Northrop Frye Staff Award / en Lari Langford receives Northrop Frye Staff Award /celebrates/lari-langford-receives-northrop-frye-staff-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Lari Langford receives Northrop Frye Staff Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-04-16T15:02:33-04:00" title="Friday, April 16, 2021 - 15:02" class="datetime">Fri, 04/16/2021 - 15:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/staff" hreflang="en">Staff</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/awards-excellence" hreflang="en">Awards of Excellence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/alumni-association" hreflang="en">Alumni Association</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/northrop-frye-staff-award" hreflang="en">Northrop Frye Staff Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-libraries" hreflang="en">91łÔąĎ Libraries</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Lari%20Langford-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Lari Langford"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For her commitment to the student experience, spirit of service and willingness to go above and beyond, librarian <b>Lari Langford</b> has received the <strong>Northrop Frye</strong> Staff Award.</p> <p>The honour is one of&nbsp;<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news-and-stories/news-and-articles/celebrating-winners-2021-utaa-awards-excellence">the Awards of Excellence presented by the 91łÔąĎ Alumni Association</a>&nbsp;in collaboration with the university. The prestigious program dates back to 1921 and recognizes outstanding faculty, staff and students.</p> <p>In her 40-year career, Langford has excelled in a wide range of library positions across campus. Now head of user services at Robarts Library, she has overseen such innovations as the TCard, which revolutionized student identification and access to services. She is also an advocate for students’ accessibility needs, helping to establish the Accessible Content ePortal (ACE), which has grown into a province-wide repository of accessible-format texts that supports students with print disabilities.</p> <p>Since the onset of COVID-19, Langford has worked tirelessly on students’ behalf. She was instrumental in establishing curbside pickup – often personally retrieving materials from other campus libraries. Her unit’s contributions to “Ask a Librarian” saw student engagement increase by 60 per cent during the pandemic.</p> <p>Langford retires in June 2021. In honouring Langford, <a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/awards-excellence-recipients-2021#fryestaff">the alumni association notes</a> that her colleagues praise her as an outstanding librarian, who is deeply valued for her many selfless contributions, her sage input and her high personal standards.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Alumni Association</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 16 Apr 2021 19:02:33 +0000 lanthierj 169108 at