Scotland’s Library & Information Professional of the Year 2022
Scotland’s Library & Information Professional of the Year SarahLouise McDonald.
The winner of Scotland’s Library & Information Professional of the Year 2022 was SarahLouise McDonald, Academic Support Librarian at the University of Edinburgh.
Our award judges admired SarahLouise’s outstanding commitment to the profession, highlighting in particular her work on Open Educational Resources, accessibility, EDI and libguides. Her enthusiasm for professional advocacy was also commended, with the judges noting her dedication to representing our sector at a very high level.
Many congratulations to SarahLouise from all at CILIP Scotland!
In addition to her trophy, presented at the 2022 CILIPS Annual Conference, SarahLouise received £500 of funding generously provided by our award sponsor Bolinda Digital to be used for professional development opportunities in 2023. Please click here to watch the announcement of the award and SarahLouise’s acceptance speech – ‘inspiring’ and ‘generous’ in the words of award-winning writer and CILIPS22 Keynote Speaker Damian Barr!
SarahLouise was selected by our award judging panel from a shortlist of three outstanding professionals. Click the links below to discover more about their exemplary achievements in post.
