PRESS RELEASES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

The 2012 ILA Awards Winners have been announced!

Click on the name of the award for more information on the award history, eligibility, and criteria. For more information on the award recipient, click on the recipient's name to view the press release. 

Online nomination forms are now available! See list of ILA Awards; nominations can be made online through the award page. See Awards Procedures prior to submitting an online nomination. 

2012 AWARD:	PRESENTED TO: (See Press Release below)
Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial/DEMCO Award	ATLAS (Area Training for Librarians and Staff)
Crosman Memorial Award	Megan Buttera, Palatine Public Library District
Davis Cup Award	Sue Quinn, River Forest Public Library
Robert P. Doyle ILA Annual Conference Grant for Support Staff Award	Sayaka Suzuki, Deerfield Public Library
Golden Ticket Award	Victoria Rakowski, Lisle Library District
Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award	Charlotte Johnson, Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
DEMCO Library Innovative Award	Oak Park Public LIbrary
Intellectual Freedom Award	2009 Library Board of the Helen Matthes Public Library
Librarian of the Year Award	Sally Decker Smith
Robert R. McClarren Legislative Development Award	State Senator Edward Maloney
Oberman and Rich Reaching Forward Conference Grant for Support Staff Award	Claire Osada, Lake Bluff Public Library
Deborah Dowley Preiser Marketing Award	Tina Viglucci, Gail Borden Public Library District
Reference Services Award	Batavia Public Library
Alexander J. Skrzypek Award	Camille Caffarelli, Horizons for the Blind
TBS, Inc. Technical Services Award	Myung Gi Sung, St. Charles Public Library
Trustee of the Year Award	Carol Vaughan Kissane, Library Trustee, Brookfield Public Library
Sylvia Murphy Williams Award	See October 2012 ILA Reporter article on the 2012 Sylvia Murphy Williams Award Winners Anthony Bishop University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   Liza Booker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   Christina Nhek University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   Thomas Padilla University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   Charlotte Roh University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   Jose Miguel Ruiz University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign