Friends of Libraries SectionDaniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award
About the AwardThe Friends of Libraries Section is proud to continue the long-standing tradition of the Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award. This annual recognition has been given every year since 1993 by the Empire Friends Roundtable, now the Friends of Libraries Section. The Casey Award honors a volunteer member or a group within the library community whose efforts have contributed to the growth of libraries or Friends of the Library organizations. The Casey Award recognizes not simply good work on behalf of libraries, but recognizes the people who go above and beyond what is asked of them. They see a need, focus on a challenge, share goals, and commit to exceptional community service. The recipient receives a plaque or other suitable award engraved with the recipient's name and the year of the award. In addition, a one-year organizational membership in FLS for the Friends of the Library group with which the individual or group is associated will be given. If an FLS Friends group membership is already in place, it will be extended by one year. This is a new benefit beginning in 2021. Nomination PacketThe deadline for submission of nominations for this prestigious award is June 1 by 5:00 p.m. It's not too soon to be thinking about a worthy recipient.
Who was Daniel W. Casey
Dan continued to volunteer in ever-widening circles of both state and national associations of library trustees, including the New York State Association of Library Boards, Onondaga County Public Library, the Central New York Library Resources Council, and the Syracuse University Library Associates. He was elected to the councils of both the American Library Association and American Library Trustee Association, serving as President of the latter. The Board of Directors of the New York Library Association (NYLA) named him Councilor Emeritus and made him an honorary lifetime member of NYLA. Dan persistently advocated for libraries through his work with legislative and other government offices. He was persuasive in stating his belief in libraries and in better library services. Under New York Governors Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo, Dan served on several statewide library committees including the NYS Board of Regents Advisory Council on Libraries. In 1973, Richard Nixon became the first US President to name Dan to the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush reappointed Dan to this post (1985-1995) where he was an Advisory Committee Member for the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. His passion for libraries took him all over the world as a member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The New York Library Association recognized Dan’s extraordinary contributions to library and information services by awarding him the “Outstanding Services to Libraries Award” in 1981. Dan died suddenly in March 1995 at age 74. In October 1995, the Empire Friends added to the many awards and accolades Dan had received during his lifetime by a posthumous presentation of the “Friends Lifetime Achievement Award.” The Empire Friends renamed it the “Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award” to honor the memory of one who worked as an effective library advocate for 41 years. Photo courtesy of the American Library Association Archives FLS Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award Recipients2015 marked the first time that the Friends of Libraries Section honored a library volunteer with the Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award. This recognition has a 22-year history with the Empire Friends Roundtable, now FLS. On behalf of the Friends of Libraries Section, the Casey Award Committee bestows the 2023 recognition, posthumously, to Marjorie L. Gascon of the Friends of the Webster Public Library. Marge was a longtime volunteer who worked tirelessly for the Friends in many capacities. She passed away unexpectedly. The award was presented to her family by FLS members during a ceremony at the Webster Public Library. An Honorable Mention was given to Eileen Hall from the Friends of the Rosendale Public Library. FLS board members presented a certificate to Eileen at a surprise celebration. 2022 2021 2020 2019 The following four nominees have received Certificates of Merit in commendation of their dedicated service to libraries.
2018 2017 2016 2015 FLS and EFR Recipients of the Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy AwardRecipients of the FLS Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award2021 Friends of Fairport Public LibraryKris Macdonald of the Friends of Beekman Library 2020 Friends of the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library Friends of the Olean Public Library 2020 Certificate of Merit - Mary Louise Morgan, Library Trustee of the Elizabethtown Library Association 2019 Helen Rados, President of the Friends of the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library in Monticello 2019 Certificates of Merit
Ann Hayes of the Big Flats Library Advocates
Friends of the Pleasant Valley Library
Friends of the Maxwell Memorial Library
Suzanne and Lou Dawes of the Friends of the Newburgh Free Library
2018 Barbara (Bonnie) Shannon, Vice-Chair, Executive Council, Friends of the Kinderhook Memorial Library
2018 Honorable Mention - Nancy Bauder, President of the Foundation for Geneva Public Library Recipients of the EFR Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy AwardThis award was renamed the EFR Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award in 1995 after being bestowed, posthumously, on Daniel W. Casey. 2014 Building Preservation Committee, Aurora Free Library Recipients of the Empire Friends Roundtable Library Advocacy Award (the original name of this recognition) 1995 Daniel W. Casey, Solvay Public Library |
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