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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.

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

Recent Winners

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


2025 LAUC-LA Librarian of the Year

Paromita Biswas

woman with dark hair smiling at the camera, holding a plaque and wearing a black sweater and white lei around her neck

Paromita Biswas, continuing resources metadata librarian, was honored for her work leading UCLA Library's Ethical Description Project Team, which supports inclusive access to UCLA collections. 

Read the full article on UCLA Newsroom.

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