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2005 Atkinson Award
Nominations are sought for the 2005 Hugh C. Atkinson Award
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2005 Butler Award
Nominations are being sought for the 2005 Brett Butler Award
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AASL Collaborative School Library Media Award
The $2,500 award, sponsored by Tandem Library Books, recognizes and hopes to encourage collaboration and partnerships between school library media specialists and teachers in meeting educational goals outlined in Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning.
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AASL Information Technology Pathfinder Award
The award, donated by the Follett Software Company, recognizes library media specialists for innovative approaches to information technology in the school library media center. The award, $1,000 to the school library media specialist and $500 to the library, is given in two categories--elementary (K-6) and secondary (7-12).
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ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant
The grant, up to $1,750 donated by ABC-CLIO, is given to school library media associations that are AASL affiliates for planning and implementing leadership programs at the state, regional, or local levels.
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ACRL EBSS Award
This award honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences librarian through accomplishments and service to the profession.
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ACRL Librarian of the Year Award
The ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic or research librarianship and library development.
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Advancement of Literacy Award
Advancement of Literacy Award
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AIA-ALA Library Buildings Award seeks jury nominations
AIA-ALA Library Buildings Award seeks jury nominations
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Alex Awards
The Alex Awards are given to 10 adult books that are appealing to young adults. On this page you will find information about the award and the award winners.
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Allie Beth Martin Award
Allie Beth Martin Award
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ALTA/GALE Outstanding Trustee Conference Grant application form
The ALTA/Gale Outstanding Trustee Conference Grant enables public library trustees to attend the ALA Annual Conference. A grant of $750 each is warded annually to two public library trustees who have demonstrated qualitative interests and efforts in supportive service of the local public library.
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Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
Links to the Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults lists from 1999 to the present along with information on the list policies and procedures and nomination form. For the full annotated versions of the list after 1999 visit the YALSA For Members Only section.
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Antioch Public Library is selected for the ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award
Antioch Public Library is selected for the ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award
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Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
An annual lecture, delivered by an individual chosen by ALSC, who has made significant contributions to the field of children's literature. Institutions apply to host the lecture. Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Deadline for host applications is May 1.
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ASCLA Exceptional Service Award
A citation presented to recognize exceptional service to patients, to the homebound, to medical, nursing, and other professional staff in hospitals, and to inmates, as well as to recognize professional leadership, effective interpretation of programs, pioneering activity, and significant research of experimental projects. Deadline for nominations: December 15.
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ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award
A citation presented to recognize leadership and achievement in the following areas of activity: consulting, multitype library cooperation, and state library development. Deadline for nominations: December 15.
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ASCLA Professional Achievement Award
A citation presented to one or more ASCLA members for professional achievement within the areas of consulting, networking, statewide service and programs. Deadline for nominations: December 15.
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ASCLA Service Award
A citation presented to recognize an ASCLA personal member for outstanding service and leadership to the division. Deadline for nominations: December 15.
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ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award
A $1,000 award and certificate for a library organization that has provided services for people with disabilities. Cosponsored by ASCLA, Keystone Systems, and the National Organization on Disability (NOD). Deadline for nominations: December 15.
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Atkinson Memorial Award
This award honors the life and accomplishments of Hugh C. Atkinson, one of the major innovators in modern librarianship, and recognizes outstanding achievements (including risk-taking) by academic librarians that have contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library automation, library management, and/or library development and research.
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Awards
PLA Awards
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Awards & Grants
YALSA offers more than $33,000 in awards and grants each year; find out how to win them!
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Baker and Taylor Audio Music/Video Product Award
Baker and Taylor Audio Music/Video Product Award
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Banks-Harris Preservation Award
Preservation award of a $1,500 grant donated by Preservation Technologies, L.P., and a citation to a professional preservation specialist who has been active in the field of preservation and/or conservaiton for library and/or archival materials.
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Batchelder Award
Information, about the ALSC (Mildred L.) Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book published in a foreign language and translated into English. Includes links to winners and submission instructions.
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Belpré Medal
Information about the ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpré Medal for outstanding children's literature and illustration that celebrates the Latino/a cultural experience. Includes links to past winners and to the submission instructions.
