The University Libraries’ Employee of the Month award is intended to recognize the special effort of faculty, staff, or student employees. The award is granted at the discretion of the Associate Director for Administration. To nominate an employee, please email a letter of support to John.Culshaw@colorado.edu.
January 2012 Employee of the Month:
Megan Lambert, Preservation
Submitted by Kay Moller, Preservation
Megan Lambert has been a terrific asset to our department and the Libraries. I've been meaning to nominate her for Employee of the Month for some time.
She's taken on a number of special projects, and has always handled them effectively and efficiently. She has a creative mind and has come up with a lot of great ideas.The Lebowitz project requires a lot of special handling from our department, and Megan has been the one supervising the students who work on them and pack them to be shipped to Pascal.
Megan also created a system for tracking the work and keeping our statistics current. She helps train and often oversees the students performing a wide variety of repairs and other tasks. She's very good at training students; they find her approachable and always willing to answer their questions.
In 2010 she worked on Preservation's part of the WWI digitization project, and Holley Long had this to say about her:
"Megan has been an invaluable member of the WWI digitization project team. Megan is always pleasant to work with and very knowledgeable about the details of the project. Most recently, she prepared and packed over 900 items-- a complicated operation that involved close attention-to-detail and coordination with co-workers across various departments. I really appreciate Megan's hard work on this project and would like to recognize her for her contributions to the Libraries."
When Music Special Collections decided to have boxes made for over 1,000 items, Megan took it on, going there to measure the books and order the boxes from the commercial bindery, and labeling the boxes here when they arrived.
All of these special projects have been in addition to her regular duties repairing books, which she does beautifully. She has juggled all these commitments gracefully and cheerfully, and is always willing to take the time to track down a book that's urgently needed for reserves or rushes. People in other departments often tell me how helpful and knowledgeable she is. She has taken on additional duties a number of times, to cover for absences or for positions temporarily unfilled.
As of February 1, Megan will be in a new position in Access Services, heading her own unit called Circulating Collections Care. She and her student employees will take care of all the books that can be mended quickly to get them on their way. She'll still stay in M150 and work closely with Preservation, but has already started planning and organizing her new operation. I know she'll do an excellent job.
