From left: Willow Fuchs, business reference and instruction librarian; Kim Bloedel, head of Pomerantz Business Library; Todd DeGraff, library assistant III, and Ryan Greenough, student employee at the Business Library and two-time winner of a Libraries student employee scholarship.
Arthur Benton Award BLOEDEL WINS LIBRARIES’ TOP HONOR BY JENNIFER MASADA, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION MANAGER
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im Bloedel, head of the Marvin A. Pomerantz Business Library, is the winner of the 2019 Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence. She accepted the award at a reception held in her honor last spring, shortly before the impact of COVID-19. The Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence recognizes a member of the UI Libraries’ professional staff who has demonstrated outstanding commitment and leadership in furthering the Libraries’ mission to serve the university community. The honor
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includes a $1,500 award for professional development that will support the recipient’s research projects or publications related to library services. The late Dr. Arthur Benton, professor of psychology and neurology at the University of Iowa and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, established the endowment to make this annual award possible. Based on letters from faculty nominators, the selection committee noted Bloedel’s significant contributions to teaching and research at the Tippie College of Business.
