Librarian of the Year Award

Awarded to a librarian in the state of Hawaiʻi to recognize exceptional professional achievement and/or service.

Qualifications may include one or more of the following:

• Outstanding service to a particular library community
• Contributions to the improvement of library service
• Development of innovative library services
• Contributions to the library profession
• Advancement of Hawaiʻi library interests through legislative activities or library promotion activities
• Contributions to intellectual freedom in Hawaiʻi
• Contributions in literacy or information literacy education in Hawaiʻi

Nominees must be residents of the State of Hawaiʻi and must have worked in the library profession in Hawaiʻi for at least three years.

Nominations should include:

1. 200-500 word statement addressing the nominee’s qualifications.
2. Name, address, telephone number, job title, and employing institution (if applicable) of the nominee and the nominator.

Nominators must be members of the Hawaiʻi Library Assocation, although the nominee does not need to be an HLA member.

Award Recipients:

• 2021 - Elizabeth Torres
  
• 2008 - Gregg S. Geary
• 2007 - Jo Ann Schindler
• 2006 - Sheryl Lynch
• 2001 - Ron Chapman