Three years after USL Libraries was named “Outstanding Academic Library in the Philippines in 2010”, Director Michael A. Pinto was hailed “2013 PAARL Outstanding Academic Librarian”. He accepted the award at the PAARL General Assembly held at the National Library of the Philippines on January 30, 2014. Pinto was a deserving awardee as he performed exceptional leadership roles as the Director of Libraries of USL for 8 years. His active leadership as current Vice President of Philippine Librarians Association Inc., President of PLAI-Cagayan Valley Region Librarians Council, founder of Cagayan and Kalinga-Apayao Librarians Association, his being a teacher, author, resource speaker, trainer, BLIS teacher, and good adviser are only few of the many things that made him a great librarian, truly deserving of the citation.