The Friends of the Library Award, established in 1991, honors individuals for their outstanding volunteer service to the library over many years. They are recognized with a permanent plaque bearing their name in the library lobby. The recipients have been:

1991  Richard D. Whittemore

1993  Henry G. Salomon

1995  Ruth Wallace Feingold and Jacqueline Stark Wood

2001  Ruth D. Bogen

2003  Joyce and Robert Fieldsteel

2010  Martin Vogel

2011  Beverly Halm and Joan Kent

2014  Amy G. Bass

2019  Robert Lee Aitken

2025  Nancy Wright and Ellen Zimmerman 

Amy Bass, FOL president emerita; Pam O’Connell, FOL president; Keith Klang, library director; Nancy Wright; Ellen Zimmerman.