OCLC recognizes 2025 award recipients at ALA Annual Conference
During the 2025 ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, OCLC recognized several recipients of OCLC-sponsored awards. OCLC's commitment to research and education includes furthering the advancement of librarianship and supporting awards of achievement.
OCLC is proud to recognize these 2025 award recipients:
ALA Medal of Excellence – Janet Hyunju Clarke, Associate Dean of Research and Learning, Stony Brook University Libraries, New York
Core Career LIFT Award – Beth Carpenter, Undergraduate Engineering & Instruction Librarian, University at Buffalo
Core Career LIFT Award - Ricardo Rodriguez, Circulation Coordinator, Dominican University
Humphry/Forest Press Award for International Librarianship – Julia M. Gelfand, Collection Strategies, University of California, Irvine
Margaret Mann Citation – Adam L. Schiff, Principal Cataloger at the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington
Virginia Boucher Distinguished ILL Librarian Award – Lapis Cohen, Library Specialist (Resource Sharing), University of Pennsylvania, Van Pelt Library