Awards and Recognition Received by the Internet Public Library

The IPL is very pleased to have been selected!

• Homeschool.com's Top 100 Web Sites for 2007/2008 (Febuary 2008)
• 2007 Dr. Hotlist's Site of the Week. (September 2007)
• U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant (2007)
• 2006 American Library Association's (ALA) Association for Library Service for Children (ALSC) Great Web Sites for Kids. (February 2003)
• 2002 Computerworld Honors Program. (February 2003)
• Yahoo! Pick of the Day, 20 Mar 2002. (March 2002)
• Featured in The New York Public Library Literature Companion (Online Literatry Criticism, November 2001)
• Featured on LibrarySpot.com (April 2001)
  • Ask an Expert
  • Literary Criticism
  • Reference
• StudyWeb: Academic Excellence Award (Poison Prevention, March 2001)
• BigChalk Best Award (March 2001)
• StudyWeb: Academic Excellence Award (Say Hello, February 2001)
• Awesome Library Editor's Choice - Top 5% in K-12 Education (Youth Division, February 2001)
• Executive Library Best of the Net (January 2001 2001)
• Virtual Reference Desk Exemplary Digital Reference Services 2000 Award (October 2000)
• Galaxy's 30 Days on the Internet Top 10 Site (October 2000)
• 300 Incredible Things For Women on the Internet Featured Award (October 2000)
• SchoolZone Highly Rated 5 Star Rating
  • Music History 102, July 2000
  • Ask a Question, July 2000
• Wanna Learn Selected Instructional Site (A+ Writing Guide, June 2000)
• GovSpot Spotlight Award (POTUS, February 2000)
• ALA RUSA MARS Best 25 Reference Sites 1999 (February 1999)
• LibrarySpot.com's Top 100 Educational Web Sites of 1999: Writing (1999)
• Writing a Paper
• USA Today Hot Site (POTUS, Febrary 13, 1998)
• Education Index Top Site (A+ Research & Writing Guide)
• Education Index Top Site
• Learning in Motion Top Ten Educational Site (Youth Division, December 1997)
• World Village Family Site of the Day (Youth Division, November 30, 1997)
• 1998 Ducky Award Winner
• Parenting Q&A Seal of Approval (November 1997)
• SelectSurf Outstanding Site
• Online Educator Super Site
• Top Ten Sites (November 17, 1997)
• Suite 101 Top 5 Web Site
• Snap! Online Best of the Web (Shakespeare Bookshelf)
• Snap! Online Best of the Web
• Teeter Totter Recommended Site
• Blue Web'n Applications: History Reference/Tool (4 stars) (POTUS)
• Discovery Channel School Science Mysteries Theme Site (Egyptian Forgeries Exhibition)
• Mindspring Back-To-School Site
• Gold Bookmark Award (August 6, 1997)
• CyberTeddy Online Awesome Universal WebSite 500
• L.A. Times Pick (POTUS, June 17, 1997)
• Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages Don't-Miss Hotlist (Reference, Youth)
• Cool Bananas Site of the Day (June 25, 1997)
• Scout Report Selection (Native American Authors, June 9, 1997)
• Net Find of the Week (Stately Knowledge, June 2, 1997)
• NBNews Editor's Choice Awards (Native American Authors, May 1997)
• Books AtoZ Site of the Week (April 30, 1997)
• The Tech Ten (Teen Division, April 1997)
• Political Site of the Day (POTUS, April 8, 1997)
• Crib Sheet Selection (March 1997)
• CityScape One-Stop Web Site
• Luckman Interactive Four-Star Site
• LookSmart Editor's Choice
• NetGuide Gold Site (Reference Center)
• HomePC Top 500 Web Sites (Music History 101 Exhibit)
• Scout Report Selection (Dinosaur Exhibition)
• Scout Report Selection (Reading Room Online Texts)
• BigBook ShortList
• Fledge Approved (Youth Division)
• Surfing the Net With Kids: Four Stars (Story Hour)
• National Information Infrastructure Awards 1996 Semi-finalist, Public Access Category
• Librarians' Site du Jour (POTUS, October 24, 1996)
• WebCrawler Select Site
• Walking the World Wide Web Premiere Site
• An Internet Moment (AON, October 22, 1996)
• Education Station Exceptional Content Award (POTUS)
• WebPilot WINGS Original Link Recognition
• PRN Radio Award of Excellence (October 14, 1996)
• Suite 101 top 30 educational resources
• USA Today Hot Site for Thursday, April 18.
• Maczynski's Info Service Super Site
• Cool Library of the Week (Week of April 8, 1996).
• Internet Business 500 Premiere Site (Business Ready Reference Collection)
• Learning in Motion Top Ten Educational Site
• Kaplan Student Choice Award
• Reviewed by Magellan: 4 Stars (Youth Division)
• Point Communications top 5% of all Web Sites
• MacUser 101 Must-see Sites
• PC Magazine Top 100 Web Sites, January 1996