According to Wikipedia, Kathleen de la Peña McCook is a library scholar, librarian, and activist. Much of her work centers around social justice, human rights, First Amendment issues, and the freedom of information. McCook has been active in a number of professional organizations within the field of librarianship. She was highly involved in the American Library Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship. She was the recipient of their 2016 Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a past president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education and the recipient of the 2003 Beta Phi Mu Award for "distinguished service in library education".
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Published Works
A place at the table : participating in community building (2000) (60)
Diversity Deferred: Where Are the Minority Librarians?. (1993) (30)
Ethnic Diversity in Library and Information Science (2000) (17)
Library Schools and Diversity: Who Makes the Grade?. (1997) (16)
Reconnecting Library Education and the Mission of Community. (2000) (16)
Poverty, Democracy and Public Libraries (2001) (13)
Public Libraries and People in Jail (2004) (11)
Breaking the $30K Barrier: Placement & Salaries 97. (1998) (10)
Cultural Heritage Institutions and Community Building. (Community Building) (2002) (10)
Toward a Just and Productive Society: An Analysis of the Recommendations of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. (1993) (10)
Women of color in librarianship : an oral history (1998) (7)
Library services to youth of Hispanic heritage (2000) (7)
Human Rights, Democracy and Librarians (2008) (6)
Planning for a Diverse Workforce in Library and Information Science Professions. Revised Edition. (1997) (6)
Developing Readers' Advisory Services: Concepts and Commitments (1993) (6)
Librarians and Comprehensive Community Initiatives (2000) (6)
Rebuilding community in Louisiana after the Hurricanes of 2005 (2006) (6)
Authentic Discourse as a Means of Connection between Public Library Service Responses and Community-Building Initiatives. (Community Building) (2001) (6)
Service to Day Laborers: A Job Libraries Have Undone. (Community Building) (2002) (6)
Community Building and Latino Families (2001) (6)
Where Would We Be without Them? Libraries and Adult Education Activities: 1966-91. (1992) (6)
Collaboration Generates Synergy: Saint Paul Public Library the College of St. Catherine, and the "Family Place" Program. (Community Building) (2001) (5)
The First Virtual Reality. (1993) (5)
Chronology of Milestones for Libraries and Adult Lifelong Learning and Literacy. (2002) (4)
Transformations of Librarianship in Support of Learning Communities (2003) (4)
Suppressing the Commons: Misconstrued patriotism vs. a psychology of liberation (2003) (4)
Rocks in the Whirlpool: Equity of Access and the American Library Association. (2002) (4)
Librarians as Advocates for the Human Rights of Immigrants (2007) (3)
Community Indicators, Genuine Progress, and the Golden Billion (2001) (3)
