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Annual Conference

Awards, Scholarships & Stipends

TLA Awards & Scholarships

Association awards and scholarships honoring excellence in, and contributions to, the library profession.
  1. Librarian of the Year
  2. Distinguished Service
  3. Lifetime Achievement
  4. Outstanding Services to Libraries
  5. Wayne Williams Library Project of the Year
  6. Libraries Change Communities Award
  7. Benefactor Award
  8. Branding Iron Awards
  9. Sam G. Whitten Intellectual Freedom Award
  10. Texas Library Champions
  11. TLA Scholarships

Unit Awards & Scholarships

Awards and scholarships presented by TLA’s divisions and round tables.
  1. Ashley Bryan Award
  2. Distinguished Service – School Administrators Award
  3. Shirley Igo Award
  4. Media Virtual Presence Award
  5. Texas Youth Creators Awards
  6. Library Instruction Project of the Year
  7. Siddie Joe Johnson Award
  8. Outstanding Service in Library Instruction
  9. Small Community Librarian Award
  10. Small Community Library Advocate Award
  11. Jack Alton Strawn Standing TALL Award
  12. TASL Library Information School Scholarship
  13. Queers & Allies Round Table Advocacy Award
  14. Young Adult Reading Incentive Award

Stipends

Presented by TLA districts, divisions, and roundtables to support event attendance and membership.
  1. Black Caucus
  2. Children’s Round Table
  3. CULD Scholarships & Stipends
  4. District 2
  5. District 8
  6. H-E-B Strong Texas Libraries TLA Annual Conference Stipend
  7. Devin Zimmerman – Library Instruction
  8. Public Libraries
  9. LIFTA Stipend
  10. LIRT Stipend for TALL Texans
  11. TASL Stipends
  12. Tocker Foundation
  13. NMRT Stipends
  14. YART Stipends

Grants

Funding to support library programming and growth.
  1. Summer at The Library Grant
  2. Strong Texas Libraries Collection Development Grant
  3. J. Frank Dobie Library Trust
  4. Jeanette & Jim Larson Grant
  5. Texas Library Disaster Relief
  6. Woll Memorial Fund
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