Awards

The North Carolina Library Association gives three awards:

• NCLA Distinguished Service Awards, presented every two years, or when deemed appropriate, to a member of the Association who has made significant contributions to the profession. Criteria include distinguished service to North Carolina, significant service or other professional contributions provided during either a short or long span of time, and service resulting in a regional or national impact on librarianship in general. Nominees may include librarians, paraprofessionals and other professionals in the profession and can be awarded posthumously.
• Honorary memberships, which are presented to lay citizens who have made outstanding contributions to the development of libraries and library programs in the state.
• Life memberships, which are given to retired librarians whose contributions to the state and the profession were especially notable. 

Sections and roundtables may also give awards.