November 9, 2007 

The  2006-2007 LAUC-B (Librarians Association of UC Berkeley) Distinguished Librarian Award Committee has announced that CED's own Waverly Lowell, Curator of the Environmental Design Archives, is one of two 2006-2007 awardees. In addition to the distinction and recognition, the award includes a monetary prize.

In a relatively short time Waverly Lowell has transformed the Environmental Design Archives into "the best and most complete picture of California architectural and landscape architecture modernism." At the same time, she has co-authored award-winning books that have set standards for archivists nationwide: Architectural Records: Managing Design and Construction Records and Standard Series for Architecture and Landscape Design Records: a Tool for the Arrangement and Description of Archival Collections. Her professional leadership has been recognized by awards from the Society of California Archivists, the Society of American Archivists, and The California Heritage Preservation Commission.

Congratulations, Waverly!

--Elizabeth Douthitt Byrne, Head, Environmental Design Library