Nominations are open for Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

Up to ten librarians will be honored. Each will receive $5000, a plaque, and $500 travel stipend to attend an awards reception in New York.

There are three categories:

• public librarian nomination form
• school library media specialist nomination form
• college, community college, or university librarian nomination form

Eligibility requirements:
Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the ALA in library and information studies or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or at an accredited K-12 school.

Nominations close October 9, 2009. Winners of the 2008 "I Love My Librarian" award.

[source: the I Love Libraries website]