The following is being forwarded for Madeleine Lefebvre <[log in to unmask]>. Congratulations to Doug. At the recent SMUSA (Saint Mary's University Students Association) Student Charter Day Awards Night, Doug Vaisey was presented with the Literary "M" Award. Doug's citation read as follows: "You know him as 'The tall skinny guy who works at the Reference Desk', or as 'That really friendly guy' or 'That really helpful guy who found everything I needed and a lot more.' He's Doug Vaisey, and for more than 30 years he has been the Reference and Research Librarian here at Saint Mary's. About him (as Doug would put it) I'd like to say four things: Not only has he taught thousands of students how to use the library and helped many thousand more with papers and assignments, he has written guides to writing papers and using databases, collected the Reference Collection for our library, and he has supplied the most obscure references for the most obscure research for the most obscure faculty here at Saint Mary's. He can find information where no one else can and he does it with a smile, with endless patience, and along the way he teaches students how to do it themselves the next time. Doug has been a reference guru for libraries around town for years - the gold standard for library information in Halifax. His whole working life he has done this for the students of Saint Mary's; Doug Vaisey has made an immeasurable contribution to our campus." The Literary "M" Award is granted to students/faculty for literary contribution to the University. Everyone in the Patrick Power Library is exceedingly proud of Doug for being awarded this honor.