2022 Awards and Scholarship WinnersAuthor/Illustrator of the Year
Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant ISTE "Making IT Happen" Tara Cooper Weiss Wayne Township Public Schools Lifetime Membership Mary Jane McNally Bernards Township Outstanding Administrator Donna E. Calabrese Cliffside Park School District President’s Award Joyce Kasman Valenza Rutgers University Ruth Toor Outstanding Media Specialist Gabrielle M. Casieri Lawrence Township Public Schools Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program Jessica L. Piazza Harmony Township, Phillipsburg Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Beth Thomas Summit Public Schools | 2021 Awards and Scholarship Winners Author/Illustrator of the Year
Daniel Kirk Lifetime Membership Karen Brill Awards Committee Chair Outstanding Administrator Nina Obryk, Supervisor of Professional Development and Media Sayreville Public Schools President’s Award Angela Crockett Coxen Ruth Toor Outstanding Media Specialist Jennifer Latimer South Orange & Maplewood School District Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program Skye Silverstein Cherry Hill Public Schools Margaret-Adjoga-Otu Newark Public Schools | 2020 Awards and Scholarship WinnersAuthor/Illustrator of the YearWil Mara ISTE "Making IT Happen" Samantha Bremekamp Shrewsbury Borough School; Shrewsbury Lifetime Membership Fran King Standing Conference Committee Outstanding Administrator Roger León, Superintendent Newark Public Schools President’s Award Angela Crockett Coxen Ruth Toor Outstanding Media Specialist Iveth Mollinedo Cliffside Park School District Beth Willoughby Dunellen Public Schools |
2019President’s Award Jean Stock Larchmont Elementary School, Mount Laurel Ruth Toor Outstanding Library Media Specialist of the Year Elizabeth Willoughby John P. Faber School, Dunellen Intellectual Freedom Award Martha Hickson North Hunterdon High School North Hunterdon - Vorhees Regional High School District Outstanding Administrator of the Year Dr. Joseph N. Meloche, Superintendent Cherry Hill Public School District Author - Illustrator of the Year Brian Lies Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship Donna Swift Irwin Elementary School, East Brunswick “Making IT Happen” ISTE Award Jennifer Latimer Clinton Elementary School, Maplewood | 2018President’s AwardLaDawna Harrington Millburn High School, Millburn Casey Jane Schaffer Francis S, DeMasi Elementary and Middle School Evesham Township School District Library Media Specialist of the Year Joan Vicari Ocean City High School, Ocean City "Making IT Happen" Stephen Cullis Randolph High School, Randolph Tara Collins Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Fair Lawn Author/Illustrator of the Year Award Wendy Mass Lifetime Membership Pat Massey Library Assistant Award Kathy Pettit Whitehall School, Williamstown | 2017 President’s Award Joanne Roukens LibraryLinkNJ, Piscataway Author- Illustrator of the Year David Lubar Library Media Specialist of the Year Mary Lewis Kawameeh Middle School, Union Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program Monica Dennler Eastampton Community School, Eastampton Township Administrator of the Year Mary Albanese Jersey City Public Schools Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship Jessica Volk Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Edison Exemplary Advocate of School Libraries Award New Jersey Library Association |
2016 President’s Award Amy Rominiecki Seneca High School, Tabernacle Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program Beth Thomas and Megan Hartley Lawton C. Johnson Middle School, Summit Library Media Specialist of the Year Stephanie Singer Readington Middle School, Readington Township Administrator of the Year Keith Brook Clearview Regional High School, Mullica Hill Author- Illustrator of the Year Award Trinka Hakes Noble Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship Elizabeth Quinn Littleton Elementary School, Parsippany-Troy Hills Library Assistant of the Year Cindy Petrocelli T. Baldwin Demarest School, Old Tappan | 2015President’s Award Karen Brill Lenox Elementary School, Pompton Lakes Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program Jennifer Latimer Clinton Elementary School, South Orange Maplewood Administrator of the Year Daniel Moran Hammarskjold Middle School, East Brunswick Library Assistant of the Year Maryann Van Lenten Clara B. Worth School, Bayville Library Volunteer of the Year Robert Daub Middle School of Pleasantville, Pleasantville “Making IT Happen” ISTE Award Deborah Goetjen William Annin Middle School, Basking Ridge Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship Elizabeth Ullrich Cavallini Middle School, Upper Saddle River | 2014ISTE Making it Happen Award Renee Rogers, Hamilton Township High School East Library Assistant of the Year Karen Noggle, Newton High School Nominated by: Wendy Whipple Library Volunteer of the Year Award Jackie Smiley Edwards, Maurice Hawk Elementary School Nominated by: Sue Ferguson NJ Center for the Book Miss Rumphius Award Jennifer Jamison, Atlantic City High School NJASL Outstanding Author or Illustrator Award Carol Plum-Ucci Outstanding Administrator of the Year Mindy Milavsky, Lawrence Middle School Nominated by: Eileen R. Cramer, School Librarian Outstanding Media Specialist of the Year Renee Rogers, Hamilton Township High School East List of Statement Support: Mr. F.A. Ingargiola, Principal, Steinert High School President’s Award Fran King Villy Ghandi Leadership Training Scholarship Deborah Schiano, Madison Junior School |
Exemplary Advocate of School Libraries Award
Philip Berg, Executive Director of BELS Consortium, nominated by Kathleen Maynes
ISTE Making IT Happen Award
Elissa Malespina, South Orange/Maplewood
Jean E. Harris Progressive School Library Media Program Award
sponsored by Green Valley
Elissa Malespina, South Orange/Maplewood
Library Assistant of the Year Award
Gayle Luderitz, George L. Hess Educational Complex, nominated by Janet Yunghans and
Kristen Mulraney
Library Volunteer of the Year Awards
June Granito, Sicomac School, nominated by Patricia Noble
James Lowden, Horace Mann School Library, nominated by Diane Oeasau
Lifetime Memberships
Connie Hitchcock Madeline Ianni Nina Kemps
Dagmar Finkle Mary Jane Smith Pam Chesky
Leslie Blatt Mildred Younger Susan Heinis
NJASL Future Leader Awards
Sara Reichel
Melody Townley
NJASL Outstanding Author or Illustrator Award
Linda Bozzo
Outstanding Administrator of the Year Award
Dr. Johanna S. Ruberto, Ed.D., Superintendent of The Manville School District, Nominated
by Fifi Germano, Irene Hayden and Cynthia Cohrs-Brandt
Outstanding Media Specialist of the Year
Monica Dennler, Eastampton Community School, nomination by Shayne Russell
President's Award
Pat Massey
Villy Gandhi Leadership Training Scholarship
Christina Cucci, Reynolds School