Library Diversity Award

Each spring, the Library Diversity Council presents two Library Diversity Awards: one to a librarian or staff member who has advocated for diversity through their work at the library or in the local community, and another to a library group or committee that has strongly enhanced the library's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

Library Diversity Award Winners

We honor the work of these staff members at a library-wide diversity celebration lunch, and have their names added to a plaque in the library.

2020-present

2024 - Ariel Ojibway (individual award) and the LIT DEIA Team (team award)
2023 - Jackson Huang (individual award) and the Anti-Racism Toolkit Team (team award)
2022 - Shannon Moreno (individual award) and the Library Employee Survey Follow-up Team (team award)
2021 - No awards due to pandemic spending freezes
2020 - Ariel Ojibway (individual award) and the Art Alliance (team award)

2010-2019

2019 - Sheila Garcia (individual award) and Wayfinding Team (team award)
2018 - Monica Porter (individual award) and Digital Accessibility Team (team award)
2017 - Erin Davis (individual award) and the Library IT Diversity Reading Club (team award)
2016 - Marna Clowney-Robinson
2015 - Patricia Anderson
2014 - Gabriel Duque
2013 - Martin Knott; special recognition: Paul Courant
2012 - Shevon Desai
2011 - Barbara MacAdam
2010 - Fe Susan Go

2000-2009

2009 - Helen Look
2008 - Charles Ransom
2007 - Anna Schnitzer
2006 - Karen Downing
2005 - Nita Patterson
2004 - Kelly Webster
2003 - Tim Retzloff
2002 - Barbara Kolekamp, Scott Dennis
2001 - Library Diversity Council ex-officio members: Margo Crist, Lucy Cohen, Karen Downing, Bill Gosling, Brenda Johnson, Charles Ransom, Maurice Wheeler
2000 - No record

1993-1999

1999 - Hattie Summerhill
1998 - Margaret Rowry
1997 - Rosemary Whelan
1996 - Barbara MacAdam, Carole N. Weber
1995 - Deborah Heiden, Leif Backman, Joann Grantham
1994 - Ann Ridout; Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Library Association (BGALLA), later called Lavender Information and Library Association (LILA)
1993 - Lucy Cohen, Elaine Jordan