The Librarian of the Year Award is an annual award made by Library Journal to "honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession."[1] It was first awarded in 1988.[2] Although it is often referred to as the "National Librarian of the Year Award," any working professional librarian from North America is eligible.[1]
2004: Toni Garvey, City Librarian, Phoenix Public Library
2003: Raymond Santiago, Director, Miami-Dade Public Library System, FL
2002: Susan Kent, Los Angeles Public Library, CA
2001: Louise Blalock, Hartford Public Library, CT
2000: SEE 2001. Library Journal changed the year of the award to the year in which it is presented.
1999: Jerry Thrasher, Cumberland County Public Library, NC
1998: Susan Fuller, Director, Santa Clara County Library, San Jose, CA
1997: Bobby Roberts, Central Arkansas Library System, Little Rock, AR
1996: Dorothy M. Schirtzinger, Lee County Library System, Fort Myers, FL
1995:
Carla D. Hayden, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
1994: Deborah Jacobs, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, OR
1993: Susan C. Curzon, Vice Provost, Information and Technology Resources Division and Dean of the University Library System,
California State University, Northridge
1992: John W. Ferguson, Director, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, MO
1991: Daniel J. Bradbury, Director, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO
1990: Amy Owen, Utah State Librarian, Salt Lake City, UT
1989: Brenda Vogel, Library Coordinator of the Maryland Correctional Educational Libraries
1988: Peggy Goodwin, Adult Services Librarian, Walnut Creek Branch Library of the Nicholson Memorial Library System, Garland, TX