- TLA Awards & Scholarships
- Librarian of the Year
- Distinguished Service
- Lifetime Achievement
- Outstanding Services to Libraries
- Wayne Williams Library Project of the Year
- Libraries Change Communities Award
- Benefactor Award
- Branding Iron Awards
- Sam G. Whitten Intellectual Freedom Award
- Demco/Upstart Innovative Programming Award
- Texas Library Champions
- TLA Scholarships
- Unit Awards & Scholarships
- Ashley Bryan Award
- Distinguished Service – School Administrators Award
- Shirley Igo Award
- Media Virtual Presence Award
- Texas Youth Creators Award
- Library Instruction Project of the Year
- Siddie Joe Johnson Award
- Outstanding Service in Library Instruction
- Small Community Librarian Award
- Small Community Library Advocate Award
- Jack Alton Strawn Standing TALL Award
- TASL Library Information School Scholarship
- Young Adult Reading Incentive Award
- Stipends
- Black Caucus
- Children’s Round Table Stipends
- CULD Stipends
- District 3
- District 8
- ESCUE-Paraprofessionals
- H-E-B Strong Texas Libraries TLA Annual Conference Stipend
- Jr. Library Guild-Diversity & Inclusion
- Devin Zimmerman- Library Instruction
- Public Libraries
- Small Community-Biblionix
- LIFTA Stipend
- LIRT Stipend for TALL Texans
- TASL Stipend
- Tocker Foundation
- YART Stipends
- Grants
TLA Awards & Scholarships
- Librarian of the Year
- Distinguished Service
- Lifetime Achievement
- Outstanding Services to Libraries
- Wayne Williams Library Project of the Year
- Libraries Change Communities Award
- Benefactor Award
- Branding Iron Awards
- Sam G. Whitten Intellectual Freedom Award
- Demco/Upstart Innovative Programming Award
- Texas Library Champions
- TLA Scholarships
Texas Library Champions
- TLA Awards & Scholarships
- Librarian of the Year
- Distinguished Service
- Lifetime Achievement
- Outstanding Services to Libraries
- Wayne Williams Library Project of the Year
- Libraries Change Communities Award
- Benefactor Award
- Branding Iron Awards
- Sam G. Whitten Intellectual Freedom Award
- Demco/Upstart Innovative Programming Award
- Texas Library Champions
- TLA Scholarships
- Unit Awards & Scholarships
- Ashley Bryan Award
- Distinguished Service – School Administrators Award
- Shirley Igo Award
- Media Virtual Presence Award
- Texas Youth Creators Award
- Library Instruction Project of the Year
- Siddie Joe Johnson Award
- Outstanding Service in Library Instruction
- Small Community Librarian Award
- Small Community Library Advocate Award
- Jack Alton Strawn Standing TALL Award
- TASL Library Information School Scholarship
- Young Adult Reading Incentive Award
- Stipends
- Black Caucus
- Children’s Round Table Stipends
- CULD Stipends
- District 3
- District 8
- ESCUE-Paraprofessionals
- H-E-B Strong Texas Libraries TLA Annual Conference Stipend
- Jr. Library Guild-Diversity & Inclusion
- Devin Zimmerman- Library Instruction
- Public Libraries
- Small Community-Biblionix
- LIFTA Stipend
- LIRT Stipend for TALL Texans
- TASL Stipend
- Tocker Foundation
- YART Stipends
- Grants
Texas Library Champions are individuals and organizations whose influence has changed the landscape of Texas libraries today and for years to come. TLA began honoring library champions in 2002 in commemoration of the association’s 100th anniversary.
Congratulations to the 2024 Texas Library Champions
Learn more about these outstanding individuals.
Linda Allmand (1937-2020) | Dr. Teri Lesesne (1952-2021) |
Sharon Amastae | Dr. Marla McGhee |
Dr. Barry Bishop (1951-2012) | Dr. Robert Martin |
Dr. Virginia Massey Bowden (1939-2022) | Dr. Joe McCord (1936-2011) |
Sharon Carr | Maria Elena Ovalle |
Dr. Yvonne Chandler (1957-2020) | Dr. Gleniece Robinson |
Dr. Joe Dahlstrom | Dana Rooks |
Beth Wheeler Fox | Dr. Loriene Roy |
Rhoda Goldberg | Cyd Sheffy (1948-2022) |
Dorcas Hand | Mark Smith |
Kathy Hoffman | Pat Smith |
Dr. Barbara Immroth (1942-2021) | James Stewart (1944-2017) |
Mary Lankford (1932-2023) | Dr. Julie Todaro |
Jeanette Larson | Dr. Herman Totten |
Rose Treviño (1951-2010) |