Kathleen de la Peña McCook
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'''Kathleen de la Peña McCook''' is Distinguished University Professor at the [[University of South Florida]]. She has also been on the faculties of the School of Library and Information Science at [[Louisiana State University]] and of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]. She earned her MA at the Graduate Library School of the [[University of Chicago]], her MA in English at [[Marquette University]] and her PhD at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]. Her academic specializations include [[human rights]]; [[social justice]] and [[librarianship]]; libraries building communities; [[poverty]] and [[library]] services; adult [[lifelong learning]] and [[literacy]]; theories of [[reading (activity)|reading]]; libraries as cultural heritage institutions; and [[public library|public librarianship]].
McCook has written for '' Progressive Librarian, Public Libraries, Public Library Quarterly, Reference and User Services Quarterly, Library Quarterly, [[Library Journal]], American Libraries, Catholic Library World, Web Junction, Threshold, and Library Trends''. She has contributed to, edited, and assisted with books; including ''The Role of Women in Librarianship 1876-1976: The Entry, Advancement, and Struggle for Equalization in One Profession'' (Oryx Press); ''The Status of Women in Librarianship: Historical, Sociological and Economic Issues'' (Neal-Schuman); ''Career Profiles of Librarians'' (American Library Association); ''On Account of Sex: An Annotated Bibliography on the Status of Women in Librarianship 1977-1981'' (with Katharine Phenix. American Library Association); ''Librarians for the New Millennium'' (American Library Association); ''Occupational Entry: Library and Information Science Students' Attitudes, Demographics and Aspirations'' (American Library Association); ''Adult Services: an Enduring Focus for Public Libraries'' (American Library Association); ''Partners for Lifelong Learning: Public Libraries and Adult Education'' (US Dept. of Education); ''Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage'' (McFarland, 2000); ''A Place at the Table: Participating in Community Building'' (ALA Editions, 2000); and ''Libraries & Democracy: The Cornerstones of Liberty'' (ALA Editions, 2001),'''Introduction to Public Librarianship''' (Neal-Schuman, 2004).
McCook facilitates the “Librarian-At-the-Kitchen-Table” and "Union Librarian" blogs. She is a past president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (1987), recipient of the [[American Library Association]] Achievement in Library Diversity Research Award, Beta Phi Mu Award, Elizabeth Futas Award, and Equality Award. Kathleen de la Peña McCook was also [[REFORMA]]’s 2002 Latina Librarian of the Year. In 2007 she received the Florida Library Association, Lifetime
Achievement Award.[http://www.flalib.org/previous_Award_Winners.html].
McCook is active in the [[Tampa Bay]], Florida area, having participated in the Community Action Board of Hillsborough County, and in an Asset Mapping for Youth Development community initiative. McCook is a community [[activism|activist]], a senator for the United Faculty of Florida union, and a past member of the Coordinating Committee of the Progressive Librarians Guild. She now serves on the editorial board of the journal, ''Progressive Librarian''.
==External links==
*[http://www.alise.org/ ALISE]
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsbucket/betaphimuaward/betaphimurecipients.htm Beta Phi Mu Award]
*[http://www.libr.org/PL/25_Hudson.html Book Review of Introduction to Public Librarianship]
*[http://librarianoutreach.blogspot.com/ “A Librarian at the Kitchen Table” Blog]
*[http://unionlibrarian.blogspot.com/ "Union Librarian" Blog]
*[http://www.libr.org/PLG Progressive Librarians Guild]
*[http://www.reforma.org REFORMA]
*[http://w3.usf.edu/%7Euff/ United Faculty of Florida]
*[http://www.dom.edu/gslis/about.asp?schnav_id=2170&tschnav_id=10 McCusker Lecturer, Dominican University, 2003]
*[http://www.chipublib.org/003cpl/scholars/scholarsprog.html Chicago Public Library Scholar in Residence, 2003]
*[http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/staff/commwork/lectures/nakata.shtml Nakata Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago.]
*[http://www.libr.org/pl/ Progressive Librarian]
*[http://hhptf.org/article/311/rusq-community-building-column-to-end Hunger, Homelessness & Poverty Task Force]
*[http://www.cathla.org/awards_brubaker.php John Brubaker Memorial Award]
*[http://librarian.lishost.org/ Librarian]
==References==
*Association for Library and Information Science Education. (2003). ALISE History Page. Retrieved November 15, 2005 from http://www.alise.org/about/history.html
*Kathleen de la Peña McCook. (2005). Retrieved November 4, 2005 from University of South Florida, School of Library and Information Science department Web site at http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/mccook/
*Marquis Who’s Who. (2005). Kathleen de la Peña McCook. Retrieved November 4, 2005 from Biography Resource Center database at http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
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