Julie J. Boucher Memorial

Award for Intellectual Freedom

Julie J. Boucher (1963 - 1996)(shown above with her husband) served as Associate Director of the Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library from 1991-1996. She died in a mountain-climbing accident on October 12, 1996, together with her husband, Clive F. Baillie, a University of Colorado computer science researcher. During her five-year tenure with the State Library and the Colorado Department of Education, Julie (shown below with Library Research Service Director Keith Lance) was responsible for annual surveys and statistical publications for public and academic libraries. A passionate and outspoken opponent of censorship, she also served on the Colorado Library Association Board and chaired its Intellectual Freedom Committee in 1995. Julie is survived by her parents, Stanley and Virginia Boucher of Boulder; her brother Eric Boucher (a.k.a. Jello Biafra) of San Francisco; and her parents-in-law, William and Anne Baillie of Scotland. Her mother, Virginia Boucher, is the former director of interlibrary loan services at the University of Colorado, past chair of the Colorado Council for Library Development, and a longtime leader in both the American Library Association and the International Federation of Library Associations.

Intellectual Freedom in Colorado

In 1997, the Colorado Library Association and its Intellectual Freedom Committee renamed the annual Intellectual Freedom Award the Julie J. Boucher Memorial Award for Intellectual Freedom and established the Julie J. Boucher Memorial Fund for Intellectual Freedom. http://www.cal-webs.org/boucher.html Contributions to the fund can be made out to the Colorado Association of Libraries with the note "Boucher Fund" and sent to:

Colorado Association of Libraries
12081 W. Alameda Pkwy. #427
Lakewood, CO 80228 (303)463-6400