Intellectual Freedom Award

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Established in 1982, the award, $2,000 to the recipient and $1,000 to the school library of the recipient's choice, is given for upholding the principles of intellectual freedom as set forth by the American Association of School Librarians and the American Library Association. Applicants must be 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 no award given
2011  Dee Venuto
Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Mount Holly, N.J.
2010 Karyn Storts-Brinks
Knox County (Tenn.) School District
2009 no award given
2008 Kristie Michalowski
Magill Elementary School, Loganville, Ga.
2007 no award given
2006 Catherine Crain
Thompson Intermediate School, Houston, Texas
2005 Ann Ewbank
Cholla Middle School, Phoenix, Ariz.
2004 no award given
2003 no award given
2002 no award given
2001 Dianne Mc Afee Hopkins
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2000 Linda G. Cornette
Dublin (Ohio) City Schools
1999 no award given
1998 no award given
1997 Ginny Moore Kruse
Cooperative Children's Book Center-Madison, Wis.
1996 Ann K. Symons
Juneau-Douglas High School, Juneau, Alaska
1995 no award given
1994 Ruth E. Dishnow
Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas
1993 no award given
1992 no award given
1991 Neva Thompson
Humboldt Unified District, Dewey, Ariz.
1990 Linda L. Waddle
Cedar Hills High School, Cedar Hills, Iowa
1989 William A. Murray
Jr-Aurora Public Schools, Aurora, Colo.
1988 Nancy Morena
Kocurek Elementary School, Austin, Texas
1987 Gayle Keresey
East Arcadia School, Riegelwood, N.C.
1986 Carolyn Kellerman
Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, N.M.
1985 no award given
1984 Vicki H. Hardesty
Findlay High School, Santa Fe, N.M.
1983 Pat Scales
Greenville Middle School, Greenville, S.C.
1982 Frances Dean
Plains High School, Plains, Texas