Joseph W. Lippincott Award

The Joseph W. Lippincott Award was established in 1938 by the American Library Association.[1]

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.
Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, 2013-Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Winston Tabb, 2007 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Peggy Sullivan, 1991 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Verner W. Clapp, 1960 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Essae Martha Culver, 1959 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award
H. W. Wilson, 1950 -Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Carl H. Milam, 1948 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Herbert Putnam, 1939 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Mary Utopia Rothrock, 1938 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Joseph W. Lippincott Award Date Major accomplishments
Nicole A. Cooke 2024 Augusta Baker Endowed Chair, University of South Carolina, American Library Association Equality Award.[2]
Julius C. Jefferson Jr. 2023 Section Head, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade at the Library of Congress, President, American Library Association, President, Freedom to Read Foundation.
Kenneth Yamashita 2022 President, Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, Joint Council of Librarians of Color.[3]
Robert Randolph Newlen 2021 Deputy Librarian of Congress, American Library Association Endowment Trustee.[4]
Mary Ghikas 2020 Executive Director, American Library Association.[5][6]
Kathleen de la Peña McCook 2019 Professor of librarianship, University of South Florida, Beta Phi Mu Award, President, Association for Library and Information Science Education.
Sally Gardner Reed 2018 Executive Director, FOLUSA, (Friends of Libraries USA), integration of FOLUSA into American Library Association as United for Libraries.[7]
Barbara Stripling 2017 President, American Library Association, President, Freedom to Read Foundation, professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies.
Maureen Sullivan 2016 President, American Library Association, President Association of College and Research Libraries, President Library Leadership and Management Association.
James G. Neal 2015 Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University, President, American Library Association.
Maurice J. Freedman 2014 President, American Library Association, Director, Westchester Library System, NY.
Carla Hayden 2013 Librarian of Congress, President, American Library Association, executive director, Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Carla J. Stoffle 2012 Dean of the University of Arizona Libraries, ALA Medal of Excellence.[8]
Camila Alire 2011 President, American Library Association, President, REFORMA.
Thomas C. Phelps 2010 Director of the Division of Public Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities, Director Salt Lake City Public Library, Central Library.[9]
Beverly P. Lynch 2009 Dean, University of California Los Angeles UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, President, American Library Association, Beta Phi Mu Award.
Duane Webster 2008 Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries, founder of Library Copyright Alliance.[10]
Winston Tabb 2007 Dean of University Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University, Associate Librarian of Congress.
Betty J. Turock 2006 President, American Library Association, Dean and professor, Rutgers School of Communication and Information
Donald J. Sager 2005 President, Public Library Association, Director of the Milwaukee Public Library.
Clifford A. Lynch 2004 Director, Coalition for Networked Information, President and recipient of Award of Merit, American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Susan Kent 2003 Director of Los Angeles Public Library, President, Public Library Association.[11]
Ann K. Symons 2002 President and Treasurer, American Library Association.
Patricia G. Schuman 2001 President and Treasurer, American Library Association, Founder, Neal-Schuman Publishers
John Y. Cole 2000 Founding director of the Center for the Book, Library of Congress, first official historian of the Library of Congress.
Peggy Barber 1999 Director of Communications, founder of ALA Graphics, American Library Association.[12]
Judith Krug 1998 Director, Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Lirary Association, Director, Freedom to Read Foundation.
Richard M. Dougherty 1997 Director, Libraries University of California, Berkeley and University of Michigan, President, American Library Association.
F. William Summers 1996 Dean, Florida State University School of Information, President, American Library Association.
Norman Horrocks 1995 Director, School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Officer of the Order of Canada.[13]
Frank Kurt Cylke 1994 Director, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at the Library of Congress.[14]
John G. Lorenz 1993 Director, Library Services Branch, U.S. Office of Education, Deputy Librarian of Congress, executive director of the Association of Research Libraries.
John N. Berry 1992 Editor of Library Journal for over fifty years.[15]
Peggy Sullivan 1991 President and executive director, American Library Association, author of Carl H. Milam and the American Library Association. [16]
Alphonse F. Trezza 1990 Executive Director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Director of the Illinois State Library.[17]
Robert Wedgeworth 1989 President, International Federation of Library Associations,[18] University Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Founding President of ProLiteracy Worldwide, executive director of the American Library Association.
Henriette D. Avram 1988 Developed the MARC format (Machine Readable Cataloging), Associate Librarian for Collections Services, Library of Congress.[19]
Edward G. Holley 1987 Dean UNC School of Information and Library Science, President, American Library Association, Beta Phi Mu Award.[20]
Elizabeth W. Stone 1986 Director, Catholic University School of Library and Information Science, President of the American Library Association, Beta Phi Mu Award.[21]
Robert G. Vosper 1985 Director, libraries at the University of California, Los Angeles, President, American Library Association, President, Association of College and Research Libraries.
Nettie Barcroft Taylor 1984 Director, Maryland State Library, Command Librarian for the U.S. Army in Heidelberg, Germany, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.[22]
Russell Bidlack 1983 Dean, School of Library Science, University of Michigan, chair, Committee on Accreditation.[23] Beta Phi Mu Award.
Keith Doms 1982 Director, Free Library of Philadelphia , President, American Library Association.
Eric Moon 1981 Editor-in-Chief, Library Journal, President, American Library Association.[24]
E.J. Josey 1980 President, American Library Association, President Black Caucus of the American Library Association.[25][26]
Helen H. Lyman 1979 Director Adult Education Survey at American Library Association,[27][28][29] faculty member, University of Wisconsin–Madison iSchool.
Henry T. Drennan 1978 State Librarian Idaho State Library,[30] Senior Program Officer, Office of Libraries and Learning Resources, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.[31][32]
Virginia Lacy Jones 1977 Dean, Atlanta University School of Library Sciences,[33] President, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Beta Phi Mu Award.
Lester Asheim 1976 Director, 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.[34]
Leon Carnovsky 1975 Professor, University of Chicago Graduate Library School, editor of the Library Quarterly, President, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Beta Phi Mu Award
Jerrold Orne 1974 Chaired 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.[35]
Jesse H. Shera 1973 President, Association for Library and Information Science Education, library historian,[36]Beta Phi Mu Award.[37]
Guy R. Lyle 1972 President, Association of College and Research Libraries, Director of libraries at Louisiana State University, and Emory University, author of The Administration of the College Library.[38]
William S. Dix 1971 Librarian at Princeton University, President, American Library Association, primary author of The Freedom to Read statement.[39]
Paul Howard 1970 First Director of American Library Association Washington Office. Library of Congress. Chief Librarian, Office of War Information, World War II.[40][41]
Germaine Krettek 1969 Director of the American Library Association, Washington Office (1957-1972), secured the actual funding for rural library service which was authorized under the Library Services Act.[42]
Lucile Nix 1968 Chief Library Consultant for the Public Libraries of Georgia, President, Southeastern Library Association,Tennessee Library Association[43]
Edmon Low 1967 Head librarian, Oklahoma State University 1940–1967 named in his honor: Edmon Low Library, President, Association of College and Research Libraries.
Keyes DeWitt Metcalf 1966 Director, Harvard Library,[44] President, American Library Association, author.[45]
Frances Clarke Sayers 1965 Superintendent of the Department of Work with Children, New York Public Library, author, lecturer and consultant on children's literature.[46]
Robert Bingham Downs 1964 University Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, President, American Library Association, President, Illinois Library Association, author.[47]
Frances E. Henne 1963 Professor, University of Chicago Graduate Library School and School of Library Service at Columbia University, AASL Standards for School Library Programs, Beta Phi Mu Award.[48]
David Horace Clift 1962 Executive Director, American Library Association, President of the Connecticut Library Association, U.S. Army, Office of Strategic Services during World War II.[49]
Joseph L. Wheeler 1961 Director, Enoch Pratt Free Library, author [50] Library War Service during World War I.
Verner W. Clapp 1960 Library of Congress- many positions including Acting Librarian of Congress,[51] author,[52] founder of the United Nations Library,[53] President of the Council on Library Resources.
Essae Martha Culver 1959 First state librarian of Louisiana, President, American Library Association, President, Louisiana Library Association.[54]
Carleton B. Joeckel 1958 Director, 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.[55][56]

