Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award

About the Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award
The ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic or research librarianship and library development.

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2021 Winner(s)

Julia M. Gelfand

Applied Sciences and Engineering Librarian at the University of California (UC)-Irvine

“Julia Gelfand, long-time applied science and engineering librarian at the University of California-Irvine, has spent more than four decades shaping research librarianship for the better. It is because of her transformative contributions to her university, the profession, and scientific inquiry itself that the committee named her as the 2021 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year.” - Dennis Clark, ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award Committee Chair.