The Montana Library Association named Bozeman Public Library’s Katie Biehl Librarian of the Year.

Biehl has worked for the library for 24 years and served in the reference, circulation, collection management and children's departments throughout her time.

The city of Bozeman released the following information:

The City of Bozeman is proud to announce that Bozeman Public Library’s Katie Biehl has been awarded the 2022 Librarian of the Year award by the Montana Library Association. Katie has worked at the Library for 24 years, serving in the Reference, Circulation, Collection Management and Children’s Department throughout her tenure.

Katie’s service to statewide Montana users of the Montana Library2Go collection as a Coordinator of that very heavily used collection has been key to her nomination for this honor. On top of that responsibility, she also curates the Fiction & Large Type Collection, the Audiobook collection, the Most Wanted books for the Bozeman Public Library’s collection and creates a new book list every month that can be found on the Library’s website www.bozemanlibrary.org or printed at any service desk. Katie also serves as the Librarian for the Ask A Librarian service.

Katie is a 3rd generation native Montanan who graduated from Belgrade High, and MSU-Bozeman. She earned her Master of Library and Information Science degree at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. She is an avid reader and fan of audiobooks.