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 librarians demonstrating vision and leadership through the use of information technology to build lifelong learners. This award, $1,000 to the school librarian and $500 to the library, is given in two categories--elementary (K-6) and secondary (7-12). 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.
Past Recipients
| Year | Elementary Category | Secondary Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sally Mays | Elizabeth Kahn |
| 2011 | Stephanie Rosalia | Glovis South |
| 2010 | no award given | no award given |
| 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 |
