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.
  • 2011 recipient: Dr. Robert Burgin
     
• Honorary memberships, which are presented to lay citizens who have made outstanding contributions to the development of libraries and library programs in the state.
  • 2011 recipient: Ruth Holleman, former Chair of the Wake County Library Commission (posthumous)
     
• Life memberships, which are given to retired librarians whose contributions to the state and the profession were especially notable.
  • 2011 recipient: Dr. Beverley Gass
     

Sections and roundtables may also give awards.  These include:

• Marilyn Miller Award for Professional Commitment, Women's Issues in Librarianship Roundtable
  • 2011 recipient: Dale Cousins
• College & University Section Student Scholarships Awards
  • 2011 recipients: Erin Carrillo, UNC - Chapel Hill; Tamara Rhodes, NC Central University
• The Query-Long Scholarship for work with children or young adults.
  • 2011 recipient: Cathryn Hughes, Appalachian State University
• The William H. Roberts Public Library Distinguished Service Award, Public Library Section
  • 2011 recipient: Phillip Whitford, Braswell Memorial Library
• Meralyn G Meadows Scholarship, NC Library Paraprofessional Association
  • 2011 recipient: Jonda Sanders
• Round Table for Ethnic Minority Concerns Roadbuilder Award
  • 2011 Recipient: Annie H. Coleman, Academic Librarianship
  • 2011 Recipient: Agnes Ho, Public Librarianship