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AASL Research Grant (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
ABC-CLIO Award for Best Book in Library Literature (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant (Grants)
ABC-CLIO Online History Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
AIA/ALA Library Building Awards (Professional Recognition)
ALA Century Scholarship (Scholarships)
ALA Excellence in Library Programming Award (Professional Recognition)
ALA Liberty and Justice Book Awards (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
ALA President's Award for Advocacy (Grants)
ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award (Professional Recognition)
ALA/International Interior Design Association Award (Professional Recognition)
ALTAFF/GALE Oustanding Trustee Conference Grant (Grants)
Academic Library Impact Research Grants (Grants)
Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award (Professional Recognition)
Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Achievement in Library Diversity Research (Professional Recognition)
Advancement of Literacy Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Alex Awards (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media Awards)
American Dream Literacy Initiative (Grants)
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction (Book, Print & Media Awards)
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award (Grants)
Armed Forces Librarians Achievement Citation (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award (Professional Recognition)
Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Atlas Systems Mentoring Award (Grants)
Aurianne Award (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
BRASS Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)

B

BRASS Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award (Grants)
BRASS Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award (Professional Recognition)
BWI Collection Development Grant (Grants)
Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant (Grants)
Baker & Taylor Awards for Friends Groups (Professional Recognition)
Baker & Taylor Conference Grant (Grants)
Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio Music/Video Product Award (Grants)
Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Program Grant (Grants)
Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award (Professional Recognition)
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship (Grants)
Pura Belpré Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Best Apps for Teaching and Learning (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Best Friends Awards (Professional Recognition)
Best Practices in Marketing Academic and Research Libraries @your library® Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Best Websites for Teaching and Learning (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Best of the Best of the University Presses (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Beta Phi Mu Award (Professional Recognition)
Beta Phi Mu/LRRT Research Paper Award (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Beyond Words: the Dollar General School Library Relief Fund (Grants)
The Amelia Bloomer Book List (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund (Grants)
Book Trailer Contest (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Bookapalooza Program (Grants)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Media (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Booklist Editors' Choice: Reference Sources (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Booklist's Top of the List (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Books for Babies Matching Grants (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Virginia Boucher/OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award (Professional Recognition)
Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship (Scholarships)
Cathleen Bourdon Service Award (Professional Recognition)
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Diana V. Braddom FRFDS Scholarship (historical) (HISTORICAL) (Scholarships)
Sophie Brody Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Brett Butler Entrepreneurship Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)

C

CJCLS EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Award (Professional Recognition)
CJCLS EBSCO Community College Library Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
CLS Innovation in College Librarianship Award (Professional Recognition)
Randolph Caldecott Medal (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Francis Joseph Campbell Award (Professional Recognition)
Candlewick Light the Way Grant (Professional Recognition)
Carnegie Corporation of New York Grant (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Carnegie-Whitney Grant (Grants)
Pat Carterette Professional Development Grant (Grants)
Special Centennial Citation (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Children's Literature Legacy Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
James Bennett Childs Award (Professional Recognition)
Citizens-Save-Libraries Grant (Grants)
Clarence Day Award (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
David H. Clift Scholarship (Scholarships)
David Cohen Multicultural Award (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture (Professional Recognition)
Collaborative School Library Award (Professional Recognition)
Gordon M. Conable Award (Professional Recognition)
Eileen Cooke State & Local Madison Award (Professional Recognition)
Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management (Professional Recognition)
Cultural Diversity Grant (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
LBI George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Award (Professional Recognition)
Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture (Grants)

D

DEMCO New Leaders Travel Grant (Grants)
Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award (Professional Recognition)
Dartmouth Medal (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Donald G. Davis Article Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Adelaide Del Frate Conference Sponsorship Award (Grants)
Melvil Dewey Medal (Professional Recognition)
Distinguished School Administrator Award (Professional Recognition)
Distinguished Service Award (AASL) (Professional Recognition)
ALSC Distinguished Service Award (Professional Recognition)
FAFLRT Distinguished Service Award (Professional Recognition)
Diversity Research Grant (Grants)
Diversity and Outreach Fair (Professional Recognition)
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
ProQuest/GODORT/ALA "Documents to the People" Award (Professional Recognition)
Tom and Roberta Drewes Scholarship (Scholarships)
Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award (Professional Recognition)
Dutton-Macrae Award for Advanced Study in the Field of Library Work with Children and Young People (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Roald Dahl's Miss Honey Social Justice Award (Professional Recognition)
Ernest A. DiMattia, Jr. Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession (Professional Recognition)

E

EBSCO ALA Annual Conference International Sponsorship (Grants)
EBSCO ALA Annual Conference Sponsorship (Grants)
EBSCO Excellence in Small and/or Rural Public Library Service Award (Professional Recognition)
EBSCO Midwinter Meeting Sponsorship (Grants)
EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award (Professional Recognition)
EMIERT Distinguished Librarian Award (Professional Recognition)
ESS De Gruyter European Librarianship Study Grant (Grants)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grant for Libraries - Growth Grant (Grants)
Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grant for Libraries - Innovation Grant (Grants)
Emerald Research Grant Awards (Grants)
Emerging Leaders Program (Grants)
Equality Award (Professional Recognition)
Jackie Eubanks Memorial Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Ex Libris Student Writing Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (Professional Recognition)
Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Exceptional Service Award (Professional Recognition)
e-Learning Scholarships (Scholarships)

