Over the past 35 years the School Library Association of Queensland has presented life membership of the association to nine deserving people, in recognition of their many years of concerted effort and hard work to make the profession of teacher-librarianship in Queensland stronger. They are:
- Brian Bahnisch
- Margaret Dodgson
- Sally Fraser
- Judy Hunter
- Roy Lundin (now deceased)
- Mavis McKenzie
- Mary Messer
- Joan Pigrim
- Janice Cooper
- Mary Ann Salisbury
