INFOhio Hugh Durbin Leadership Award - to encourage and support greater involvement in the leadership of INFOhio by practicing library media center personnel by identifying potential new leaders and facilitating their participation in INFOhio sponsored activities. Past recipients:

2012 - Paula Baco, Library Media Specialist, Trumbull Career and Technical Center 2011 - Not given 2010 - Not given 2009: Brenda Gehm, Director of Library Services, Monroe Local Schools 2008: Karon Lippincott, Library Media Specialist, Beachwood Middle School 2007: Connie Carnicom, Library Media Specialist, Fostoria Community Schools 2006: Debbie Reynolds, Library Media Coordinator, Findlay City Schools 2005: Cheri Forster, Head of Cataloging Department & Project Manager for Library Automation, Columbus Public Schools 2004: Carol Williamson Gibson, District Library Media Coordinator, Elida Local Schools 2003: Jane Puleo, Library Media Specialist, Garfield Heights High School 2002: Diana Kiehl, Library Media and District Information Specialist, Crestview Local Schools 2001: Nancy Nickell, Library Media Specialist, Wheelersburg High School

INFOhio Spence White Service Award - to recognize exemplary service provided to the INFOhio community by ITC personnel. Past recipients:

2012: Trish Baker, Media Resources Coordinator, Licking Area Computer Association , and Karen Coy, INFOhio Liaison, Hamilton/Clermont Cooperative Association 2011: Judy Swerline, NWOCA Educational Technologist 2010: Noreen Lehmann, Greg Perciak, Lori Slingerland and Curt Vigg, the Lakeshore Northeast Ohio Computer Association (LNOCA) Library Systems Support Team 2008: Linda Ehrnschwender, LEECA Media Services Liaison 2007: Dianna Ashburn, SPARCC Manager of Library Automation Services 2007: Christina Schmoll, NOECA Library Services Support Specialist 2006: Dave Savastone, OME-RESA INFOhio Manager 2005: Michael Wildermuth and the INFOhio Technical Support Team 2004: Davey Simo, NEOMIN Library Support Specialist 2003: Terri Shutt, INFOhio Technical Support Team Leader

LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) Grants - Federal grants awarded and distributed by the State Library of Ohio.

OELMA Scholarships and Awards - also includes information on the Innovative School Library Practices Award sponsored by Leadership for School Libraries (L4SL) and other grants.

Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff Creative Outreach Grant for Teachers and Librarians - Two grants up to $1,000 will be awarded for outstanding proposals to develop new classroom or library programs that raise awareness of multicultural literature among young people, particularly but not exclusively through the works of Virginia Hamilton. Each year one grant will be awarded to a teacher, another to a librarian. Eligible applicants must currently work with or plan to work with children or adolescents in any grade from preschool through high school or in a public or school library. Yearly application deadline: February 28.