ASCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award
In 2008, the ASCLA Leadership and the ASCLA Professional Achievement Awards were combined into one award - the ASCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award. The first combined ASCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award was presented in 2009. This prestigious award is presented to one or more ASCLA members (personal or organizational) exemplifying leadership and achievement in one or more of the following areas: consulting, library cooperation, networking, statewide services and programs and state library development.
Download the award nomination form.
Recipients
| 2012 | ASCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award Laura Sherbo, branch library services program manager, Washington State Library |
| 2011 | ASCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award Diane Walden, correctional libraries senior consultant for the Colorado State Library (view video) |
| 2008 | ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award Connie Paul, executive director, Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Freehold, NJ ASCLA Professional Achievement Award Plinkit Collaborative (State Library of Colorado; State Library of Oregon; State Library of Texas, Regional Illinois Library) |
| 2007 | ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award Lee A. Logan, director of Consulting and Continuing Education, and Kitty Pope, executive director of the Alliance Library System, in East Peoria, IL ASCLA Professional Achievement Award Thomas J. Sanville, executive director, OhioLINK, Columbus, OH |
| 2006 | ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award Keith Curry Lance, director, Library Research Services, Colorado State Library; affiliated professor, Library and Information Science Program, University of Denver; and independent consultant ASCLA Professional Achievement Award Tom W. Sloan, executive director, Southeast Florida Information Network (SEFLIN) |
| 2005 | ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award The Library Development Bureau of the New Jersey State Library, Trenton, NJ |
| 2004 | ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award Valerie Wilford, consultant, former executive director of the Alliance Library System, Pekin, IL ASCLA Professional Achievement Award Amy Owens, former state librarian of Utah |
| 2003 | ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award Karen Hyman, executive director, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Gibbsboro, NJ ASCLA Professional Achievement Award Barratt Wilkins, state librarian emeritus of the Florida State Library |
| 2002 | ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award Stephen Prine, head of network services, National Library Services for the blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress |
| 2001 | ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award Charles "Ray" Ewick, director of the Indiana State Library |
| 1999 | ASCLA Leadership Achievement Award Jan Beck Ison , executive director, Lincoln Trail Libraries System ASCLA Professional Achievement Award Bridget L. Lamont, director of Policy Development, Illinois Governor's Office |
