The annual Library Diversity Award is given to a library group or staff member who has advocated for diversity through their work at the library and/or in the local community.

2018: Monica Porter (Individual Award) and Digital Accessibility Team (Team Award)
2017: Erin Davis (Individual Award) and LIT Diversity Reading Club (Team Award)
2016: Marna Clowney-Robinson
2015: Patricia Anderson
2014: Gabriel Duque
2013: Martin Knott; special recognition: Paul Courant
2012: Shevon Desai
2011: Barbara MacAdam
2010: Fe Susan Go
2009: Helen Look
2008: Charles Ransom
2007: Anna Schnitzer
2006: Karen Downing
2005: Nita Patterson
2004: Kelly Webster
2003: Tim Retzloff
2002: Barbara Kolekamp, Scott Dennis
2001: LDC ex-officio members: Margo Crist, Lucy Cohen, Karen Downing, Bill Gosling, Brenda Johnson, Charles Ransom, Maurice Wheeler
2000: no record
1999: Hattie Summerhill
1998: Margaret Rowry
1997: Rosemary Whelan
1996: Barbara MacAdam, Carole N. Weber
1995: Deborah Heiden, Leif Backman, Joann Grantham
1994: BGALLA (now LILA), Ann Ridout
1993: Lucy Cohen, Elaine Jordan