LAUC-LA Librarian of the Year

This award recognizes excellence in librarianship that furthers the teaching and research mission of UCLA and responds to the intellectual, informational, and cultural needs of the university community. The librarian's achievement could be demonstrated by partnerships with faculty to create assignments, workshops, or other instructional content; collaboration with researchers to complete a research project; a significant professional achievement; the creation of a new library program or service; major contributions to a university-wide initiative; outstanding original research; leadership at a national or international level; outreach to the community; LAUC participation; service to the library profession; or exceptional engagement with students, faculty, and other library users.

Nomination Information

The application period for the annual Librarian of the Year award is now closed. 

Recent Winners

• 2026 - Doug Daniels and Matthew Vest
• 2025 - Paromita Biswas
• 2024 - Robert Gore
• 2023 - Courtney Hoffner and Sangeeta Pal
• 2021 - Maureen Russell

For more past winners, see our LAUC-LA Librarian of the Year archive (PDF).