Library Supporter of the Year Award
Awarded annually to a non-library employee who has made a notable contribution to a library or libraries, or to the interests of libraries in the state of Hawai’i.
Qualifications may include one or more of the following:
Important: Nominators must be members of HLA, although the nominee does not need to be an HLA member.
Nominations are solicited via the listserv, so keep an eye out for an email each Fall. Nominators must be members of the Hawaiʻi Library Assocation, although the nominee does not need to be an HLA member.
Award Recipients:
Qualifications may include one or more of the following:
- Financial support of a particular library or libraries
- Donations of materials to the collection(s) of a particular library or libraries
- Advancement of Hawai’i library interests through legislative activities or library promotion activities
- Contributions to intellectual freedom in Hawai’i
- Contributions in literacy or information literacy education in Hawai’i
- Other activities in support of Hawai’i library interests or in support of the library profession in Hawai’i
Important: Nominators must be members of HLA, although the nominee does not need to be an HLA member.
Nominations are solicited via the listserv, so keep an eye out for an email each Fall. Nominators must be members of the Hawaiʻi Library Assocation, although the nominee does not need to be an HLA member.
Award Recipients:
- 2024 - Alexandra Obra
- 2022 - Jody Singsank