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Bessie Boehm Moore - Thorndike Press Award
The Bessie Boehm Moore–Thorndike Press Award was an annual award consisting of $1,000 and a citation of achievement, presented to a library organization that has developed an outstanding and creative program for library service to the aging, administered by the Management and Operation of User Services Section (MOUSS), Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). (Discontinued in 2003.)
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Best Books for Young Adults
The Best Books for Young Adults Lists from 1996 to the present along with information on the list policies and procedures and nomination form.
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Best of LRTS Award
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Blackwell's Scholarship Award
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BRASS Thomson Financial Student Travel Award
A $1,000 cash award given to a student enrolled in an ALA accredited master's degree program to attend the ALA Annual Conference and a one-year membership in the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). The applicant should have demonstrated interest in a career as a business reference librarian, the award is administered by RUSA. Deadline for receiving submissions is the business day closest to December 15 of any given year.
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Caldecott Medal
Information about the Randolph Caldecott Medal, awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Includes links to past winners and submission instructions. Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children.
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Carnegie Medal
Information about the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video, administered by the Association for Library Service to Children.
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Charlie Robinson Award
Charlie Robinson Award
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Children's Notable Lists
Links to current and past ALSC Children's Notable Lists, including books, recordings, videos and computer software. Submission instructions for publishers and other vendors.
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Crystal Apple
The Crystal Apple is given at the discretion of the AASL President to an individual or group who has had significant impact on school libraries and students.
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Dartmouth Medal
A medal that honors the creation of a reference work of outstanding quality and significance, presented by the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference & User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is December 15.
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Distinguished School Administrators Award
The $2,000 award, donated by SIRS Mandarin, is given to a school administrator for developing an exemplary school library media program and making an outstanding and sustained contribution to advancing the role of the school library media center.
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Distinguished Service Award
The $3,000 award, donated by Baker & Taylor, recognizes a librarian who has made an outstanding contribution to school librarianship and school library development.
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Distinguished Service Award
A $1,000 award and an engraved pin for an ALSC member who has made significant contributions to, and an impact on, library service to children and/or ALSC. Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Deadline for nominations: December 1.
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Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
This award fosters research in academic librarianship by encouraging and assisting doctoral students in the field with their dissertation research.
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Dun & Bradstreet Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities
Annual award of $2,000 (up to half of which can be used to cover expense of attending ALA Annual Conference to receive award) that recognizes one librarian who, or library that has created an innovative service for a minority business community, or has been recognized by that community as an outstanding service provider, presented by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is the busienss day nearest December 15.
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Dun & Bradstreet Public Librarian Support Award
Annual award of $1,000 to support the attendance at Annual Conference of a public librarian who has performed outstanding business reference service and who requires financial assistance to attend the ALA Annual Conference, presented by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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EBSCO awards
These two annual awards recognize significant achievement in the areas of programs and leadership.
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Esther J. Piercy Award
The Esther J. Piercy Award was established by the Resources and Technical Services Division of the American Library Association in 1968 in memory of Esther J. Piercy, editor of Journal of Cataloging and Classification from 1950 to 1956 and of Library Resources & Technical Services from 1957 to 1967.
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Excellence in Academic Libraries Award
This award is to recognize the accomplishments of librarians and other library staff as they come together as members of a team to support the mission of their institution.
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Excellence in Small and/or Rural Public Library Service Award
Excellence in Small and/or Rural Public Library Service Award
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Fabulous Films for Young Adults
Links to the Selected DVDs and Videos list from 1997 to the present along with information on the list policies and procedures. To read the full annotated list after 2001 visit YALSA's For Members Only section.
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First Step Award
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Frances Henne Award
The $1,250 award, sponsored by the Greenwood Publishing Group, is given to a school library media specialist with five or fewer years in the profession to attend an AASL conference or ALA Annual Conference for the first time.
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Francis Joseph Campbell Award
An award consisting of a citation and a medal presented to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of library service for the blind and physically handicapped. Administered by ASCLA LSSPS. Deadline for nominations: December 15.
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Geisel Award
Information about the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, yo select from the books published the preceding year within the terms, definitions and criteria governing the awards, the most distinguished American book for beginning readers.