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Flora Belle Ludington 1957 Head librarian for Mount Holyoke College, President, American Library Association.
Ralph A. Ulveling 1956 Director, Detroit Public Library, President, Michigan Library Association, President, American Library Association, defender of intellectual freedom.[59]
Emerson Greenaway 1955 Director, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Director, Free Library of Philadelphia, President, American Library Association.
Marian C. Manley 1953 Chair, American Library Association. Committee on Relations with Local Groups, Head, Business Branch Newark Public Library, Editor, Special Libraries Association journal, Special Libraries. [60][61]
Carl Vitz 1952 Director, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, President, American Library Association.
Helen E. Haines 1951 Author of Living with Books,[62] editor,[63] lecturer.[64]
H.W. Wilson 1950 Publisher, founder of the H. W. Wilson Company, creator of the Readers' Guide, the Cumulative Book Index, and the Book Review Digest.
Harry Miller Lydenberg 1949 Director, New York Public Library, President, American Library Association, author.[65][66]
Carl H. Milam 1948 Executive Director of the American Library Association, Library War Service in World War I, Director of the United Nations Library.[67]
No award given 1943-1947
Herbert Putnam 1939 Librarian of Congress, Librarian, Boston Public Library, President, American Library Association.[68]
Mary U. Rothrock 1938 Supervisor, Tennessee Valley Authority libraries, President, Tennessee Library Association and Southeastern Library Association, President, American Library Association.[69]
Jennie M. Flexner 1938 Readers' advisor, New York Public Library, suffragist, author.[70]
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