Michael R. Schuyler

11254 Fieldstone LN NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
206-842-6446 Fax: 206-780-2011

Awards & Recognition

Who's Who in America, 53rd Edition
Who's Who in the West
Who's Who in American Education
Who's Who in Emerging Leaders in America, 1993

The Global Bangemann Challenge - Stockholm Finalist in the Public Access and Democracy Category for the Global Bangemann Challenge; an annual event hosted by the City of Stockholm, Sweden. Michael traveled to Stockholm in June, 1999 to receive the award from the King of Sweden in the Nobel Hall.	Global Information Infrastructure Awards Finalist (2nd year in a row) for the Global Information Infrastructure Awards in the Public Access category for LinkNet; an on-line service that has introduced over 27,000 people to the Internet in Kitsap County. Held in Chicago, 1997.
National Information Infrastructure Awards Finalist in the Public Access Category for the National Information Infrastructure Awards for LinkNet, Kitsap Regional Library's On-Line service that offers free e-mail and Internet access to any citizen of Kitsap County. Held in New York City, 1996. Also received a Certificate of Merit from the US Postal Service in the same competition.	Washington Library Association: Emeritus & Merit Awards Emeritus Award (2005) and the Merit Award for Advances in Library Service (1998) by the Washington Library Association. Secretary of the Association: 1980-1981. Founder of the Automation Resources Interest Group (ARGH!), 1985.
Cybrarian of the Year: 1998 Cybrarian of the Year by MCI Worldcom: included $31,000 in award money for the Kitsap Regional Library, which Michael used to establish workstations for the visually impaired.	Grand Prize: Software Awarded the Grand Prize: Software Contest (1988) for a comprehensive series of accounting programs used by libraries, Fire Departments, and Park Departments in Washington State. This software has tracked over $1 billion.

Quotes:

"Most people don't have any idea what a "Cybrarian" is. But in Kitsap County, at least 26,000 library users should say thanks to one....Schuyler didn't do all this by himself, of course, but he's provided much of the leadership, and occasional prodding, to get it accomplished. Both he and the library's administration deserve a lot of credit." --Jim Campbell in an Editorial in the Sun newspaper, July 24, 1998

"Without a doubt one of the best organized and full-featured public access services which I have seen to date. Michael Schuyler and the other staff of the Kitsap Regional Library are to be commended." --Jeannine Parker, Director, NII Awards, June, 1997 in awarding a Certificate of Merit to the LinkNet project.