's first program on using
commercial databases |
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Taught
session on Newspaper Library Basics |
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Organized first full-day program on digital
photos and electronic darkrooms |
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Exhibits her long-range vision by speaking |
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at the first session on archiving web content. |
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One WORD which best describes Kathy Foley. |
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What has Kathy meant to your career? |
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I
first met Kathy years ago when I was working at the Star Tribune in
Minneapolis. I was planning a trip to Washington, D.C. and called Kathy to
see if I could visit the Washington Post Library while I was in town. |
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She
gladly set up a time to show me around. And of course she shared her
special enthusiasm for news librarianship with me. |
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I still remember that one of the many things we talked about that
day was television --neither of us really knew what television libraries
were doing at that point but we both thought it would be exciting territory
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Little did I know that a few years hence I would join CNN in Atlanta. - Debra Bade, CNN |
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Describe what you consider to be Kathy's greatest contribution to |
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news
librarianship. |
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“I’ve
never worked alongside anyone who I respected more for her intelligence or
loved more for her kindness and patience and friendship. |
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At her Washington Post farewell party, Ben Bradlee came down from
his office to wrap her in a bear hug. He knew what a difference she had
made for the whole newsroom. |
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The Kathy Foleys don’t come to this banquet to receive this award
every year. You are blessed if they
come among you during your professional lifetime. I know I was. There are Kwapil winners and there are Kwapil
legends. You are sharing your evening with one this year.” |
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- Richard Ploch |
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Dear
News Division Members: |
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I am sending you a note for your presentation on behalf of Kathy's
fellow editors, and our publisher and CEO, Larry Walker. |
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Kathy Foley richly deserves the Joseph F. Kwapil Award and the
recognition of her peers across the nation. |
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Throughout her remarkable career as a journalist, news researcher,
and editor, Kathy has distinguished herself as an innovative leader and
technology pioneer. |
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Here at the San Antonio Express-News, Kathy has transformed an
archaic, clip and file department hidden in some basement offices into a
cutting edge news research department peopled by highly trained |
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“San
Antonio on the Ones” must mean Kathy Foley is winning an Award! |
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Described by
a colleague as. . . |
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Joseph F. Kwapil |
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Memorial Award |
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WINNER |
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June 11, 2001 |
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San Antonio, TX |
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