Past winners of LJ awards
-- Library Journal, 3/14/2008
Best Small Library in America | Politician of the Year
Paraprofessional of the Year | Library of the Year
Librarian of the Year
Best Small Library in America Winners
2008 Chelsea District Library, MI2007 Grand County Public Library, Moab, UT
2006 Milanof-Schock Library, Mount Joy, PA
2005 Haines Borough Public Library, AK
Politician of the Year Winners
2007 Delaware's Dream Team: Gov. Ruth Ann
Minner, Secy. of State Harriet Smith Windsor,
and Asst. Secy. of State Rick Geisenberger
2006 Rick Boucher, Representative, D–Virginia
2005 Frank DiCicco and Michael Nutter,
City Councilors, Philadelphia
2004 Dick Murphy, Mayor, San Diego
2003 Bernie Sanders, Representative, I–Vermont
2002 Jack Reed, Senator, D–Rhode Island
2001 Tom Ridge, Governor, Pennsylvania
2000 Skip Rimsza, Mayor, Phoenix
1999 Lee Brown, Mayor, Houston
1998 Phil Bredesen, Mayor, Nashville, TN
1997 Richard M. Daley, Mayor, Chicago
Paraprofessional of the Year Winners
2008 Steve Roskoski, Multnomah County Library,
Portland, OR
2007 Jackie Cornette, Watauga County Library,
Sugar Grove NC
2006 Valerie Fike, College of DuPage Library,
Glen Ellyn, IL
2005 Trish Palluck, Wyoming State Library
2004 Linda Porter, Burlington County Library System,
Mt. Holly, NJ
2003 Susan Knoche, James H. Quillen College of
Medicine Library, East Tennessee State
University, Johnson City
2002 Cynthia Ahrens, Hennepin County Library,
Minnetonka, MN
2001 Dorothy Morgan, Liverpool Public Library, NY
2000 Beth Perkins, Mary Washington College,
Fredricksburg, VA
Library of the Year Winners
2007 Worthington Libraries, OH
2006 Salt Lake City Public Library
2005 Fayetteville Public Library, AR
2004 San Jose Public Library/San Jose State
University Library, CA
2003 Las Vegas Clark County Library District, NV
2002 Kalamazoo Public Library, MI
2001 Richland County Public Library, Columbia, SC
2000 Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville,GA
1999 The Valley Library, Oregon State University, Corvallis
1998 Medina County District Library, OH
1997 Ann Arbor District Library, MI
1996 Broward County Library, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1995 Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, NC
1994 BrownCounty Library, Green Bay, WI
1993 Austin Public Library, TX
1992 Redwood City Public Library, CA
2008 Norma Blake, New Jersey State Librarian
2007 Mary Baykan, Washington County Free Library, MD
2006 Rivkah Sass, Omaha Public Library
2005 Susan K. Nutter, Vice Provost & Director of Libraries, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
2004 Toni Garvey, City Librarian, Phoenix Public Library
2003 Raymond Santiago, Director, Miami-Dade Public Library System, FL
2002 Susan Kent, Los Angeles Public Library, CA
2001 Louise Blalock, Hartford Public Library, CT
2000 SEE 2001. LJ changed the year of the award to the year in which it is presented.
1999 Jerry Thrasher, Cumberland County Public Library, NC
1998 Susan Fuller, Director, Santa Clara County Library, San Jose, CA
1997 Bobby Roberts, Central Arkansas Library System, Little Rock, AR
1996 Dorothy M. Schirtzinger, Lee County Library System, Little Rock, AR
1995 Carla D. Hayden, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
1994 Deborah Jacobs, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, OR
1993 Susan C. Curzon, Vice Provost, Information and Technology Resources Division and
Dean of the University Library System, California State University, Northridge
1992 John W. Ferguson, Director, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, MO
1991 Daniel J. Bradbury, Director, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO
1990 Amy Owen, Utah State Librarian, Salt Lake City, UT
1989 Brenda Vogel, Library Coordinator of the Maryland Correctional Educational Libraries
1988 Peggy Goodwin, Adult Services Librarian, Walnut Creek Branch Library of the Nicholson
Memorial Library System, Garland, TX