F

FRONTLINE/World Grant (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Fabulous Films for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media Awards)
First Step Award /Wiley Professional Development Grant (Grants)
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Benjamin Franklin:In Search of a Better World (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award (Professional Recognition)
Loleta D. Fyan Grant (Grants)

G

Gale Cengage History Research and Innovation Award (Grants)
Gale Cengage History Research and Innovation Award (Grants)
Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship (HISTORICAL) (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Gale Cengage Learning Student Travel Award (Grants)
Gale, A Cengage Company Financial Development Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Mary V. Gaver Scholarship (Scholarships)
LITA/Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Genealogical Publishing Company Award (HISTORICAL) (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Great Books Giveaway Competition (Professional Recognition)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Great Interactive Software for Kids List (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Great Stories CLUB Round I (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Great Stories CLUB Round II (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Great Web Sites for Kids (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Grolier Foundation Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Grolier-Americana Scholarship Award (historical) (HISTORICAL) (Scholarships)
Group Achievement Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Grow Your Own @ Your Library Institutional Scholarship (historical) (HISTORICAL) (Scholarships)

H

H.W. Wilson Library Periodical Award (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
C.S. Hammond Incorporated Library Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
The HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award (Professional Recognition)
Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship (Professional Recognition)
Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit Award (Grants)
Health and Rehabilitative Library Services Exceptional Service Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Emily Dean Heilman Award (Scholarships)
Frances Henne Award (Grants)
Frances Henne Voice of Youth Advocates Research Grant (Grants)
Herbert Putnam Honor Fund Award (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award (Professional Recognition)
Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award (Professional Recognition)
Hong Kong Book Fair Free Pass Program for Librarians (Historical) (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Honorary Membership (Professional Recognition)
Honors Award (Professional Recognition)
Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship (Scholarships)
Paul Howard Award for Courage (Professional Recognition)
Christopher Hoy/ERT Scholarship (Scholarships)
John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for International Librarianship (Professional Recognition)
Zora Neale Hurston Award (Professional Recognition)
Norman Horrocks-Scarecrow Press Annual Conference Award (Grants)

I

Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award (Professional Recognition)
IS Innovation Award (Professional Recognition)
John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award (Professional Recognition)
Information Technology Pathfinder Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Ingenta Research Award (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Innovative Reading Grant (Grants)
Intellectual Freedom Award (Professional Recognition)
Innovation in Instruction Award (Professional Recognition)

J

Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming (Professional Recognition)
James Terry White Award (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
John Adams Unbound (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
John R. Rowe Memorial Award (HISTORICAL) (Grants)

K

KLAS/National Organization on Disability Award (Professional Recognition)
Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalogue Awards (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology (Professional Recognition)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grant (Grants)
Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement (Professional Recognition)
Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Kino Lorber EDU/Video Round Table Annual Scholarship (Scholarships)
Kohlstedt Exhibit Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)

L

L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award (Professional Recognition)
Margaret T. Lane/ Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship (Scholarships)
Samuel Lazerow Fellowship For Research in Collections and Technical Services in Academic and Research Libraries (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Leadership Achievement Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Leadership Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Leadership and Professional Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Tony B. Leisner Scholarship (Scholarships)
The Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity (Professional Recognition)
Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Let's Talk About It: Love & Forgiveness (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Lewis & Clark and the Indian Country (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Librarian Recognition Award (Professional Recognition)
Libraries, Literacy and Gaming Grant (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding Communication for Continuing Education in Library and Information Science (Professional Recognition)
Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Joseph W. Lippincott Award (Professional Recognition)
Listen List (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Literacy Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Writers Live at the Library (Grants)
Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship in New Media (Scholarships)
Literary Landmark (Professional Recognition)

M

MAE Award for the Best Literature Program for Teens (Professional Recognition)
MARS Achievement Recognition Certificate (Professional Recognition)
James Madison Award (Professional Recognition)
Major Benefactors Honor Award (Professional Recognition)
Margaret Mann Citation (Professional Recognition)
Cicely Phippen Marks Scholarship (historical) (HISTORICAL) (Scholarships)
Marshall Cavendish Scholarship (historical) (HISTORICAL) (Scholarships)
Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award (Professional Recognition)
Allie Beth Martin Award (Professional Recognition)
Frederic G. MELCHER Scholarship (Scholarships)
LSSI Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology (Scholarships)
William C. Morris Debut YA Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award (Professional Recognition)
Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant (Grants)

