ALA Opens Nominations For the 2025 “I Love My Librarian Award”

From the American Library Association:

The American Library Association (ALA) invites library users nationwide to nominate their favorite librarians for the prestigious I Love My Librarian Award. The national award recognizes the outstanding public service contributions of librarians working in public, school, college, community college or university libraries. Nominations are accepted online now through Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.

Ten librarians will each receive $5,000 in recognition of their outstanding achievements. Awardees will be honored at the I Love My Librarian Award ceremony at the 2025 LibLearnX Conference in Phoenix; honorees will also receive free full conference registration as part of their award packages.

Since the award was established in 2008, library users nationwide have submitted more than 22,000 nominations detailing how librarians transformed their communities through innovative programs, increasing access to resources and services, and promoting literacy. 160 librarians have received this distinguished honor.

Among last year’s honorees are Diana Haneski, a school librarian at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, who has helped her community navigate the trauma following the 2018 mass shooting at the school; Gladys López-Soto, an academic librarian at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, who helps students and entrepreneurs understand intellectual property; and Mychal Threets, a former public librarian at Solano County Library in Fairfield, CA, and viral sensation who uses social media to spread “library joy.”

Full eligibility criteria, as well as tips for writing a strong nomination, are available on the award website.

The philanthropic foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York has generously sponsored the I Love My Librarian Award since its inception. The New York Public Library is also a supporter of the award. The award is administered by the American Library Association.

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