| 2011 | Nicole Prokop, San Jose State University |
| Andrea Ogier, University of Illinois |
| 2010 | Ivey Glendon, Florida State University |
| 2009 | Sara Newell, North Carolina Central University |
| 2008 | Jewel Rucker, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2007 | Angela Slaughter, Indiana University |
| 2006 | Claire Rasmussen, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| 2005 | Sarah M. Vital, School of Library and Information Science, San Jose Sate University |
| 2004 | Sandra Lorraine Wiles, University of Illinois |
| 2003 | Lyudmila Shpilevaya, Long Island University, Palmer School of Library and Information Science |
| 2002 | Angela Riggio, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2001 | Philip A. Homan, St. John's University |
| 2000 | Jacqueline P. Samples, University of Iowa |
| 1999 | Donna M. Viscuglia, Simmons College |
| 1998 | Michael Brown, University of New Mexico |
