Librarian of the Year Award explained

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."^[1] It was first awarded in 1988.^[2] 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)

• 2023: Books Unbanned team, Brooklyn Public Library
• 2022: All librarians and library staff
• 2021: Elaine R. Hicks, Stacy Brody, and Sara Loree, Librarian Reserve Corps
• 2020: Christian Zabriskie and Lauren Comito, Urban Librarians Unite
• 2019: Skye Patrick, LA County Library, CA
• 2018: Lance Werner, Kent District Library, MI
• 2017: Jill Bourne, San José Public Library, CA
• 2016: Nicolle Ingui Davies, Arapahoe Library District, CO
• 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, Fort Myers, FL
• 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

External links

• Librarian of the Year - Past Winners (Library Journal)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Librarian of the Year Nomination Guidelines. Library Journal. 6 September 2016.
2. Web site: Librarian of the Year Winners. Library Journal. 6 September 2016.