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Genealogical Publishing Company Award
A citation and $1,500 cash award to a librarian, library or publisher to encourage professional achievement in historical reference and research librarianship, presented by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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Highsmith Library Innovation Award
PLA's Highsmith Library Innovation Award recognizes a public library’s innovative and creative service program to the community. (As part of the evaluation process with the vendor, after three years the emphasis may change to reflect new trends and needs.) A plaque and a $2,000 honorarium are presented annually at the ALA Annual Conference. Established in 1996. Sponsored by Highsmith Inc.
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Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
This award honors the life and accomplishments of Hugh C. Atkinson, one of the major innovators in modern librarianship, and recognizes outstanding achievements (including risk-taking) by academic librarians that have contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library automation, library management, and/or library development and research.
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Intellectual Freedom Award
The award, $2,000 to the recipient and $1,000 to the media center of the recipient's choice donated by SIRS Mandarin, recognizes a personal member of AASL who has upheld the principles of intellectual freedom.
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Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award sponsored by the Gale Group
An annual cash award of $5,000 and a citation to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship, presented by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award
The John Cotton Dana Award, sponsored by H.W. Wilson, honors outstanding library public relations, whether a summer reading program, a year-long centennial celebration, fundraising for a new college library, an awareness campaign or an innovative partnership in the community. Winning entries from the most recent two years are available to borrow via interlibrary loan from the ALA Library.
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John Sessions Memorial Award
A plaque given to a library or library system to honor significant work with the labor community and to recognize the history and contributions of the labor movement toward the development of this country, presented by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). (Established 1980) Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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LAMA Cultural Diversity Grant Guidelines
The goals of the grant program are to support the creation and dissemination of resources that will assist library administrators and managers in developing a vision and commitment to diversity, and in fostering and sustaining diversity throughout their institutions; to increase the representation and advancement of people of color in the field of library administration and management and to establish productive partnerships between LAMA and major national organizations representing minority interests; to strengthen the diversity of LAMA membership, committees, and officers and integrate diversity into all aspects of the Association's work.
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LAMA Diana V. Braddom Fundraising Scholarship Deadline Announced
LAMA Diana V. Braddom Fundraising Scholarship Deadline Announced
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LAMA seeks "Best of Show" Award entries
LAMA seeks best in show
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LAMA/YBP Student Writing and Development Award Guidelines
The LAMA/YBP Student Writing and Development Award is given to honor the best article on a topic in the area of library administration and management written by a student enrolled in a library and information studies graduate program. The purpose of this award is to enhance the professional development of students of library and information studies through publication of the winning article in Library Administration & Management, the LAMA magazine, and enabling the award recipient to attend the ALA Annual Conference.
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LBI George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Award
Honors the memory of George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg, early leaders in cooperative preservation programming and strong advocates for collaboration in the field of preservation.
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Leab Awards
These awards, funded by an endowment established by Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab, editors of American Book Prices Current, recognize outstanding exhibition catalogues issued by American or Canadian institutions in conjunction with library exhibitions as well as electronic exhibition catalogues of outstanding merit issued within the digital/web environment.
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Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award
This award of $1,500, donated by Harrassowitz Company, is given to recognize the contributions by and outstanding leadership of an individual to the field of acquisitions librarianship. This recognition is made for individual achievement of a high order in this area.
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Literacy Award Nomination Form
The ALTA Literacy Award is a plaque presented annually to a library trustee or volunteer who has made a significant contribution to addressing the literacy problem in the United States.
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Louis Shores - Greenwood Publishing Group Award
A citation and $3,000 cash award to an individual reviewer, group, editor, review medium or organization to recognize excellence in book reviewing and other media for libraries. The award recipient is selected for significant achievement related to a reviewing process that helps librarians make selection decisions, administered by the Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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Major Benefactors Honor Award Nomination Form
The ALTA Major Benefactors Award is a citation presented to an individual, corporation, or family for major benefaction by the ALTA Division.
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Margaret A. Edwards Award
Find information on the latest winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in young adult literature along with information on the history of the award, links for information about previous winners and policies and procedures.
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Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award
A citation to honor a librarian who has made significant contributions to library adult services, administered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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Margaret Mann Citation
The Margaret Mann Citation is awarded for outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification.
