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AIA/ALA Library Building Awards
(Professional Recognition)
ALA Excellence in Library Programming Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
ALA Liberty and Justice Book Awards (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
ALA Medal of Excellence
(Professional Recognition)
ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award
(Professional Recognition)
ALA/International Interior Design Association Award
(Professional Recognition)
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)
Armed Forces Librarians Achievement Citation (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
(Professional Recognition)
Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award
(Professional Recognition)
BRASS Award for Outstanding Service to Minority Business Communities (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
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BRASS Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award
(Professional Recognition)
Baker & Taylor Awards for Friends Groups
(Professional Recognition)
Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award
(Professional Recognition)
Best Friends Awards
(Professional Recognition)
Best Practices in Marketing Academic and Research Libraries @your library® Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Beta Phi Mu Award
(Professional Recognition)
Virginia Boucher/OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award
(Professional Recognition)
Cathleen Bourdon Service Award
(Professional Recognition)
Brett Butler Entrepreneurship Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
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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)
Francis Joseph Campbell Award
(Professional Recognition)
Candlewick Light the Way Grant
(Professional Recognition)
Special Centennial Citation (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
James Bennett Childs Award
(Professional Recognition)
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)
LBI George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Award
(Professional Recognition)
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John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award
(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 and Outreach Fair
(Professional Recognition)
ProQuest/GODORT/ALA "Documents to the People" Award
(Professional Recognition)
Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award
(Professional Recognition)
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)
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EBSCO Excellence in Small and/or Rural Public Library Service Award
(Professional Recognition)
EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award
(Professional Recognition)
EMIERT Distinguished Librarian Award
(Professional Recognition)
Equality Award
(Professional Recognition)
Jackie Eubanks Memorial Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Excellence in Academic Libraries Award
(Professional Recognition)
Exceptional Service Award
(Professional Recognition)
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Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award
(Professional Recognition)
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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)
LITA/Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Genealogical Publishing Company Award (HISTORICAL) (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Great Books Giveaway Competition
(Professional Recognition)
Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Achievement Award
(Professional Recognition)
Grolier Foundation Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Group Achievement Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
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C.S. Hammond Incorporated Library Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
The HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award
(Professional Recognition)
Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
(Professional Recognition)
Health and Rehabilitative Library Services Exceptional Service Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award
(Professional Recognition)
Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award
(Professional Recognition)
Honorary Membership
(Professional Recognition)
Honors Award
(Professional Recognition)
Paul Howard Award for Courage
(Professional Recognition)
John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for International Librarianship
(Professional Recognition)
Zora Neale Hurston Award
(Professional Recognition)
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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)
Intellectual Freedom Award
(Professional Recognition)
Innovation in Instruction Award
(Professional Recognition)
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Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming
(Professional Recognition)
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KLAS/National Organization on Disability Award
(Professional Recognition)
Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology
(Professional Recognition)
Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
(Professional Recognition)
Kohlstedt Exhibit Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
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L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award
(Professional Recognition)
Leadership Achievement Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Leadership Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Leadership and Professional Achievement Award
(Professional Recognition)
The Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity
(Professional Recognition)
Librarian Recognition Award
(Professional Recognition)
Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding Communication for Continuing Education in Library and Information Science
(Professional Recognition)
Joseph W. Lippincott Award
(Professional Recognition)
Literacy Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Literary Landmark
(Professional Recognition)
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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)
Marta Lange/SAGE-CQ Press Award
(Professional Recognition)
Allie Beth Martin Award
(Professional Recognition)
Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award
(Professional Recognition)
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National Friends of Libraries Week Awards
(Professional Recognition)
National School Library Program of the Year Award
(Professional Recognition)
NoveList's Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award
(Professional Recognition)
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Outstanding Collaboration Citation
(Professional Recognition)
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The Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Esther J. Piercy Award
(Professional Recognition)
Polaris Innovation in Technology John Iliff Award
(Professional Recognition)
President's Award
(Professional Recognition)
President's Crystal Apple
(Professional Recognition)
Presidential Citations
(Professional Recognition)
Professional Achievement Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
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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RSS Service Achievement Award
(Professional Recognition)
Charlie Robinson Award
(Professional Recognition)
Routledge Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award
(Professional Recognition)
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STS Innovation in Science and Technology Librarianship Award
(Professional Recognition)
Scholastic Library Publishing Award
(Professional Recognition)
John Sessions Memorial Award
(Professional Recognition)
Louis Shores Award
(Professional Recognition)
Special Presidential Recognition Award (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
Student Chapter of the Year Award
(Professional Recognition)
Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children
(Professional Recognition)
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Tandem Library Books Literature Program Grant (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
The Letter Awards (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
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ULS Outstanding Professional Development Award
(Professional Recognition)
Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award
(Professional Recognition)
Upstart Innovation Award
(Professional Recognition)
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WGSS Award for Career Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship
(Professional Recognition)
WGSS Award for Significant Achievement in Women & Gender Studies Librarianship
(Professional Recognition)
Wilson Publicity Honor Roll (HISTORICAL)
(Professional Recognition)
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