2004 Achievement in Library Diversity Research Honoree
The ALA Office for Diversity Honors Dr. Kathleen de la Peña McCook for Achievement in Library Diversity Research at Orlando Annual Conference.
As part of its ongoing support of the propagation of library-based diversity research, the ALA Office for Diversity was pleased to announce the inaugural recipient of the "Achievement in Library Diversity Research", Dr. Kathleen de la Peña McCook.
Distinguished University Professor at the University of South Florida, School of Library and Information Science, Dr. McCook, has published an enormous body of work dedicated to effective library services to communities of color; ethnic and racial minorities and women in librarianship; and diversity in library and information science education, among other topics.
A respected educator, Dr. McCook taught at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Louisiana State University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison before coming to the University of South Florida and was elected ALISE president in 1997. She is the recipient of some of the profession’s highest awards among them, the Beta Phi Mu award for ‘Distinguished Service to Education for Librarianship’, the REFORMA Latino Librarian of the Year award, the ALISE President’s award, the Florida Library Association Transformer award and the ALISE award for ‘Research in Library and Information Science Education’.
In addition to her scholarly work, Dr. McCook is actively engaged in community building and advocacy in the South County region of Hillsborough County in South Florida.
Recipients of the Achievement in Library Diversity Research Honor receive complimentary Annual Conference registration. In lieu of this, Dr. McCook elected to donate the monetary portion of her award to the ALA Public Programs Office’s Cultural Communities Fund, an endowment created to support local libraries in establishing community and cultural programs. For more information on the Cultural Communities Fund see http://www.ala.org/ala/ppo/culturalcommunities.htm.
Dr. McCook received the honor at the "Charting Courses: Excellence in Diversity Research" program at ALA Annual in Orlando, during which recipients of the 2003 Diversity Research Grants, Jody Gray and Michelle Harrell, Rae-Anne Montague, and La Loria Konata and Dr. Tim Zou, shared the results of their research.
If you would like to nominate an individual for this annual honor, please submit their name, contact information and a short description of their recent research accomplishments to Tracie D. Hall, Director of the ALA Office for Diversity at thall@ala.org by April 15th.
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