This PLA award will not be presented in 2021. For more information, please visit PLA Awards and Grants.
Purpose and Criteria
The PLA Library Innovation Award recognizes a public library's innovative and creative service program to the community. Any innovative, cutting-edge program, activity or service will be considered. Has your library developed a dynamic solution to a problem? Have you been able to reach a special population through a unique program? Has your special marketing campaign brought dramatic, measurable results? If so, you're eligible to apply. The winner of this award will receive a check in the amount of $2,000 and a plaque.
2020 Recipient
Mill Valley (CA) Public Library
Past Recipients
- 2019 Southern Adirondack Library System (Saratoga Springs, NY
- 2018 Orange County (FL) Library System
- 2017 Brampton Library, Brampton, ON, Canada
- 2016 Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL
- 2015 Grand Rapids (MI) Public Library
- 2014 Terrebonne Parish (LA) Library
- 2013 Waukegan (IL) Public Library
- 2012 San Diego County (CA) Public Library
- 2011 Noble County (IN) Public Library
- 2010 Calcasieu Parish (LA) Public Library
- 2009 Princeton (NJ) Public Library
- 2008 Lake Agassiz Regional Library, Moorhead, MN
- 2007 Athens-Clarke County (GA) Library
- 2006 Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME
- 2005 Richmond (BC) Public Library
- 2004 Maricopa County (AZ) Library District
- 2003 Plattesville (CO) Public Library
- 2002 Santa Fe Springs (Calif.) Library
- 2001 Bartlesville (OK) Public Library
- 2000 Clearwater County (ID) Free Library
- 1999 Richmond (BC) Public Library
- 1998 Medina County (OH) Library District
- 1997 Queens Borough (NY) Public Library