Charlie Robinson Award

Presented by the the Public Library Association and Baker & Taylor.

To nominate someone for this award, please visit PLA's Awards Online Application.

Purpose and Criteria

The Charlie Robinson Award honors a public library director who, over a period of seven years, has been a risk taker, an innovator and/or a change agent in a public library. The recipient should have been active in national and other professional associations and be known for developing and implementing programs which are responsive to the need of community residents. The award consists of $1,000 and a gift to the librarian. The public library director will be honored at the ALA Annual Conference. The award was established in 1997.

Only the materials submitted will be considered. They should represent a full portrait of your candidate’s accomplishments. Specific examples of work are useful as is supporting documentation.

Members of the current Charlie Robinson Award Jury are ineligible to receive the Charlie Robinson Award.

Past Recipients

2007 2006 2005	Sandra Feinberg Sandra Neerman Raymond Santiago
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998	Jane Light Judith Drescher Gary Strong Glen Holt William Ptacek Ginnie Cooper Susan Kent

Nomination Application

To nominate someone for this award, please visit PLA's Awards Online Application.

PLA will forward the nomination to the current chair of the Charlie Robinson Award Jury. PLA reserves the right to extend the application deadline.

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PLA's Charlie Robinson Award honors a public library director who, over a period of seven (7) years, has been a risk taker, an innovator and/or a change agent in a public library. The recipient should have been active in national and other professional