Distinguished Service Award

Sponsored by Baker and Taylor

Established in 1978, the $3,000 award recognizes an individual member of the library profession who has, over a significant period of time, made an outstanding national contribution to school librarianship and school library development. Nominations must be made by AASL personal members. 

The deadline for the AASL 2012 Awards and Grants season has passed. Watch for notifications of this year’s recipients in early April. The AASL 2013 Awards and Grants season will open July 1, 2012.

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Past Recipients

Year Awardee
2012 Sharon Coatney
2011 Dr. Violet H. Harada
2010 Marcia A. Mardis
2009 no award given
2008 Nancy P. Zimmerman
2007 no award given
2006 Michael Eisenberg
2005 Rebecca Bingham
2004 M. Ellen Jay
2003 no award given
2002 David Loerstcher
2001 Hilda L. Jay
2000 Carol Colier Kuhlthau
1999 Jaqueline C. Mancall
1998 Bernice L. Yesner
1997 Blanche E. Woolls
1996 Ken Haycock
1995 Judith M. Pitts
1994 Lucille Cole Thomas
1993 Marilyn L. Miller
1992 Dianne McAfee Hopkins
1991 Barbara Spriesterbach
1990 Ruth Bell
1989 Virgina H. Mathews
1988 Margaret I. Rufsvold
1987 Alice Lohrer
1986 Margaret Hayes Grazier
1985 Frances S. Hatfield
1984 Rheta A. Clark
1983 Rachel Wingfield DeAngelo
1982 D. Phillip Baker
1981 Mary Helen Mahar
1980 Mary V. Gaver
1979 Frances E. Henne
1978 Jean E. Lowrie