N

NMRT Annual Conference Professional Development Attendance Award (Formerly the Marshall Cavendish Award) (Grants)
NMRT Professional Development Grant (Grants)
National Friends of Libraries Week Awards (Professional Recognition)
National School Library Program of the Year Award (Professional Recognition)
John Newbery Medal (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Notable Books for Adults (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Notable Children's Books (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Notable Children's Recordings (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Notable Children's Videos (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Notable Government Documents (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Notable Videos for Adults (Book, Print & Media Awards)
NoveList's Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award (Professional Recognition)

O

OCLC Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology (Scholarships)
Robert L. Oakley Memorial Scholarship (Scholarships)
Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Shirley Olofson Memorial Award (Grants)
OpenCon Scholarships (Grants)
Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Outstanding Collaboration Citation (Professional Recognition)
Outstanding Reference Sources (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Outstanding Academic Titles (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Outstanding Publication Award (formerly Blackwell's Scholarship Award) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Over the Rainbow Project book list (Book, Print & Media Awards)

P

PRIME TIME Family Reading Time (Grants)
The Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation Through Adversity (Professional Recognition)
Penguin Young Readers Group Award (Grants)
Picturing America (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Esther J. Piercy Award (Professional Recognition)
Polaris Innovation in Technology John Iliff Award (Professional Recognition)
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (Book, Print & Media Awards)
President's Award (Professional Recognition)
President's Crystal Apple (Professional Recognition)
Presidential Citations (Professional Recognition)
Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Michael L. Printz Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
ProQuest Scholarship (historical) (HISTORICAL) (Scholarships)
Professional Achievement Award (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Morningstar Public Librarian Support Award (Grants)
Public Libraries Feature Article Contest (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Public Service Award (Professional Recognition)
PR Xchange Awards (Professional Recognition)
YALSA Presidential Citation (Professional Recognition)
ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects (Professional Recognition)

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Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Book, Print & Media Awards)

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RSS Service Achievement Award (Professional Recognition)
Gale Cengage History Research and Innovation Award (Grants)
Rainbow Project Book List (Book, Print & Media Awards)
The Reading List (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Reference Service Press Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
NewsBank/Readex Catharine J. Reynolds Award (Grants)
Charlie Robinson Award (Professional Recognition)
Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Romance Writers of America Library Grant (Grants)
Routledge Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award (Professional Recognition)
W. David Rozkuszka Scholarship (Scholarships)

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SAGE Library Support Staff Travel Grant (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
SIRSI's Leader in Library Technology Grant (SUSPENDED) (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
STS Innovation in Science and Technology Librarianship Award (Professional Recognition)
STS Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural or Natural Sciences (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Ralph R. Shaw Award for Library Literature (HISTORICAL) (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Schneider Family Book Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
LITA Scholarship in Library and Information Technology (historical) (HISTORICAL) (Scholarships)
Scholastic Library Publishing Award (Professional Recognition)
Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant (Grants)
School Librarians' Workshop Scholarship (historical) (HISTORICAL) (Scholarships)
John Sessions Memorial Award (Professional Recognition)
Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Jesse H. Shera Award for the Support of Dissertation Research (Grants)
Louis Shores Award (Professional Recognition)
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Soul of a People: Voices From the Writers' Project (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Special Presidential Recognition Award (Professional Recognition)
Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship (hisotical) (HISTORICAL) (Scholarships)
Spectrum Scholarship (Scholarships)
Stonewall Book Awards (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Student Bridge Scholarship Program (AASL) (Scholarships)
Student Chapter of the Year Award (Professional Recognition)
Student Writing & Development Award (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children (Professional Recognition)
Supporting Diversity Conference Stipend (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Charles Scribner's Sons Award (HISTORICAL) (Grants)

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Tandem Library Books Literature Program Grant (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Teen's Top Ten (Book, Print & Media Awards)
The Letter Awards (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Trustee Citation Award (Grants)
The Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries (Grants)

U

ULS Outstanding Professional Development Award (Professional Recognition)
Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award (Professional Recognition)
Upstart Innovation Award (Professional Recognition)

V

Value of Academic Libraries Travel Scholarship (Grants)
Visions of the Universe (HISTORICAL) (Grants)

W

WGSS Award for Career Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship (Professional Recognition)
WGSS Award for Significant Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship (Professional Recognition)
We the People Bookshelf on "Becoming American" (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
We the People Bookshelf on "Courage" (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
We the People Bookshelf on "Created Equal" (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
We the People Bookshelf on "Freedom" (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
We the People Bookshelf on "Picturing America" (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
We the People Bookshelf on "Pursuit of Happiness" (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce (WHCLIST) Award (Grants)
H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant (Grants)
Wilson Publicity Honor Roll (HISTORICAL) (Professional Recognition)
Justin Winsor Library History Essay Award (Book, Print & Media Awards)
Women's National Book Association/Ann Heidbreder Eastman Grant (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
World Book ALA Goal Award (HISTORICAL) (Grants)

Y

Young Adult Literature Symposium Stipend (HISTORICAL) (Grants)
Young Adult Services Symposium Stipend (Grants)