UW-Stevens Point's Mindy King named Librarian of the Year
STEVENS POINT − University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Director of Libraries Mindy King has been named the Wisconsin Library Association/Demco Librarian of the Year, recognizing King’s leadership as the university transformed its library and opened a new student resource center. King received the award Oct. 22 in Madison during the Wisconsin Library Association’s annual conference, according to a community announcement. King led UW-Stevens Point’s effort to relocate a 500,000-volume library collection to a temporary off-site facility while maintaining student and faculty access to materials, research assistance, instruction and other library services. That work coincided with planning for the new 151,274-square-foot Gale and Paul Kirby Library and Student Resource Center, which opened in April. The facility combines library resources with tutoring, advising, financial aid, veterans services, disability resources and other student services. More than 1,600 people toured the building on opening day. King helped lead massive library move King worked with architects and university partners on the new library and recruited faculty, staff, administrators, students and UWSP athletic teams to dismantle and reassemble shelving during the collection relocation. King also worked alongside those volunteers, according to the announcement. James Barrett, interim director of UWSP Planning and Construction, also cited King’s collaborative approach.
