Librarian of the Year Award

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The Librarian of the Year Award is an annual award made by Library Journal to "honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession." It was first awarded in 1988. Although it is often referred to as the "National Librarian of the Year Award," any working professional librarian from North America is eligible.

Past Winners

Source: Librarian of the Year - Past Winners (Library Journal)

2015: Siobhan A. Reardon, Free Library of Philadelphia

2014: Corinne Hill, Chattanooga Public Library

2013: Jo Budler, Kansas State Library

2012: Luis Herrera, San Francisco Public Library

2011: Nancy Pearl, University of Washington

2010: Craig Buthod, Louisville Free Public Library, KY

2009: Team Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids Public Library, IA

2008: Norma Blake, New Jersey State Librarian

2007: Mary Baykan, Washington County Free Library, MD

2006: Rivkah Sass, Omaha Public Library

2005: Susan K. Nutter, Vice Provost & Director of Libraries, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

2004: Toni Garvey, City Librarian, Phoenix Public Library

2003: Raymond Santiago, Director, Miami-Dade Public Library System, FL

2002: Susan Kent, Los Angeles Public Library, CA

2001: Louise Blalock, Hartford Public Library, CT

2000: SEE 2001. Library Journal changed the year of the award to the year in which it is presented.

1999: Jerry Thrasher, Cumberland County Public Library, NC

1998: Susan Fuller, Director, Santa Clara County Library, San Jose, CA

1997: Bobby Roberts, Central Arkansas Library System, Little Rock, AR

1996: Dorothy M. Schirtzinger, Lee County Library System, Little Rock, AR

1995: Carla D. Hayden, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD

1994: Deborah Jacobs, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, OR

1993: Susan C. Curzon, Vice Provost, Information and Technology Resources Division and Dean of the University Library System, California State University, Northridge

1992: John W. Ferguson, Director, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, MO

1991: Daniel J. Bradbury, Director, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO

1990: Amy Owen, Utah State Librarian, Salt Lake City, UT

1989: Brenda Vogel, Library Coordinator of the Maryland Correctional Educational Libraries

1988: Peggy Goodwin, Adult Services Librarian, Walnut Creek Branch Library of the Nicholson Memorial Library System, Garland, TX

References

Librarian of the Year Award Wikipedia

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