Professor Emeritus Fran Miska received the 2009 Margaret Mann Citation Award from ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section of ALA at this years conference in Chicago. The award recognizes outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification either through publication of significant professional literature, participation in professional cataloging associations, or valuable contributions to practice. The jury noted Fran's considerable contributions to the profession through his publications and teaching made him "the obvious choice". Previous winners include Seymour Lubetzky, Elaine Svenonius, Fred Kilgour and S. Ranganathan. The award comes with a $2000 scholarship to the School of Information from OCLC. Dean Dillon received the check on behalf of the school at the presentation ceremony in the Chicago Hilton. Dr. Miksa retired last year from the iSchool after almost 25 years of service as a professor, including one year as interim dean. He is considered one of the foremost educators and thinkers in the categorization of information entities, publishing more than 30 papers and 5 books, most recently: The DDC, the Universe of Knowledge, and the Post-Modern Library (Albany, N.Y.: OCLC/Forest Press, 1998). Former doctoral students of Dr. Miska include Javed Mostafa at UNC-Chapel Hill and Jens Erik Mai at the University of Toronto. You can read more about Dr. Miksa.