The award, conferred during the association’s spring meeting last month, recognized Beck for her leadership, innovation and creativity in singlehandedly creating, implementing and reviewing a systematic approach to cataloging and tracking electronic resources in the law library. She overcame many obstacles to provide public access to more than 2,000 electronic titles and electronic packages, many of which had been purchased years ago.
Beck also worked on a UCLA Library team that presented the library’s licensed resources to users in a revamped public interface. "Melissa’s participation in implementing this project has profoundly impacted the entire UCLA community by making licensed resources widely available to all of our users," said Sharon Benamou, a member of the award committee.
Angela Marciano, director of planning, performance and development for Housing & Hospitality Services, has received the 2011 Excellence in Leadership (EXCEL) Award. Given by UCLA’s Administrative Management Group in partnership with Campus Human Resources, the annual award recognizes those individuals who have had a significant and lasting impact on the people they lead, who exemplify management excellence and who have made broad contributions to the campus as a whole.
has been elected a staff representative to UC’s Retirement System Advisory Board by staff members systemwide. UC Berkeley’s Paul D. Brooks was also elected to the board.
Melissa Beck, a librarian in the Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library, has been named the 2011 Librarian of the Year by the Librarians Association of the University of California, Los Angeles. This award recognizes excellence in librarianship, particularly as it advances the teaching and research mission of UCLA, and meets the intellectual, informational and cultural needs of the campus community.
