Letters of application and any accompanying materials for 2025 may be sent to the selection committee via libdean@okstate.edu between the opening date (Feb. 1, 2025) and the closing date (March 3, 2025) at 5 p.m.

Emeritus librarian Jill Holmes upon her retirement from the OSU Library in 1992 established this award to honor Mary Greenberg & Marguerite Howland, former library employees. The award is given to full-time library employees for work-related higher education tuition, workshop and seminar registration fees and conference expenses. Recipients are invited to an awards lunch and are honored at the Edmon Low Library Staff Association's Spring Meeting

Requests for funds must be work-related and are considered in this order:

1. library science or work-related post-secondary course tuition;
2. workshop and seminar registration fees.
3. conference expenses.

All things being equal, awards are made with preference given in this order: non-exempt staff, exempt staff, then library faculty.

Past Award Winners

Year	Winners
2024	2024 Parker Bledsoe, Systems Karolana Foister, ETL
2023	2023 Hui-Fen Chang, CVHS Jacob Jackson, Communication Services Nina Thornton, Communication Services
2022	2022 Hui-Fen Chang, CVHS Brandon Katzir, DRDS
2021	2021 Hui-Fen Chang, CVHS William Davis, Communication Services Nina Thornton, Communication Services
2020	2020 William Davis, Communication Services Ben Hedges, Archives
2019	2019 Ben Hedges, Archives Maria Yepez, CVHS
2018	2018 Maria Yepez, CVHS Jamie Autry, Dean's Office
2017	2017 Milena Weaver, Circulation Juliana Nykolaiszyn, OOHRP Cristina Colquhoun, RLS Sarah Coates, Archives
2016	2016 Shannon Bowman, CML Ross Bowman, Systems Sarah Coates, Archives Tabitha Manners, DRDS
2015	2015 Shannon Bowman, CML Ross Bowman, Systems
2014	2014 Abby Albert, ILS Deb Hull, Acquisitions/Bindery Shannon Bowman, CML Ross Bowman , Systems
2013	2013 Kyle Fortney, Systems Deb Hull, Acquisitions Scott Lewis, Systems David Peters, SCUA
2012	2012 Deb Hull, Acquisitions Kyle Fortney, Systems David Peters, SCUA Bonnie Ann Cain-Wood, Dean's Office
2011	2011 Matthew Benbennick, Documents Shirley Tatum, MMR Deb Hull, Acquisitions David Peters, SCUA Kathleen Swinnea, Dean's Office
2010	2010 Jon Hall, Access Service Matthew Benbennick, Documents Shirley Tatum, MMR Melissa Beezley Fitzgerald, Cataloging Hannah Fortney, Cataloging Valerie Trammell, Dean's Office
2009	2009 Shirley Tatum, MMR Melissa Beezley, Cataloging
2008	2008 Amie Allen, CML
199	199 Amie Allen, CML
2006	2006 Kate Blalack, SCUA David Peters, SCUA
2005	2005 Tom Steele, Cataloging Bonnie Ann Cain, Dean's Office Shauna Clark, CML
2004	2004 Bonnie Ann Cain, Dean's Office Misty Smith, Bindery
2003	2003 Misty Smith, Bindery
2002	2002 Emily Williams, CML
2001	2001 Louisa Payne, Acquisitions
2000	2000 David Peters, Map Room
1999	1999 Kiem Dung Ta, Systems Department. She will use this award for her A+ Computer Specialist Certification Exam.
1998	1998 Jennifer Paustenbaugh, The Dean's Office
1997	1997 Kim Seagraves, Library Systems Holli Seery, Humanities & Social Sciences