The compact shelving installation has begun in the Research Library

Phase 2 of the compact shelving project began in the Research Library on July 20. For more information, see the July 2005 newsletter article.

Herbert Van de Sompel receives Distinguished Performance Award

Herbert Van de Sompel has received a 2004 Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award.

Herbert has brought international recognition and distinction to the Laboratory through two facets of his work as Team Leader of the Research and Prototyping Team at the Research Library: (1) in leading the creation and deployment of LANL's state-of-the-art digital repository (aDore) capabilities and (2) in his innovative and prolific work developing international information standards.

As but one measure of success and impact, Herbert's creativity and output during the past year has been picked up and adopted by the international community. His dedication to shaping the leading technical developments in our field has gone far beyond the level anyone would expect of even the most accomplished researcher.

This is only the second DPA ever awarded to a member of the Research Library and is indeed quite a distinction. Individuals or small teams who receive Distinguished Performance awards must have made an outstanding and unique contribution that had a positive impact on the Laboratory's programmatic efforts or status in the scientific community, required unusual creativity or dedication of the individual or team and resulted from a level of performance substantially beyond what normally would be expected.