Farshad Sonboldel, the Middle East Studies Librarian and Area Studies Collection Strategist at UCSB, has been awarded the Nyholm Prize. The prize is awarded to “a librarian, [who] in the judgment of the University Librarian, aided by consultants he [sic] may elect, has made during the past year an outstanding contribution to librarianship, be it excellence of performance, catalyzing influence, or some other act of distinction.”