Awards Committee

Administers the awards and recognition program of the association annually; publicizes the awards to attract qualified nominees; selects association-wide award winners.  Committee membership is not more than ten personal members from diverse types of library settings.  Members serve a two-year, staggered term including one member serving a one-year term.  Chair is appointed by the vice president/president-elect of ILA for one year.  All persons commenting or voting in the ILA awards process will recuse themselves from participating in the process of any award for which they have been nominated or the process of any award for which they have a conflict of interest.


2011-2012 Chair

Lawrence A. D’Urso            (term on committee:  2010-2012)
Mount Prospect Public Library
10 S. Emerson St.
Mt. Prospect, IL  60056-3251
phone:  (847) 253-5675
fax:  (847) 253-0642
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Members
Linda Burns 2011–2013
Linda Jourdan-Caruso  2011-2012
Renee Grassi 2011–2013
Thomas Robert Hartmann 2011–2012
Linda Jourdan-Caruso 2011–2012
Louise A. Nee 2011–2013
Shannon Scanlan 2011–2013
Carol Sturz  2011-2012
Shawn Strecker 2010–2012
Mary Wilkes Towner 2011–2013
Alissa Williams 2011–2012

Board Liaison

Cynthia Fuerst