2012 Library of the Year
David A. Cofrin Library, UW-Green Bay
- 2011 Waukesha Public Library
- 2010 Monona Public Library
- 2009 UW-Sheboygan University Library
- 2008 Elisha D. Smith Public library, Menasha
- 2007 Middleton Public Library
- 2006 Fond du Lac Public Library
- 2005 Rhinelander District Library
- 2004 Hedberg Library, Carthage College, Kenosha
- 2003 Appleton Public Library, Appleton
- 2002 T.B. Scott Free Library, Merrill
- 2001 West Bend Community Memorial Library
- 2000 Johnson Public Library, Darlington
- 1999 La Crosse Public Library, La Crosse
- 1998 Hedberg Public Library, Janesville
- 1997 Marathon County Public Library, Wausau
- 1996 Loyal Public Library
- 1995 Wisconsin Regional Primate Center Library, Madison
- 1993 Brown County Library, Green Bay
- 1992 Jim Dan Hill Library, UW-Superior
- 1991 Marshfield Public Library
- 1990 Steenbock Memborial Library, UW-Madison
- 1989 Amery Public Library
- 1988 Elisha D. Smith Library, Menasha
- 1987 Madison Area Technical College Information Resources Center System
- 1986 Wauwatosa Public Library
- 1985 WILS -- Wisconsin Interlibrary Services
- 1984 Luther Hospital Library Services, Eau Claire
- 1983 Library Learning Center, UW-Stout, Menomonie
- 1982 Karrmann Library, UW-Platteville
- 1981 Maude Shunk Public Library, Menomonee Falls
- 1980 Brown County Library, Green Bay
- 1979 McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids
- 1978 Library/Learning Center, UW-Parkside, Kenosha
- 1977 T.B. Scott Free Library, Merrill
- 1976 Southwest Wisconsin Library System, Fennimore
- 1975 Mead Public Library, Sheboygan
- 1974 Reference and Loan Library, Madison
- 1972 Charles M. White Memorial Public Library, Stevens Point
- 1971 Instructional Materials Center, Madison Public Schools
- 1969 Beloit Public Library, Janesville Public Library
- 1968 LaCrosse Public Library
- 1967 Instructional Materials System, Racine County Unified School District No. 1
- 1966 Madison Public Library
- 1965 Wausau Public Library
- 1964 Forrest R. Polk Library, Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh
- 1963 Vaughn Public Library, Ashland
- 1962 Beloit College Libraries
- 1961 Wisconsin Free Library Commission
- 1960 Milwaukee Public Library
- 1958 Racine Public Library
- 1956 Mequon-Thiensville Public Library
- 1955 Cudahy Public Library
