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Congratulations to our 2025 ASLA Award Winners!
Congratulations to our 2025 ASLA Award Winners!
Ann Marie Pipkin Technology Award
Ann Marie Pipkin Technology Award
The Ann Marie Pipkin Library Technology Award is granted to a person who has shown outstanding leadership in advancing the practice of educational technology over a substantial period of time. The nominee must be currently employed in an Alabama K-12 school library program. It is required that the nominee also be a current member of ASLA.
Stephanie Pettis
Stephanie Pettis
Congratulations to our 2025 Ann Marie Pipkin Technology Award Winner!
"Recently, she taught first graders the super three research model, guiding students with collecting research on a season. Then, she taught students how to create a nonfiction digital book cover with Canva to display the collaborative learning that took place in the library, STEM lab, and classroom. Now, students show excitement to use Canva organically in real world settings."
Distinguished Service to Librarianship
Distinguished Service to Librarianship
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual member of the library profession, such as a current or retired school librarian, administrator, professor, or mentor. Over a significant period of time, this individual has made an outstanding contribution to school librarianship and school library development. The nominee must be currently employed in or retired within three years from an Alabama K-12 school library program. It is required that the nominee also be a current member of ASLA.
Jennifer Northrup
Jennifer Northrup
Congratulations to our 2025 Distinguished Service to Librarianship Award Winner!
"Jennifer Northrup is an exceptional leader in school librarianship, known for her dedication to excellence and innovation throughout her career. Her work at Harriette W. Gwin Elementary and contributions to the library profession at local, state, and national levels make her a standout candidate for the Distinguished Service Award..”
Distinguished School Administrator
Distinguished School Administrator
The Distinguished School Administrator Award honors a school or district administrator who has supported an exemplary school library program and has made outstanding and sustained contributions, which have advanced the role of the school library in the educational program.
Purpose
To honor those administrators outside the library profession who through individual leadership and sustained effort have made worthy contributions to the operations of effective school library services and to advancing the role of the school library services in the educational program.
To recognize the responsible and influential role of those administrators outside the school library department in developing successful school library programs.
To stimulate planning, implementing and support of the library services which are essential to a meaningful educational program.
Heather WHite &
Heather WHite &
Chris Sims
Chris Sims
Congratulations to our 2025 Distinguished School Administrator Award Winners!
“Their leadership has transformed our library program through unwavering support for professional development, deliberate promotion of collaboration, and passionate commitment to creating a thriving reading community."
Alabama School Library of the Year Award
Alabama School Library of the Year Award
The Alabama School Library of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding school library program that provides an innovative and creative learning environment for children or teens. The nominee must be currently employed in an Alabama K-12 school library program. It is required that the nominee also be a current member of ASLA.
Anna McMillen
Anna McMillen
Congratulations to our 2025 School Library of the Year Award Winner!
“Through her leadership, the library has become a hub of creativity, collaboration, and learning that extends far beyond its walls. She has reimagined the library’s role by implementing initiatives to inspire student participation in the Accelerated Reader program, fostering a culture of reading that excites students of all ages and abilities.”
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