UD’s award-winning library and librarian

Trevor A. Dawes was an undergraduate work-study student in the Columbia University Libraries when his mentors began to encourage him to pursue a career as a librarian. He resisted, but they continued nudging him along that path during his graduate studies.

"As much as I resisted it, they got the better of me," said Dawes, now the University of Delaware's vice provost for libraries and museums and the May Morris University Librarian. "I really enjoyed the work, then and now, even though the roles are vastly different; I have the opportunity to learn about how libraries support research, teaching and learning."