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The President’s Service Award

By Glenn Drexhage on June 14, 2007

The latest issue of UBC Reports features an article on UBC employees who recently received the 2007 President’s Service Award for Excellence. The recipients include Leeta Sokalski, Library Circulation and Office Manager. Congratulations Leeta!

Leeta Sokalski, Circulation and Office Manager of UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, has developed a reputation for being able to handle big jobs during her 31 years at UBC.

Most recently, Sokalski lead the transfer of 800,000 library items into the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s Automatic Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS), the first of robotic retrieval system of its kind in Canada. Previously, she led the addition of anti-theft tapes to the library’s collection and the conversion of the library’s catalogue system from manual to online.

Read the full article, “Staff members receive President’s Service Award for Excellence,” in UBC Reports online.

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