Information Technology Pathfinder Award
Sponsored by Follett Software Company
Established in 1985 (as the Microcomputer in the Media Center Award), the award recognizes and honors a school library media specialist demonstrating vision and leadership through the use of information technology to build lifelong learners. This 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). Applicants must be AASL personal members.
Applications for the 2010 AASL Awards season are now available.
Deadline: February 1, 2010
Past Recipients
| Elementary Category | Secondary Category | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Jennifer Gorup | Melanie Le Jeune |
| 2008 | no award given | no award given |
| 2007 | Holly Hartell | Sheila Howard |
| 2006 | Julie Masterson-Smith | Sara Reibman |
| 2005 | no award given | no award given |
| 2004 | no award given | Rebecca Perkins |
| 2003 | no award given | Sarah McElrath |
| 2002 | no award given | Ken Vesey |
| 2001 | Beverly "Buffy" Smith-Edwards | Ann Bell |
| 2000 | Kimberly Sweigart Grotewold | Dr. J. Dale Guthrie |
| 1999 | Sharlene Miller Ballas | Betty K. Brackin |
| 1998 | Constance Vidor | Lynda S. Morris |
| 1997 | no award given | Lynzie Boudreaux |
| 1996 | Marsha L. West | Cynthia Montoya |
| 1995 | M. Ellen Jay | Peggy A. Nelson Kallsen |
| 1994 | no award given | Becky Mather |
| 1993 | no award given | Pamela Hill |
| 1992 | no award given | Rochelle Glantz |
| 1991 | David James Hende | Bonnie Lynn Fishrson |
| 1990 | John Crowley | Lynnette H. Duhammell |
| 1989 | Joyce M Kendall | Larry A. Parsons |
| 1988 | Nancy Everhart | Linda Hartman |
| 1987 | Carol L. Fisher | Cecilia Hunter |
| 1986 | Robert Skapura | Elizabeth Bankhead and Carole Martinez |
| 1985 | Raymond W. Barber | Judy Logan |
