Kathrine R. Everett Award of Merit Winners

Four UNC law library staff members were recently recognized with the library’s highest annual honor, the Kathrine R. Everett Award of Merit. These library staff members stepped up in significant ways to address the needs of the library and its users. 

Nicole Downing

For successfully reshaping the Prep for Practice library instruction program to explore innovations in law practice technologies; for impactful posts on the national law library association’s blog; for service-oriented management of database passwords and vendor support; for initiative in teaching; and for excellent work overall.  

Tiffany Evans

For immersive and careful development of new Human Resources responsibilities; for improvements to the library’s financial management and reporting; for building both relationships with peers and expertise with systems; for thoughtful contributions to the library’s administrative team; and for excellent work overall.

Jesse Griffin

For creative, resilient, and collaborative management of storage and relocation of the library’s collections during library maintenance and renovation; for attentive supervision of student employees supporting collection management and digitization; for completion of a Master’s in Library Science; and for excellent work overall. 

Aaron Kirschenfeld

For expert development of the Carolina Law Digital Repository and digital collections; for mentoring librarians on repository expansion and on teaching; for commitment to teaching; for presentations about his scholarship on legal citators; for committee work at local, regional, and national levels; and for excellent work overall.