Anne Clyde

Vale

Dr. L. Anne Clyde

(1946-2005)

It gives me a deep comforting sense that "things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal." - Helen Keller

 

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From M. Baffour-Awuah on behalf of Ms Ramore/Membership (Botswana) via IASL-LINK and IFLA-L

The Botswana Library Association (BLA) shares the sorrow of the global library community especially IFLA and IASL at the passing away of Professor Anne Clyde; please extend our condolences to her family and close friends. We were honored to have shared her enthusiasm for school libraries when she participated in a workshop here in Botswana for our librarians in educational libraries from the IASL conference in Durban South Africa, three years ago. The library profession has lost a great daughter. We support the call to honor her memory with an award.

From Marvene Dearman (USA) via IASL-LINK

I would also like to express my appreciation to Anne's family for her devotion to IASL and its many libraries and librarians around the world. She was our lifeline to each other. We all knew that Anne would keep us in touch with each other and the events of IASL. We owe her a deep debt of gratitude for her unselfish service as the IASL Webmaster. I will contribute to whatever fund is set up in her honor.

From Ingrid Skirrow (Austria) via IASL-LINK

Although I am a new member of IASL I would also like to express my sadness at Anne's sudden dead. I met her briefly last year in Dublin at the annual conference and of course, have been one of the many, many librarians around the world who has benefited from her energy and dedication to school librarianship through the IASL website. Another librarian has written proposing a lasting memorial for Anne. I believe this would be a wonderful gesture towards remembering Anne Clyde. I would be very willing to support such an award and to contribute to a fund for this. With best wishes and condolences to her family and close friends.

From Ruth and Gene Cady (USA) in an email to Peter Genco

I am so sorry to hear of Anne's death. Her contributions to IASL helped it grow into the organization it is today. She will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.

From Genevieve Hart (South Africa) via IASL-LINK

I owe much to Anne - beginning when she cheerfully flew across the world to Cape Town a few years ago in support of a symposium here at the University of the Western Cape. She was a wonderful sounding board. I loved her opening line in replying to my email testing out an idea: " Now - this sounds interesting"! And I will treasure our darting conversations over a glass of wine or whisky and the laughter we shared. I'm grateful for the time I spent with her last month in Oslo.

From Marie O'Brian (Australia) via ISLD SmartGroup

By now you would all have heard the news of Anne's sudden death on Sunday last. I met her on a number of occasions, the first time in South Africa, and found her very easy to talk to and a great role model. She will be sorely missed by this fellow Australian.

From Tzipi Karelitz (Israel) via IASL-LINK

I was always glad to find emails from Anne Clyde. The last one was on 12.9.05 announcing the Call for Papers for the 2006 IASL Conference in Portugal is available on the IASL web site School Libraries Online, with full directions how to get there. When I opened my email at this late hour, I wondered what made so many IASL members send so many emails. I glanced at the names and did not find one from Anne. I was not prepared for bad news. We IASL colleagues share professional information and all of a sudden we are a family sharing grief for the loss of one of our dear members, a very dear friend. I am deeply shocked, sad and very sorry she has gone.

From Helle Barrett (Sweden/Denmark) via IASL-LINK

Returning to work and finding sad news and your thoughts was very shocking. Anne was a person you would meet more or less at any place in the world. Parting after IFLA in Oslo we made a joke about it. Apart from her well-known work in IASL, she also contributed to IFLA, as Chair of the School Library Section, a lot. It is a very sad loss.

From Hung Ming Michael (Hong Kong) via IASL-LINK

I did not work with Anne on any occasion, but was very impressed with her dedications and efforts to promote school-librarians as professionals. I am very sorry and missed her so much. Hope we will be strong because Anne has been a role model for us all. In sorrow...

From Maggie Roche (Australia) via IASL-LINK

What a shock!! Anne has been such a significant, vital part of the TL landscape. I enjoyed her intelligent, incisive, insightful forward thinking. I think I first met her over piña coladas in Jamaica, and I'm so glad I had the chance to see her when the Sydney IASLers had dinner with her last year. A legacy of some sort in Anne's name would be wonderful, look forward to some creative thinking later on. …fond memories…

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Last updated 26 September 2005 (OV)