Judith Krug - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

• 1976 Irita Van Doren Award, presented by the American Booksellers Association for her many contributions to the cause of the book as an instrument of culture in American life;
• 1976 Harry Kalven Freedom of Expression Award, presented by the American Civil Liberties Union to the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association;
• 1978 Robert B. Downs Award for her outstanding contribution to the cause of intellectual freedom in libraries;
• 1983 Carl Sandburg "Freedom to Read" Award, presented by the Friends of the Chicago Public Library;
• 1984 Open Book Award, presented by the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union;
• 1985 President’s Award of the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union;
• 1990 Intellectual Freedom Award of the Illinois Library Association;
• 1994 Ohio Educational Library Media Association/SIRS Award for Intellectual Freedom;
• 1995 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award;
• 1998 Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service to the library profession.
• In May 2005, Krug received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• 2009 William J. Brennan Award, presented posthumously by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. She was only the fifth person selected to receive this award since the award was initiated in 1993.William J. Brennan Award
• In 2009, the State of the Net conference initiated the annual Judith Krug Memorial Intellectual Freedom Panel.