2008 I Love My Librarian Award Winners
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Congratulations to the 10 winners of the 2008 I Love My Librarian Award!
Nominations for the 2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Awards are open through September 12.
Visit atyourlibrary.org/ilovemylibrarian to nominate your librarian.
Questions? Email mhumphrey@ala.org
Read an article (PDF) about the 2008 winners from American Libraries.
Jean Amaral
Reference Librarian
Antioch University New England
Keene, New Hampshire
"Worth the price of our tuition dollars all by herself"
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Linda Allen
Libraries Director
Pasco County Library System
Hudson, Florida
"Her forward looking philosophy has been the backbone of the library system."
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Amy Cheney
Librarian
Alameda County Library, Juvenile Hall
San Leandro, California
“Inspired literally thousands of detained students”
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Jennifer Lankford Dempsey
Library Media Specialist and Technology Coordinator
Wrights Mill Road Elementary School
Auburn, Alabama
"The driving force behind our school’s transformation into a 21st Century learning community"
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Carol W. Levers
Community Services Librarian
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
Weekend Supervisor
Plaza Branch Library, Kansas City Public Library
Kansas City, Missouri
"I know I can count on her."
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Dr. Margaret "Gigi" Lincoln
Library Media Specialist
Lakeview High School Library
Battle Creek, Michigan
"Immeasurable impact on students and the learning process"
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Iona R. Malanchuk
Associate University Librarian and Head of the Education Library
The Education Library at the University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
"This librarian pays attention to all details.”
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Elaine McIlroy
Director
Wellfleet Public Library
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
"She has enabled me and countless others to perform, teach, and create community."
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Paul McIntosh
Library Media Specialist
Wadleigh Secondary School For The Performing and Visual Arts
New York, New York
"Makes a small room in a public school in Harlem feel like the center of the universe."
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Arezoo Moseni
Senior Librarian
The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library, The Art Collection
New York, New York
“Enables such rich sharing within the larger community”
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