SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship
Introduced in 1977, this award honors exceptional skill, both professional and scholarly, in librarianship. The award pays tribute to noteworthy contributions to the library profession and extraordinary service to the university.
2024-25 Honorees
Deborah Chiarella
University Libraries
Deborah Chiarella is an associate librarian and a liaison to UB’s Department of Music and Department of Theatre and Dance. She is an experienced, engaged librarian whose subject matter expertise has proven invaluable to students at UB, throughout the SUNY system and well beyond. One of Chiarella’s biggest projects was the relocation of UB’s music collection from Baird Hall to Lockwood Library. In order to shift the collection from a stand-alone library to a part of the larger Lockwood Library, Chiarella carefully researched the needs of the department, analyzed past collection usage and gathered input from faculty and students. After years of planning, the move to Lockwood Library successfully occurred in the summer of 2024.
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Ophelia Morey
University Libraries
Ophelia Morey is an associate librarian and coordinator of community outreach services in the Health Sciences at Abbott Library. She is widely recognized as a skilled professional whose approach to librarianship is heavily intertwined with service and whose efforts empower individuals with knowledge and information literacy skills. Morey’s position uniquely places her in an outward-facing role that goes beyond stewarding the resources of the Health Sciences at Abbott Library. She is responsible for cultivating relationships with the communities UB serves and developing new and innovative ways to make medical information readily accessible to community members. To this end, Morey’s multifaceted approach includes pursuing grants to support community initiatives, coordinating events and creating partnerships that help meet community needs.