Joseph W. Lippincott Award


The Joseph W. Lippincott Award was established in 1938 by the American Library Association.
It is presented annually to a librarian for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship, such service to include outstanding participation in the activities of the professional library association, notable published professional writing, or other significant activity on behalf of the profession and its aims.
It is named for its founder, the publisher Joseph Wharton Lippincott of J. B. Lippincott & Co. His son, Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr., also a publisher, and a chair of National Library Week regularly attended the annual conference of the American Library Association to present the award.

Joseph W. Lippincott AwardDateMajor accomplishmentsClara Bohrer2025President, Public Library Association; Every Child Ready to Read-leadership.
Nicole A. Cooke2024Augusta Baker Endowed Chair, University of South Carolina, American Library Association Equality Award.---
Julius C. Jefferson Jr.2023Section Head, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade at the Library of Congress, President, American Library Association, President, Freedom to Read Foundation.---
Kenneth Yamashita2022President, Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, Joint Council of Librarians of Color.---
Robert Randolph Newlen2021Deputy Librarian of Congress, American Library Association Endowment Trustee.---
Mary Ghikas2020Executive Director, American Library Association.---
Kathleen de la Peña McCook2019Professor of librarianship, University of South Florida, Beta Phi Mu Award, President, Association for Library and Information Science Education.---
Sally Gardner Reed2018Executive Director, FOLUSA,, integration of FOLUSA into American Library Association as United for Libraries.---
Barbara Stripling2017President, American Library Association, President, Freedom to Read Foundation, professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies.---
Maureen Sullivan2016President, American Library Association, President Association of College and Research Libraries, President Library Leadership and Management Association.---
James G. Neal2015Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University, President, American Library Association.---
Maurice J. Freedman2014President, American Library Association, Director, Westchester Library System, NY.---
Carla Hayden2013Librarian of Congress, President, American Library Association, executive director, Enoch Pratt Free Library.---
Carla J. Stoffle2012Dean of the University of Arizona Libraries, ALA Medal of Excellence.---
Camila Alire2011President, American Library Association, President, REFORMA.---
Thomas C. Phelps2010Director of the Division of Public Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities, Director Salt Lake City Public Library, Central Library.---
Beverly P. Lynch2009Dean, University of California Los Angeles UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, President, American Library Association, Beta Phi Mu Award.---
Duane Webster2008Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries, founder of Library Copyright Alliance.---
Winston Tabb2007Dean of University Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University, Associate Librarian of Congress.---
Betty J. Turock2006President, American Library Association, Dean and professor, Rutgers School of Communication and Information---
Donald J. Sager2005President, Public Library Association, Director of the Milwaukee Public Library.---
Clifford A. Lynch2004Director, Coalition for Networked Information, President and recipient of Award of Merit, American Society for Information Science and Technology.---
Susan Kent2003Director of Los Angeles Public Library, President, Public Library Association.---
Ann K. Symons2002President and Treasurer, American Library Association.---
Patricia G. Schuman2001President and Treasurer, American Library Association, Founder, Neal-Schuman Publishers---
John Y. Cole2000Founding director of the Center for the Book, Library of Congress, first official historian of the Library of Congress.---
Peggy Barber1999Director of Communications, founder of ALA Graphics, American Library Association.---
Judith Krug1998Director, Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association, Director, Freedom to Read Foundation.---
Richard M. Dougherty1997Director, Libraries University of California, Berkeley and University of Michigan, President, American Library Association.---
F. William Summers1996Dean, Florida State University School of Information, President, American Library Association.---
Norman Horrocks1995Director, School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Officer of the Order of Canada.---
Frank Kurt Cylke1994Director, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at the Library of Congress.---
John G. Lorenz1993Director, Library Services Branch, U.S. Office of Education, Deputy Librarian of Congress, executive director of the Association of Research Libraries.---
John N. Berry1992Editor of Library Journal for over fifty years.---
Peggy Sullivan1991President and executive director, American Library Association, author of Carl H. Milam and the American Library Association.---
Alphonse F. Trezza1990Executive Director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Director of the Illinois State Library.---
Robert Wedgeworth1989President, International Federation of Library Associations, University Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Founding President of ProLiteracy Worldwide, executive director of the American Library Association.---
Henriette D. Avram1988Developed the MARC format, Associate Librarian for Collections Services, Library of Congress.---
Edward G. Holley1987Dean UNC School of Information and Library Science, President, American Library Association, Beta Phi Mu Award.---
Elizabeth W. Stone1986Director, Catholic University School of Library and Information Science, President of the American Library Association, Beta Phi Mu Award.---
Robert G. Vosper1985Director, libraries at the University of California, Los Angeles, President, American Library Association, President, Association of College and Research Libraries.---
