Lifetime Service Award

A Lifetime Service Award is given by the Board of Directors to retired members: who have been active ACL members at least ten of the previous fifteen years prior to the date of retirement, and who have made significant contributions to the Association, or whose contributions to the field of librarianship while a member has been a benefit to the Association.

Ferne Weimer

Ferne Weimer has been a member of ACL since 1980 and has attended 31 ACL  conferences. She retired from Dallas International University in 2021. During her time as an ACL member, Ferne served the association in a variety of ways. Ferne first became involved as a director at large on the ACL board of directors in 1991. She then became the ACL Treasurer and served in that role until 1998, when she completed her time on the board and became the ACL Business Manager until 1999. In 1995 she served as a member of the Conference Development committee. These contributions to ACL are significant. However, Ferne’s contributions to the Commission for International Advancement (CILA) team stand out among her peers. Ferne joined the CILA team in 2001 and became the CILA Team General Secretary in 2002, a position she held for 10 years. During this time she also co-edited two versions of the Librarian’s Manual.

Ferne’s work with the CILA team allowed her to implement the Librarian’s Manual as a training tool for international librarians on two separate international trips; India in 1997 and Malaysia in 2008. The Librarian’s Manual is still a highly sought after resource for many international librarians, allowing Ferne’s contributions to continue to have an impact in other countries. In addition to her work with CILA, she also wrote articles for TCL and presented workshops at several conferences, including a full day “Cataloging for Non-Catalogers” technical services workshop.