Chicagoans of the Year for books, are librarians and library workers of Illinois, represented by Josephine Tucci, director of Lincolnwood public library, Julie Milavec, director of the Downers Grove public library, John Charastka of the library advocacy group EveryLibrary, Chris Brown, commissioner of the Chicago Public Library and Elizabeth Lynch, an Addison librarian, who helped lead a resistance in Niles-Maine area pitting library workers and their supporters against library board trustees accused of trying to defund and dismantle the library’s culture. The librarians gathered at The Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago on Dec. 13, 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)
