| Year,Award / honor,Organization,Notes |
| 1976,Irita Van Doren Award,American Booksellers Association,For her many contributions to the cause of the book as an instrument of culture in American life |
| 1976,Harry Kalven Freedom of Expression Award,American Civil Liberties Union,Presented to the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association |
| 1978,Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award,"Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The iSchool at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign",For her outstanding contribution to the cause of intellectual freedom in libraries |
| 1983,Carl Sandburg Freedom to Read Award,Friends of the Chicago Public Library,"The award honors those who take a stand against censorship. Two years after receiving her award, Krug was leader of the committee to select the 1985 recipient." |
| 1984,Open Book Award,Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, |
| 1985,President’s Award,Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, |
| 1990,Intellectual Freedom Award,Illinois Library Association,The Intellectual Freedom Award recognizes those who have supported the goals of accessibility to information as advocated by the Illinois Library Association and the American Library Association. |
| 1994,Award for Intellectual Freedom,Ohio Educational Library Media Association,The Intellectual Freedom Award of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association honors those who support the Ohio library system and American Library Association values of free access to information and freedom to read as protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
| 1995,Roll of Honor Award,Freedom to Read Foundation,"She was honored by American Library Association Executive Director Elizabeth Martinez, for time serving as the executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation." |
| 1998,Joseph W. Lippincott Award,American Library Association,Described by the ALA as the highest honor of the profession |
| 2005,Doctor of Humane Letters,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Honorary doctorate |
| 2009,William J. Brennan Award,Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression,[MISSING] |
| 2009,Judith Krug Memorial Intellectual Freedom Panel,State of the Net Conference; Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus,Annual panel initiated in 2009 at the conference |
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