Spartan Daily: 2008 January 30
On the fourth floor of SJSU's Clark Hall sits the office of Ken Haycock, and he is the director of the largest library and information science program in the world with more than 2,000 graduate students.
"We have students in almost every state and 20 different countries," Haycock said.
As a notable contributor to the success of SJSU's School of Library and Information Science and to The Association for Library and Information Science Education, or ALISE for short, Haycock was awarded the association's national service award for 2008.
"ALISE is significantly more functional and effective in seeking to fulfill its mission because of Ken's investment in the long-term success of the organization," said Heidi Julien, associate professor at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Haycock has been a member of ALISE for 27 years - serving two terms on the Board of Directors and as president from 2005-06.
He has represented the organization in national and international forums as well as chairing various association committees.
His most notable contributions to ALISE were his reorganization of the association's system of governance, initiation of a new strategic planning process and development of criteria for the performance of managers.
They were having difficulty with direction, Haycock said, so he worked with the board to create efficiency.
When Haycock ended his term as governance committee chair, the organization had reached its highest net revenue and membership in 10 years, according to the nomination letter for the award."
While he was president, he went through the process of making the association more effective," said Dr. William Buchanan, chair of the ALISE Service Award Committee. "He left us in a much better place than when he came in."
Haycock's recruitment efforts helped SJSU faculty make up more than 10 percent of ALISE's total membership."
Dr. Haycock is one of he most highly regarded individuals in our field," said Sharon McQueen, one of a dozen members who nominated Haycock. "I feel certain that Dr. Haycock was the clear front-runner for this award."
ALISE is an organization composed of 1,000 members and 75 programs at universities in North America, and its mission is to promote the scholarship of education in library and information science.
"He's really put the association in a very good light nationally and internationally," Buchanan said. "I think that his work will just echo down through the years."
Haycock also has his own international consulting firm, Ken Haycock & Associates, Inc., specializing in association management, which helps organizations to develop the capacity for collaboration, leadership and advocacy.
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