Library Excellence Award

Library Excellence Award

The Library Excellence Awards are given annually to three University of Texas Libraries staff who have made extraordinary contributions by fulfilling job responsibilities at an exceptional level of excellence in any of these ways: 

  • Building strong and meaningful partnerships through collaborative approaches,
  • Ensuring excellent and effective customer service,
  • Providing and building specialized knowledge and expertise in their area,
  • Embracing creativity and innovation in moving our organization forward, and/or
  • Demonstrating consistently superior work performance.

Congratulations to our outstanding colleagues!

Recipients:

2024

  • Janeice Connors
  • Dale Correa
  • Michael Shensky

2023

  • Adriana Cásarez
  • Joey Marez
  • Larry Yang

2022

  • Carla Alvarez
  • Ken McFarland
  • Loretta Wallace

2021

  • Gina Bastone
  • Lea DeForest
  • Anna Lamphear 

2020

  • Jim Irwin
  • Amber Welch
  • Megan Will

2019

  • Sarah Brandt
  • Jessica Trelogan
  • Melanie Cofield

2018

  • David Gilson
  • Allyssa Guzman
  • Travis Willmann

2017

  • Geoff Bahre
  • Aggie McAlester
  • Theresa Polk

2016

  • Colleen Lyon
  • Ishtiak Rahman
  • Krystal Wyatt-Baxter

2015

  • Donna Coates
  • Wendy Martin
  • Jose Galindo Montelongo

2014

  • Greg Aker
  • Michal Glaser
  • Kristen Hogan

2013

  • Margaret Alvarado
  • Sean O'Bryan
  • David Roberts

2012

  • Boris Brodsky
  • Cindy Fisher
  • Harlin Hanson

2011

  • Steve Bush
  • Jee Davis
  • Katherine Strickland

2010

  • Chris Carter
  • Carolyn Cunningham
  • Christian Kelleher

2009

  • Benn Chang
  • Aaron Choate
  • Jeff Stuenke

2008

  • Janelle Hedstrom
  • Craig Schroer
  • Kristin Walker

2007

  • Jennifer Lee
  • Meghan Sitar
  • Steve Stein

2006

  • Eshmael Ghadessy
  • Laura Schwartz
  • Ja-nice Woolaver

2005

  • Jenifer Flaxbart
  • Janina Hurtado
  • AJ Johnson