The I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. The award is a collaborative program of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York Public Library, The New York Times and the American Library Association.

Each year up to 10 librarians are selected. Each librarian receives a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and a travel stipend to attend the awards ceremony and reception in New York City, hosted by Carnegie Corporation of New York. 2015 winners were announced on December 3, 2015.

Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association in library and information studies or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.  Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or at an accredited K-12 school.

Members of the 2015 I Love My Librarian Award Selection Committee:
Chair, Courtney L. Young, Immediate Past President, American Library Association
Terri L. Grief, Past President, American Association of School Librarians
Marylee Kennedy, Chief Library Officer, New York Public Library
Vailey Oehlke, President, Public Library Association
Karen A. Williams Past President. Association of College & Research Libraries

Press Releases

Ten librarians named 2015 winners of the I Love My Librarian Award
The New York Public Library joins Carnegie Corporation of New York in sponsoring the I Love My Librarian Award

Media Contacts

2015 Winners

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I Love My Librarian Award 2008-2014 By the Numbers Infographic

Seventy librarians have been honored since 2008. How many are from your state?

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