The Esther J. Piercy Award was established by the Resources and Technical Services Division of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app in 1968 in memory of Esther J. Piercy, editor of Journal of Cataloging and Classification from 1950 to 1956 and of Library Resources & Technical Services from 1957 to 1967.