Tom Hanstra
Employee Recognition Winner 2001
Library jobs just aren't what they used to be. Many of our position descriptions require talents and skills scarcely heard of five years ago. The position description for our first award winner includes requirements such as, ":must have significant knowledge of CGI, NISO, SQL, NT, and TCP/IP" and "must be able to design, implement, and manage authorization ans access control for the ILS.". Luckily for us, this individual has demonstrated these talents and more. Indeed this year, he was praised for doing what others thought was quite impossible.
Working out of sight, supported by minuscule documentation, and armed primarily with intelligence and unyielding determination, this employee prepared the loader program for 14.2 and created a 14.2 mask for our the public work stations. This mask allowed the library to minimize the visibility of the transition from 12.2 to 14.2 to the users, thus allowing the Library to choose the optimal time for the transition .
Today we honor the man behind the mask - Tom Hanstra.
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