Fwd: Peter Scott's "retirement"

[Roy Tennant]

Forwarded by request of David Fox, I'll be posting my own message on 
this subject in a bit.
Roy

Begin forwarded message:

> From: David Fox <david.fox at usask.ca>
> Date: April 7, 2005 2:47:08 PM PDT
> Subject: Peter Scott's "retirement"
>  
> Dear colleagues... I regret to announce that Peter Scott is retiring 
> after 29 years of service to University of Saskatchewan Library! Peter 
> began his career at the UofS in 1976 as a member of the Cataloguing 
> Department, following which he was promoted to the position of Head of 
> the Order Department. In Feb 1992, Peter was reassiged to the Systems 
> Department, allowing him the scope to explore his growing interest in 
> a new fad called the Internet (a.k.a. the Information Superhighway).
>
> Peter is best known for his pioneering work in developing the popular 
> hypertext directories HyTelnet and WebCATS/LibDex. These extremely 
> useful tools have been followed by a steady stream of additional 
> information "products" from the fertile mind of Mr. Scott. For nearly 
> 15 years Peter has managed to stay in the forefront of Internet 
> knowledge and practice. His great value to UofS Library has been as 
> the harbinger of technological trends. In recent years Peter has been 
> in great demand as a speaker on Blogging and RSS.
>
> Peter's scholarly output over the past 15 years has been prodigious. 
> He has given over 50 invited conference presentations internationally. 
> An entertaining speaker with a gift for making technical material 
> understandable to a non-technical audience, Peter has been a frequent 
> presenter at the Online Information, Internet Librarian, Internet 
> Librarian International, Access, NetSpeed, and Saskatchewan and 
> Manitoba Library Association conferences. He has also served on the 
> organizing committees for  some of these conferencess. Peter has also 
> published numerous articles about his developments, and his work has 
> been acknowledged in many information industry publications.
>
> Among other honours, Peter received the 1992 Meckler Internet Software 
> Award for HyTelnet. He was named to the editorial board of Internet 
> Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy for 1995. In 
> 2004 He was named to the Library Advisory Board for xrefer.
>
> Peter's extracurricular interests are also noteworthy. At various 
> times he has been a broadcaster on community radio, a blues singer and 
> harmonica player, and a Juno award winning songwriter. Delegates to 
> the Access 97 conference in Vancouver will remember Peter as the lead 
> singer of the house band The Dukes of URL.
>
> At the UofS Library Peter has been a tremendous resource person to 
> other staff. He is down to earth and approachable. He is a natural 
> educator and communicator, and enjoys nothing more than sharing his 
> expertise on a one-to-one level with "keeners" who are eager to learn 
> "new stuff". His colleagues in the UofS ITS Division will miss Peter's 
> laidback, often politically incorrect, sense of humour.
>
> Peter's "retirement" will be a great loss to the UofS, but for him 
> it's really just a change of focus. I'm sure he will continue to be 
> actively engaged in his alternate life as an Internet consultant and 
> Website  developer, and will continue to be much sought after as a 
> conference speaker and organizer.
>
> Peter's accomplishments and years of service will be recognized, along 
> with other retirees, at a special occasion at the UofS Faculty Club on 
> April 20. His last day of work will be April 29. If you'd like to send 
> Peter your best wishes he can be contacted at peter.scott at usask.ca. 
> For more on Peter's career and personal interests, visit his Website 
> at: http://homepage.usask.ca/~pas508/
>
>
> Regards.... David
>
>
> David Fox
> Head, Information Technology and Technical Services Divisions
> University of Saskatchewan Library
>
> phone: (306)966-6031   (ITS)
> phone: (306)966-5949   (TS)
> fax: (306)966-6040