Remembering Allyson Carlye’s lifelong work as a cataloger through her 2010 appearance in the iSchool’s “Librarians Do Gaga” video.
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April 13, 2020 at 12:01 pm
Ah, Allyson Carlyle - what a wonderful wonderful person.
Kind
Compassionate
Ethical
Dedicated
Brilliant
Insightful
Loving
....
It is impossible to capture in words all that Allyson Carlyle meant to everyone. But, it's important to share in this most difficult of times.
Allyson was one of the first people I met at the University of Washington (UW) when I came to campus in Fall 1997 to interview. And, she pulled no punches in letting me know that she was skeptical about me. We had met a few years earlier at an ALISE conference where I was trying to lure Cheryl Metoyer to a faculty position Syracuse. Allyson took great pleasure in telling the story of how I kind of dissed her, as I was so focused on Cheryl (true). So, I already was down one strike. We met in 1997 at the school's offices in the basement of Suzzallo Library. She quickly whisked me away to By George so she could set me straight (about libraries, cataloging, and students) and also find out what I had in mind for the school (to do it all - together, of course).
She threw me pitch after pitch about libraries, students, cataloging, values, organization of information, students, management, faculty, society, students, leadership, justice, staff, higher education, students, finances. It was an exhausting at-bat, but I think I did okay - or maybe even a little better because we began a deep deep friendship as well as professional journey in which we all created a wonderful, amazing, and people-centered learning, research, and service home at the UW.
We worked together on many efforts and took great joy in developing new opportunities for students and in championing the library and information field. Allyson was selfless. Allyson was the first Associate Dean for Academics because we needed her leadership, even though this took her away from teaching and research. We could always rely on Allyson. Throughout that time and later, her voice among the faculty and staff was essential to keeping us true to our values in all that we did. She was also a terrific teacher. My son Brian was one of her students, and when he went to work in the tech industry, he always said that Allyson's course was the most valuable one he took at the school.
Allyson and I also shared a common approach to mentoring doctoral students, and I was fortunate to work with her to help a number of them to fulfill their capabilities and dreams.
Our relationship was so much more than professonal. She was a dear friend to me and to my wife, Carol. We ache for her. We are so sad for Lisa, for her brother, and her mother, and really all of us.
Thank you, Allyson. For your humanity.
Peace and love, Allyson.
Kind
Compassionate
Ethical
Dedicated
Brilliant
Insightful
Loving
....
It is impossible to capture in words all that Allyson Carlyle meant to everyone. But, it's important to share in this most difficult of times.
Allyson was one of the first people I met at the University of Washington (UW) when I came to campus in Fall 1997 to interview. And, she pulled no punches in letting me know that she was skeptical about me. We had met a few years earlier at an ALISE conference where I was trying to lure Cheryl Metoyer to a faculty position Syracuse. Allyson took great pleasure in telling the story of how I kind of dissed her, as I was so focused on Cheryl (true). So, I already was down one strike. We met in 1997 at the school's offices in the basement of Suzzallo Library. She quickly whisked me away to By George so she could set me straight (about libraries, cataloging, and students) and also find out what I had in mind for the school (to do it all - together, of course).
She threw me pitch after pitch about libraries, students, cataloging, values, organization of information, students, management, faculty, society, students, leadership, justice, staff, higher education, students, finances. It was an exhausting at-bat, but I think I did okay - or maybe even a little better because we began a deep deep friendship as well as professional journey in which we all created a wonderful, amazing, and people-centered learning, research, and service home at the UW.
We worked together on many efforts and took great joy in developing new opportunities for students and in championing the library and information field. Allyson was selfless. Allyson was the first Associate Dean for Academics because we needed her leadership, even though this took her away from teaching and research. We could always rely on Allyson. Throughout that time and later, her voice among the faculty and staff was essential to keeping us true to our values in all that we did. She was also a terrific teacher. My son Brian was one of her students, and when he went to work in the tech industry, he always said that Allyson's course was the most valuable one he took at the school.
Allyson and I also shared a common approach to mentoring doctoral students, and I was fortunate to work with her to help a number of them to fulfill their capabilities and dreams.
Our relationship was so much more than professonal. She was a dear friend to me and to my wife, Carol. We ache for her. We are so sad for Lisa, for her brother, and her mother, and really all of us.
Thank you, Allyson. For your humanity.
Peace and love, Allyson.