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The Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual member of the library profession who has, over a significant period of time, made an outstanding national contribution to school librarianship and school library development.

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Inactive

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Nominators and nominees must be personal members of ALA/AASL.

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Individuals nominated should have demonstrated achievements in one or more of the following areas:

1. Service and visionary leadership to the organized profession through AASL and related organizations.
2. Publication of a body of scholarly and/or theoretical writing contributing to school library development.
3. Influencing the planning and development of an exemplary school library through legislative efforts, implementation of standards based on the National School Library Standards for Learners, School Libraries and School Librarians, or the teaching and/or mentoring of future school library professionals.
4. Developing and sustaining a school library or body of practice of such depth and scope as to warrant special recognition.

* Please note: This downloadable version is for informational purposes only. This award is currently inactive and information on this page is intended for reference and historical purposes.

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Allison Cline
Deputy Executive Director

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2020

2019

2018 Award not sponsored

2017 Lesley Farmer

2016 Hilda Weisburg

2015 Ann M. Martin

2014 Debra ​Kachel

2013 Keith Curry Lance

2012 Sharon Coatney

2011 Dr. Violet H. Harada

2010 Marcia A. Mardis

2009 No Recipient

2008 Nancy P. Zimmerman

2007 No Recipient

2006 Michael Eisenberg

2005 Rebecca Bingham

2004 M. Ellen Jay

2003 No Recipient

2002 David Loerstcher

2001 Hilda L. Jay

2000 Carol Colier Kuhlthau

1999 Jaqueline C. Mancall[/column][column]1998 Bernice L. Yesner

1997 Blanche E. Woolls

1996 Ken Haycock

1995 Judith M. Pitts

1994 Lucille Cole Thomas

1993 Marilyn L. Miller

1992 Dianne McAfee Hopkins

1991 Barbara Spriesterbach

1990 Ruth Bell

1989 Virgina H. Mathews

1988 Margaret I. Rufsvold

1987 Alice Lohrer

1986 Margaret Hayes Grazier

1985 Frances S. Hatfield

1984 Rheta A. Clark

1983 Rachel Wingfield DeAngelo

1982 D. Phillip Baker

1981 Mary Helen Mahar

1980 Mary V. Gaver

1979 Frances E. Henne

1978 Jean E. Lowrie