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Marta Lange CQ Award
This annual award recognizes an academic or law librarian who, through research, service to the profession, or other creative activity, makes distinguished contributions to bibliography and information service in law or political science. This award honors Marta Lange, 1990-91 Law and Political Science Sections (LPSS) Chair, whose exceptional talents as a leader were enhanced by a wonderful collegial spirit.
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Michael L. Printz Award
Find information about the current year's Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature along with information on the award, links for information on previous winners, policies and procedures and a nomination form.
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Molly Raphael receives Arthur Flemming Civil Rights Award
Molly Raphael receives Arthur Flemming Civil Rights Award
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National School Library Media Program of the Year Award
The award, $10,000 ($30,000 total) in two categories donated by Follett Library Resources, recognizes 1 school district and 2 single schools for exemplary school library media programs that are fully integrated into the school's curriculum.
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Newbery Medal
Information about the current ALSC Newbery Medal winners and links to past winners and award criteria. Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children.
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Nijhoff Study Grant
This grant supports research pertaining to Western European studies, librarianship, or the book trade.
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Notable Books for Adults
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council, of the CODES Section the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of approximately 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader.
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Oberly Award
The Oberly Award was established in 1923 in memory of Eunice Rockwood Oberly. This biennial award is given in odd-numbered years for the best English-language bibliography in the field of agriculture or a related science.
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Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Links to information on the Outstanding Books for the College Bound list along with the various section titles - fiction, non-fiction, biography, drama, and poetry.
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Outstanding Reference Sources
Annual recommendations of distinguished reference works selected by experienced librarians of the Oustanding References Committee, CODES Section of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).
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Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Links to the Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults lists from 1997 to the present along with information on the list policies and procedures and nomination form. To view the lists of titles with annotations, after 2000, visit YALSA's For Members Only section.
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Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Links to the Quick Picks for Young Adults lists from 1996 to the present along with information on the list policies and procedures and nomination form.
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Reference Service Press Award
A plaque and $2,500 cash award presented to recognize the most outstanding article published in RUSQ (previously RQ) during the preceding two-volume year, presented by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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Research Grant
The grant, up to $5,000, is awarded to conduct innovative research aimed at measuring and evaluating the impact of school library media programs on learning and education.
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Samuel Lazerow Fellowship
This award fosters advances in collections or technical services by providing fellowships to librarians for travel or writing in those fields. Research projects in the compilation of bibliographies will not be supported by this fellowship.
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Scholarships & Awards
LITA scholarships are awarded to eligible students who are continuing their education in an MLS program. The awards recognizes outstanding achievements by individual or a group of individuals
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Sibert Medal
Information about the ALSC Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, including links to winner lists and submission instructions.
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Thomson Gale Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship
The Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship is a citation and $3,000 cash award to an individual who has made a significant contribution to business librarianship, is administered by Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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Thomson Gale Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services
The Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services is a citation and $3,000 cash award given to a library or library system for developing an imaginative and unique resource to meet patrons' reference needs, administered by Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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Trustee Citation Nomination Form
The ALTA Trustee Citation award is awarded by the American Library Association and the ALTA Division. It is presented during the Opening General Session at the ALA Annual Conference, and honors the best contributions and efforts of citizens who sit on library boards.
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Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award
Presented by the ALCTS Serials Section, the award consists of a citation and $1,500 donated by Ulrich. The awards are given for distinguished contributions to serials librarianship, including such activities as leadership in serials-related activities through participation in professional associations and/or library education programs; contributions to the body of serials literature; conduct of research in the area of serials; development of tools or methods to enhance access to or management of serials; and other advances leading to a better understanding of the field of serials.
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Virginia Boucher - OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award
The Virginia Boucher–OCLC Distinguished ILL (Interlibrary Loan) Librarian Award is an annual award consisting of $2,000 and a citation recognizing a librarian for outstanding professional achievement, leadership, and contributions to interlibrary loan and document delivery through publication, during the previous two years, of significant professional literature, participation in professional associations, and/or innovative approaches to practice in individual libraries that is administered by Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS)of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Deadline for receiving submissions is business day nearest December 15.
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Wilder Medal
Information about the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, which honors an author or illustrator whose books, published inthe United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children. Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children.
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WSS Achievement Awards
The Women’s Studies Section awards are given annually to honor distinguished academic librarians who have made outstanding contributions to women’s studies through accomplishments and service to the profession.
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Awards & Grants