She was the first recipient of the Herb Biblo Outstanding Leadership Award for Social Justice and Equality in 2022.

"[4] and "Conscience v. Political Expediency at ALA."[5] In the early 1990s she co-wrote a column Talkin' Union with Mark Rosenzweig for Library Journal.

She has been a member of the American Library Association and the Social Responsibilities Round Table of ALA for 35 years.

[2] Harger's first professional librarian job was at the Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. School of Labor Studies, a branch of Empire State College in New York City where she was also the union representative to the United University Professions-American Federation of Teachers from 1989 to 1995.

[1] She was responsible for the opening of a library at PS/IS 176, the W. Haywood Burns School in New York City.