Advocate for School Libraries Award
This award honors a person or group (not currently employed in the school library) who has advocated for school libraries within the past year.
2025
Kirsten Saint
Director of Elementary Instruction
Ceres Unified School District
2021
Nick Glass
Founder & Head
TeachingBooks
2020
Debra Lockwood
Library Media Supervisor
Tulare County Office of Education
2019
Nancy McFadden, posthumously
Mary Beth Barber
2017
Sen. Tony Mendoza
Senator, Senate District 32
California Senate
2016
Mark Archon, Ed.D.
Director, Instructional Technology Services
Fresno County Office of Education
Fresno, CA
2015
Friends of the Oakland Public Schools Libraries
Oakland Unified
2011
Steve Lopez, LA Times Journalist
Franny Parrish, Library Para-professional, Los
Angeles USD
Connie Williams, TL NBCT Petaluma JUHSD
2010
Patrick Nelson, Mrs. Nelson's Library Services
2009
Dr. Stephen Krashen Prof. of Linguistics Emeritus, USC
Yvette Carbrera, Columnist, The Orange County Register