Hesburgh Libraries

This year’s winner of the Rev. Paul J. Foik, C.S.C., Award for significant contributions by library faculty has devoted more than 40 years to the faculty and students of Notre Dame, beginning her career at Hesburgh Library – back when it was still known as Memorial Library – before moving to the Kresge Law Library in 1979. She is widely lauded for the interlibrary loan and document delivery services she has provided. The Kresge Library’s interlibrary lending requests, which numbered 9 the year before her appointment, have since topped 2,500 in a single year. She has also nurtured and mentored scores of student employees, many of whom still maintain correspondence with her. Welcoming faculty and students with warmth and the utmost professionalism, she has encapsulated the many sides of her work by saying: “I want the patrons to want to come back.” And that, they have. Now that she is retiring, here is to hoping she feels the same way about the place she has served so well.

The University of Notre Dame is proud to present the 2015 Rev. Paul. J. Foik, C.S.C., Award to Carmela R. Kinslow, Associate Librarian, Kresge Law Library