Maher Stern Award

An annual award to an outstanding NYPL Branch Librarian and his/her staff.

The Maher Stern Award for Service Excellence was established by Allison Maher Stern and her husband Leonard Stern in 1993, to recognize a Branch Librarian and his or her staff who have done an exemplary job in providing outstanding community service.  This Award is central to our work at The New York Public Library because it recognizes the Library's most important asset: our dedicated and hardworking staff. Each year, the Award is given to the winning Librarian who receives a $1,000 cash award and a certificate, along with $1,000 for the Branch to help enhance its quality of service.

• 2009 Award Goes to the Grand Concourse Branch
• 2007 Award Goes to the Bronx Library Center
• 2006 Maher Stern Award Goes to New Dorp Branch
• 2005: Hamilton Grange Branch Library (06-08-05)
• 2004: Morrisania Branch Library (06-11-04)
• 2003: Job Information Center (05-27-03)
• 2002: Donnell Media Center (05-31-02)
• 2001: South Beach Branch Library (03-28-09)
• 2000: Hamilton Fish Park Branch Library (10-20-00)
• 1999: Chatham Square Branch Library (06-15-99)
• 1998: Aguilar Branch Library (03-19-98)
• 1997: Melrose Branch Library (03-20-97)