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Michael Don Fraser (University Libraries) is the recipient of the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivist (CIMA) 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented by the peers and colleagues of the recipient, the prestigious CIMA Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledges and demonstrates appreciation for a life of service and…

Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) presented a poster, "LibParlor Online Learning: An open source curriculum for LIS researchers," at The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2025 conference. The poster, co-authored by Nimisha Bhat of University of Cincinnati and Hailley Fargo of Northern Kentucky University, described a free, flexible,…

Cyrus Ford (Libraries) is the winner of the Libraries' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. Ford was nominated for his significant inclusive cataloging work, increasing accuracy and representation within 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s local catalog and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. At 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, he manually reviewed and updated hundreds of records to follow the…

Amanda Koziura (Libraries) presented a paper, "I Have to Pay to Keep My Job: Examining Financial Barriers to Promotion and/or Tenure," at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2025 conference. The paper, co-authored by Faith Bradham from Bakersfield College and Maura Seale from the University of Michigan, explores the…

Dan Werra (Libraries) is the winner of the Libraries' Administrative Faculty of the Year Award. He was nominated for his outstanding customer service and creative problem solving in the growth and maintenance of University Libraries technologies. He has worked closely within the Libraries on technology upgrades that benefit both faculty and…

Tanya Al-Talib, Hassan Ziada, Neamat Hassan (all Dental), and Xan Goodman (University Libraries) published in the Journal of Dentistry (Elsevier) a manuscript titled, "Bruxism and Direct and Indirect Restorations Failure: A Scoping Review." This manuscript evaluated the relationship between bruxism and the failure of both direct and indirect…

Joseph Kevin Sebastian (Libraries) presented a paper, "Reframing Information Seeking in the Age of Generative AI: A Critical and Humanistic Approach," at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2025 conference. Using the lens of queer theory and critical digital literacy, this paper looks at how tools like ChatGPT are…

Kathryn Houk (Libraries; Medicine) is the winner of the Libraries' Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award. She was nominated for her exceptional work on the publication Toward Inclusive Academic Library Hiring Practices, which she co-edited. She also contributed a chapter, co-written with colleagues Christina Miskey and Jason Aubin, about…

Darcy Del Bosque (Libraries) is the winner of the James S. McPhee Librarian of the Year Award. She was nominated for her compassionate leadership of the Research, Innovation, and Creation department in the University Libraries over the past five years, which has included onboarding new staff, implementing technology changes to benefit 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ…

Niki Fullmer (Libraries) is the winner of the Libraries' Innovative Solutions and Customer Service Award. She was nominated for her exceptional work to engage library patrons using creative book displays that highlight the Libraries' diverse collections. Fullmer has collaborated with the Flora and Stuart Mason Peer Research Coaches to create…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries) and co-authors Alicia G. Vaandering (University of Rhode Island) and James W. Rosenzweig (Eastern Washington University) published a book chapter titled, "Here, Queer, but Catalog Records Aren't Used to it: The Discoverability of LGBTQIA+ Representation in Library Collections" in Censorship is a Drag: LGBTQ Materials and…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries), along with colleagues Alicia G. Vaandering (University of Rhode Island) and James W. Rosenzweig (Eastern Washington University) presented "Reading the Rainbow: Exploring Themes and Identities in LGBTQIA+ Picture Books" at the 2025 Children's Literature Assembly Online Research Conference.