Outstanding Librarian Award
In January 1993, the Executive Council of the Maine Library Association authorized the Outstanding Librarian Award. The Communications Committee currently oversees this important award. They would love to hear from you if you would like to nominate someone for the MLA Outstanding Librarian Award.
Selection Criteria
The award honors the career accomplishments to date of a working or retired librarian, from any type of library, who has demonstrated an outstanding record of services to both his/her library and to the library profession.
Anyone may make a nomination. Nominations may be made posthumously. Nominations must include supporting documentation attesting to the individual's development of outstanding services in an area of expertise; involvement in professional library activities; demonstrated leadership in the profession; and encouragement of local support of his/her library. Letters of support from fellow workers, supervisors, trustees, library colleagues, library patrons, community leaders, and/or others who can speak to the nominee's accomplishments are strongly encouraged. The Outstanding Librarian Award will be selected based on the information sent with the nomination form, and not based on any personal knowledge the judges may have of the nominee's qualifications or experience. Please submit all support documentation with the nomination form.
Panel of Judges:
- One person from the MLA Communications Committee
- One person with public library experience
- One person with academic or special library experience
Deadline for Submission:
The award is presented each year at the annual Maine Libraries Conference. Nominations for the next award to be given will be announced.
Contact:
Andi Jackson-Darling, Member-at-Large
Falmouth Memorial Library
5 Lunt Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
ajdarling@falmouth.lib.me.us
Past Recipients
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Rick Speer, Library Director, Lewiston Public Library |
| 2007 | Barbara Keef, Technology/Reference Librarian, Windham Public Library |
| 2006 | Shirley Helfrich, Southern Maine Library District Consultant |
| 2005 | Linda Packard, Guilford Public Library |
| 2004 | J. Gary Nichols, Maine State Librarian |
| 2002 | Valerie Osborne, Director of the Old Town Public Library |
| 2001 | Barbara McDade, Director of the Bangor Public Library |
| 2000 | Elaine Albright, Dean of Cultural Affairs and Libraries from the University of Maine |
| 1999 | Marilyn Clark, Director of the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle |
| 1998 | Karl Beiser, Library Systems Coordinator, Maine State Library |
| 1997 | Mary Peverada, Children's Services Head, Portland Public Library |
| 1996 | Benita Davis, Northeastern Maine Library District Consultant |
| 1995 | Reta Schreiber |
| 1994 | Glenna Nowell |
| 1993 | Robert Woodward and Marsha Dvorak (tie) |
