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Who was Sheila Cates?
She was a wife and a mom.
With daughter Kristen
With husband Dennis, daughter Kristen, and son Patrick
She was also an extraordinary Montana
librarian.
Sheila Cates served as Library Development Coordinator at the Montana State Library from 1985
until her death from cancer in 1993.
Sheila, whose energy, kindness, and ingenuity made an impact on so many Montana librarians, was
named Montana Library Association’s Librarian of the Year in 1993. In 1994, the Montana Library
Association established the Sheila Cates Scholarship to provide financial support to association members
seeking education in the library science field.
“It is a joy to reflect on Sheila’s sense of humor, her warmth and humanity, her tireless work ethic, and her amazing passion for libraries.”
Bob CooperRetired, Montana State Library
“Sheila never considered an issue without considering the benefits for all libraries and all Montanans.”
“No one person in Montana’s library community worked so hard on behalf of all types of Montana libraries.”
From a letter for Sheila’s nomination for Montana Librarian of the Year, 1993
Why We Celebrate Sheila Cates
“Sheila always made me feel special and important even though our county library serves only 1,000 patrons.”
From a letter for Sheila’s nomination for Montana Librarian of the Year, 1993
“Sheila was vigilant in reminding us of our basic principles of librarianship, in reminding librarians what we stand for, and the importance of our libraries to our communities.”
From a letter for Sheila’s nomination for Montana Librarian of the Year, 1993
How We Celebrate Sheila Cates
We have
silent auctions …
A traveling
quilt The Sheila Cates Traveling Quilt was created in 1994 by Montana Librarian Eva English as an item to be used for the annual Sheila Cates Scholarship Silent Auction. The first winner of the silent auction quilt decided to give it back to the Cates Scholarship Committee and now the quilt has become a traveling quilt. At conference each spring, librarian’s names are drawn for a three-month display of the quilt at the librarian’s home library. Each visited library puts a library patch on the quilt so one can see where it’s traveled in honor of Sheila Cates, one of the great Montana librarians whose work carries on in the form of financial support for Montana’s new librarians.
and …
Lots of crazy fundraising events at
conference!
Festival
of
Library
Potential
1994
Bona
Fide
Bingo
Night
1995
Desserts and Silent Auction
1996, 1998
Bowling
for
Bucks
1997
Bowling for Bucks
1997
Library
Promotional
Materials as
Fundraiser
1999
Sumo
Wrestling
2000
Sumo Wrestling
2000
Murder
Mystery
2004
Fashion
Through the
Decades
2006
Trivia Night
with Nancy
Pearl
2007
Librarian
Olympics
LibrarianJeopardy
Library
Melodrama
2011
Library
Melodrama
2011
Charades,
Cakes,
and
Costumes
2012
2012
2013
Librarian
Feud
and
Let’s
Make a Deal
2014
Bunco
Bash
& Hat Contest
In Remembrance of Sheila Cates
LIBRARIES …Some people work in them.
Some people believe in them.Some people are advocates for them.
And some people LOVE them.
In the words of Sheila Cates herself…
Sheila Cates did all of the above
Please give generously to the MLA Sheila Cates Scholarship Fund.
Thank you.
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