Inactive
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Overview
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual member of the library profession who has, over a significant period of time, made an outstanding national contribution to school librarianship and school library development.
Eligibility
Nominators and nominees must be personal members of ALA/AASL.
Criteria
Individuals nominated should have demonstrated achievements in one or more of the following areas:
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Service and visionary leadership to the organized profession through AASL and related organizations.
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Publication of a body of scholarly and/or theoretical writing contributing to school library development.
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Influencing the planning and development of an exemplary school library through legislative efforts, implementation of standards based on the National School Library Standards for Learners, School Libraries and School Librarians, or the teaching and/or mentoring of future school library professionals.
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Developing and sustaining a school library or body of practice of such depth and scope as to warrant special recognition.
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* Please note: This downloadable version is for informational purposes only. This award is currently inactive and information on this page is intended for reference and historical purposes.
Questions
Allison Cline
Deputy Executive Director
Recipients
2020 Mona Kerby |
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"I’m honored to receive this award because it means that in a small way, I join the school library leaders who’ve helped me—unknowingly—over my career. My mission is to help librarians develop and use quality collections that enrich students love of reading and learning—forever."
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2018 Award not sponsored
2017 Lesley Farmer
2016 Hilda Weisburg
2015 Ann M. Martin
2014 Debra Kachel
2013 Keith Curry Lance
2012 Sharon Coatney
2011 Dr. Violet H. Harada
2010 Marcia A. Mardis
2009 No Recipient
2008 Nancy P. Zimmerman
2007 No Recipient
2006 Michael Eisenberg
2005 Rebecca Bingham
2004 M. Ellen Jay
2003 No Recipient
2002 David Loerstcher
2001 Hilda L. Jay
2000 Carol Colier Kuhlthau
1999 Jaqueline C. Mancall
1997 Blanche E. Woolls
1996 Ken Haycock
1995 Judith M. Pitts
1994 Lucille Cole Thomas
1993 Marilyn L. Miller
1992 Dianne McAfee Hopkins
1991 Barbara Spriesterbach
1990 Ruth Bell
1989 Virgina H. Mathews
1988 Margaret I. Rufsvold
1987 Alice Lohrer
1986 Margaret Hayes Grazier
1985 Frances S. Hatfield
1984 Rheta A. Clark
1983 Rachel Wingfield DeAngelo
1982 D. Phillip Baker
1981 Mary Helen Mahar
1980 Mary V. Gaver
1979 Frances E. Henne
1978 Jean E. Lowrie