The Librarians Association of UCLA awarded Courtney Hoffner and Sangeeta Pal the 2023 Librarian of the Year Awards on Thursday. Hoffner, the website managing editor and content design librarian, was awarded in recognition of her work in relaunching and redesigning the UCLA Library website.
“If there is one silver lining to the strange and stressful past year, it’s been the renewed and this time, hopefully, sustained focus on how Black Americans have shaped this country, and finding areas where their voices have been overlooked or silenced,” said Ashley Peterson, research and instruction librarian. “We hope that this exhibition can contribute to these efforts, as well as show us, the librarians who make purchasing decisions, how our collections might fall short when it comes to representing diverse perspectives.”
The Powell Library Community Collections reflect the hybridized resources that Bruins are currently using to advance their coursework and research, which the UCLA Library actively empowers. Materials are a mix of print, now accessible through the library’s page and pickup service