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ALS System Awards

Year	Recipient	Award
2007	Kitty Pope and Lee Logan	ASCLA 2007 Leadership Achievement Award: A citation presented to recognize leadership and achievement in the following areas of activity: consulting, multi-type library cooperation, and state library development. The award recognizes sustained activity that has been characterized by professional growth and effectiveness, and has enhanced the status of these areas of activity. (The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Libraries Agencies (ASCLA) is a division of the American Library Association.)
2006	Alliance Library System	Employer's Association Award: Not-for-profit, less than 100 employees category. The award recognizes outstanding employers within the Employersâ€™ Association Membership that recognize employees as their greatest asset; employers that work with imagination and conviction to create organizational value and business results through their policies and best practices in human resource management.
2006	John Dittmer	ILA Trustee of the Year Award
2006	Second Life Library	2nd place in the Talis Mashing up the Library Competition
2006	Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, Alliance Library System, TAP Information Services and UIC-LHS	Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Network Library of the Year Award
2005	The Illinois Network of Libraries Serving the Print Impaired including the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center	Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Network Library of the Year Award
2005	Charmaine Starman	Reaching Forward South Support Staff Person of the Year
2005	Karen Bersche	Library Journal “Mover and Shaker” Award
2005	Alliance Library System, MITBC, ISLTBBS	Web Junction Building Digital Opportunity through Community Engagement level 4 for OPAL
2004	Lee Logan	Illinois Library Association Robert R. McClarren Legislative Development Award
2004	Denise Anton Wright	Illinois Library Association Davis Cup
2004	Alliance Library System, MITBC, OverDrive	American Library Association Leader in Technology Award for the project “E-Books Open Up the World of Print for the Visually Impaired.”
2004	Lori Bell	Library Journal “Mover and Shaker” Award
2003	Lori Bell	Illinois Library Association TBS Technical Services award
2003	Valerie Wilford	Illinois Library Association Hugh C. Atkinson/Demco Award
2002	Alliance Library System/ Mary-Carol Lindbloom and libraries	Virtual Reference Desk Conference Exemplary Service award
1999	Eileen Sheppard	Illinois Library Association Alexander J. Skrzypek Award
1998	Lori Bell	MCI Illinois Cybrarian of the Year Award