Amanda Melilli (Libraries) is the 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Library Faculty Service Award. Melilli was nominated for her remarkable dedication and leadership across her service commitments within the University Libraries and nationally at the American Library Association. During the award period, she served as the Libraries' deputy faculty moderator and the faculty moderator, where she was an advocate for all library faculty and staff. She also demonstrated national expertise by contributing hundreds of hours to the American Library Association’s Rainbow Round Table Rainbow Booklist Committee, which evaluated more than 400 titles to create an annual book list utilized by librarians across the world to identify quality LGBTQIA+ titles for babies through young adults.
