The Distinguished Service in Library History Award is presented by the ALA Library History Round Table (LHRT) and honors the career of a person who has a lifetime of scholarship and service in the field of library history. This non-monetary award is intended

The Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award is presented for the best published work in the area of intellectual freedom.

The award ended in 2020 when the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) officially disbanded on August 31, 2020, to merge with two other American Library Association (ALA) divisions. It was consolidated into a new, unified division

The Library History Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA) sponsors the biennial Phyllis Dain Library History Dissertation Award. The award is offered only in odd-numbered years. The award, named in honor of a library historian widely known as a

This award is given to recognize the most outstanding article published in Reference and User Services Quarterly (RUSQ) (previously RQ) during the preceding two-volume year.