2019 Award Winners

Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award

Vernon Area Public Library District, Indian Trails Public Library District, and Cook Memorial Public Library District

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Crosman Memorial Award

JJ Pionke,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library

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Davis Cup Award

Heather McCammond-Watts, Glen Ellyn Public Library

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Golden Ticket Award  

Natalie Williams, Indian Prairie Public Library District

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Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award 

Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago's Daley Library

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Intellectual Freedom Award

Dr. Nicole Cooke,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Librarian of the Year Award

Brian Shepard,
Indian Trails Public Library District

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Robert R. McClarren Legislative Development Award

Illinois State Representative La Shawn Ford

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Deborah Dowley Preiser Marketing Award

Chris Renkosiak, Lincolnwood Public Library District

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Readers' Advisory Service Award

Popular Materials Department at Ela Area Public Library District

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Reference Services Award

Stacey Knight-Davis, Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library

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Alexander J. Skrzypek Award

Amy Sobrino, Effingham Area Alzheimer’s Awareness

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TBS, Inc. Technical Services Award

Kristine Hammerstrand, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)

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Trustee of the Year Award

Debbie Smart, Arlington Heights Memorial Library

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Young Adult Librarian of the Year Award

Heather Colby, Homer Township Public Library District

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Resources and Technical Services Forum Scholarship

Erin Zimmerman, Heartland Community College Library 

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Valerie J. Wilford Scholarship Grant for Library Education

Kelly McCully, Bourbonnais Public Library District

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Sylvia Murphy Williams Award

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iREAD Summer Reading Programs

Since 1981, iREAD provides high quality, low-cost resources and products that enable local library staff to motivate children, young adults, and adults to read.

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