Xan Goodman (Libraries) has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the McPhee Librarian of the Year Award. Goodman was nominated for her dedication, research-informed, and community-responsive approaches to librarianship that make the UNLV Libraries a respected and valuable part of our university community, the Las Vegas community, and the broader health sciences librarian community.

She has been instrumental in helping students navigate library resources and search the literature, as well as mentoring a junior librarian on the best approaches for successful library instruction. She is an integral part of the School of Medicine Library and its mission to support the academic health center enterprise and helped secure the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region Express Outreach Award to support population health initiatives through "Building a Healthier Las Vegas through Participatory-Based Creation of Community Health Workforce Training.” Goodman provides research mentorship to health sciences graduate students as a member of master’s- and doctoral-level committees and has earned acknowledgments from additional students in their theses and dissertations.