Nettie Barcroft Taylor1984Director, Maryland State Library, Command Librarian for the U.S. Army in Heidelberg, Germany, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.---
Russell Bidlack1983Dean, School of Library Science, University of Michigan, chair, Committee on Accreditation. Beta Phi Mu Award.---
Keith Doms1982Director, Free Library of Philadelphia, President, American Library Association.---
Eric Moon1981Editor-in-Chief, Library Journal, President, American Library Association.---
E.J. Josey1980President, American Library Association, President Black Caucus of the American Library Association.---
Helen H. Lyman1979Director Adult Education Survey at American Library Association, faculty member, University of Wisconsin–Madison iSchool.---
Henry T. Drennan1978State Librarian Idaho State Library, Senior Program Officer, Office of Libraries and Learning Resources, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.---
Virginia Lacy Jones1977Dean, Atlanta University School of Library Sciences, President, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Beta Phi Mu Award.---
Lester Asheim1976Director, International Relations and Director. Office for Library Education, American Library Association. Professor, University of Chicago Graduate Library School and UNC School of Information and Library Science, Beta Phi Mu Award.---
Leon Carnovsky1975Professor, University of Chicago Graduate Library School, editor of the Library Quarterly, President, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Beta Phi Mu Award---
Jerrold Orne1974Chaired Z39 Committee, precursor to National Information Standards Organization, Librarian who established a working reference library for the first United Nations Conference. Director, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill libraries and professor of Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.---
Jesse H. Shera1973President, Association for Library and Information Science Education, library historian,Beta Phi Mu Award.---
Guy R. Lyle1972President, Association of College and Research Libraries, Director of libraries at Louisiana State University, and Emory University, author of The Administration of the College Library.---
William S. Dix1971Librarian at Princeton University, President, American Library Association, primary author of statement.---
Paul Howard1970First Director of American Library Association Washington Office. Library of Congress. Chief Librarian, Office of War Information, World War II.---
Germaine Krettek1969Director of the American Library Association, Washington Office, secured the actual funding for rural library service which was authorized under the Library Services Act.---
Lucile Nix1968Chief Library Consultant for the Public Libraries of Georgia, President, Southeastern Library Association,Tennessee Library Association---
Edmon Low1967Head librarian, Oklahoma State University 1940–1967 named in his honor: Edmon Low Library, President, Association of College and Research Libraries.---
Keyes DeWitt Metcalf1966Director, Harvard Library, President, American Library Association, author.---
Frances Clarke Sayers1965Superintendent of the Department of Work with Children, New York Public Library, author, lecturer and consultant on children's literature.---
Robert Bingham Downs1964University Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, President, American Library Association, President, Illinois Library Association, author.---
Frances E. Henne1963Professor, University of Chicago Graduate Library School and School of Library Service at Columbia University, AASL Standards for School Library Programs, Beta Phi Mu Award.---
David Horace Clift1962Executive Director, American Library Association, President of the Connecticut Library Association, U.S. Army, Office of Strategic Services during World War II.---
Joseph L. Wheeler1961Director, Enoch Pratt Free Library, author Library War Service during World War I.---
Verner W. Clapp1960Library of Congress- many positions including Acting Librarian of Congress, author, founder of the United Nations Library, President of the Council on Library Resources.---
Essae Martha Culver1959First state librarian of Louisiana, President, American Library Association, President, Louisiana Library Association.---
Carleton B. Joeckel1958Director, Berkeley Public Library, Captain in World War I-Silver Star, President, California Library Association and Michigan Library Association, Professor, University of Chicago Graduate Library School, author.---
Flora Belle Ludington1957Head librarian for Mount Holyoke College, President, American Library Association.---
Ralph A. Ulveling1956Director, Detroit Public Library, President, Michigan Library Association, President, American Library Association, defender of intellectual freedom.---
Emerson Greenaway1955Director, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Director, Free Library of Philadelphia, President, American Library Association.---
Marian C. Manley1953Chair, American Library Association. Committee on Relations with Local Groups, Head, Business Branch Newark Public Library, Editor, Special Libraries Association journal, Special Libraries.---
Carl Vitz1952Director, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, President, American Library Association.---
Helen E. Haines1951Author of Living with Books, editor, lecturer.---
H.W. Wilson1950Publisher, founder of the H. W. Wilson Company, creator of the Readers' Guide, the Cumulative Book Index, and the Book Review Digest.---
Harry Miller Lydenberg1949Director, New York Public Library, President, American Library Association, author.---
Carl H. Milam1948Executive Director of the American Library Association, Library War Service in World War I, Director of the United Nations Library.---
No award given1943-1947---
Herbert Putnam1939Librarian of Congress, Librarian, Boston Public Library, President, American Library Association.---
Mary U. Rothrock1938Supervisor, Tennessee Valley Authority libraries, President, Tennessee Library Association and Southeastern Library Association, President, American Library Association.---
Jennie M. Flexner1938Readers' advisor, New York Public Library, suffragist, author.---

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