Judith Krug
Died: April 11, 2009
How do you describe someone like Judith Krug who seemed larger than life…? She was:
Freedom of Speech Advocate
Critic of censorship
Director of ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom for over 40 years
Founder of Banned Books Week
Recipient of numerous awards including:
· Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service in Librarianship
· Harry Kalven Freedom of Expression Award from the ACLU
· Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
· William J. Brennen, Jr. award, from the Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression.
Obituary – New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/us/15krug.html
Intellectual Freedom Pioneer
https://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/article/view/547/471
ALA – In Memoriam
https://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/judithkrug/judithkrugobit
ACLU – In Memory of First Amendment Champion Judith Krug
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/memory-first-amendment-champion-judith-krug
ACLU – In Appreciation of Judith Krug
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/appreciation-judith-krug
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/remembering-first-amendment-champion-judith-krug
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Krug
Freedom to Read Foundation – The Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund
https://www.ftrf.org/page/Krug_Fund
Submitted by June Garcia
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In honor of the Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary of ALA) in 2026, the Library History Round Table is hosting Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026. This collage of tributes seeks to honor librarians who died between 1976-2026. The tributes are published to ALA Connect and a digital memorial on LHRT News & Notes.
We invite tributes from anyone about any library worker who passed away between 1976-2026. To submit a tribute, please use the form at https://lhrt.news/librarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026-2/
For questions or comments, please reach out to Dr. Kathleen McCook (kmccook@usf.edu) or Brett Spencer (dbs21@psu.edu).
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Brett Spencer
Reference Librarian
Thun Library, Penn State Berks
He/Him/His
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