Kathleen de la Peña McCook

She earned her MA in Library Science from the University of Chicago Graduate Library School in 1974, and her Ph.D. in 1980 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Library and Information Sciences.

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.{{cite web|title=Kathleen de la Pena McCook Papers, 1976-2012|url=http://archives.library.illinois.edu/alaarchon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=7808|website=American Library Association Archives|access-date=9 June 2014}} She is a past president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education.

McCook has taught full-time since 1978.{{cite web|title=Kathleen de la Peña McCook|url=http://www.emergingleaders.ala.org/leadershiplessons/?p=88|website=Leadership Lessons|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=9 June 2014|archive-date=August 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828060117/http://www.emergingleaders.ala.org/leadershiplessons/?p=88|url-status=dead}} She has served on the faculties of Dominican University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Louisiana State University. Currently, she is serving as a Distinguished University Professor at the University of South Florida's School of Information. She also served as 2003 scholar-in-residence for the Chicago Public Library.{{cite web|title=Librarians and Human Rights|url=http://www.ala.org/offices/olos/olosprograms/jeanecoleman/index3|website=American Library Association|access-date=9 June 2014}}

• 2019 Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship.{{cite web |title=Kathleen de la Peña Mc Cook Receives the 2019 Joseph W. Lippincott Award |url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2019/04/kathleen-de-la-pe-mc-cook-receives-2019-joseph-w-lippincott-award |website=American Library Association |access-date=17 April 2019}}
• 2016 Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award, REFORMA.{{Cite web|url=http://reforma.membershipsoftware.org/files/pressreleases/2016%20LAA.pdf|title=REFORMA Announces 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) Winner|publisher=REFORMA}}
• 2010 Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture. Topic: "Librarians and Human Rights".{{cite web|url=https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/olos/olosprograms/jeanecoleman/index3|title=Librarians and Human Rights: 2010 Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=7 April 2025}}
• 2004 ALA Office of Diversity, Achievement in Diversity Research Honoree.{{cite web |url= http://www.ala.org/research/larks/honoring-excellence-achievement-library-diversity-research |access-date= November 13, 2016 |publisher= American Library Association |work= Librarian and Researcher Knowledge Space |title= Honoring Excellence - Achievement in Library Diversity Research}}
• 2003 John Brubaker Award. Outstanding work of literary merit for article, “Social Justice, Personalism and the Practice of Librarianship,” Catholic Library Association for article in Catholic Library World 72 ( Winter, 2001): 80–84.
• 2003 Beta Phi Mu Award for distinguished service to education for librarianship.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ala.org/news/news/pressreleases2003/betaphimuaward|title=Beta Phi Mu Award recipient named|last=American Library Association|date=2007-02-26|work=News and Press Center|access-date=2017-07-29|language=en}}
• 1997 President of the Association of Library and Information Science Education.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=archive&template=/contentmanagement/contentdisplay.cfm&ContentID=66381|title=ALA {{!}} Kathleen de la Peña McCook named inaugural recipient of Achievement in Library Diversity Research award|website=www.ala.org|access-date=2016-12-17}}
• 1991 Named Outstanding Alumna by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Library and Information Studies.{{cite book |last=McCook |first=Kathleen de la Peña |date=2011 |title=Introduction to Public Librarianship |url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontopu0000mcco/mode/2up?view=theater |url-access=registration |edition=2nd |location=New York |publisher=Neal-Schuman Publishers |page=521 |isbn=978-1555706975}}{{Cite web|url=http://vanhise.lss.wisc.edu/slis/distinguishedalum.htm|title=School of Library & Information Studies {{!}} University of Wisconsin–Madison|website=vanhise.lss.wisc.edu|access-date=2016-12-17|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220212104/http://vanhise.lss.wisc.edu/slis/distinguishedalum.htm|url-status=dead}}
• 1987 American Library Association Equality Award.{{cite web|url=https://www.ala.org/winner/heim-mccook|title=Heim (McCook)|work=Award winners|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=7 April 2025}}

• {{cite book|last1=McCook|first1=Kathleen de la Peña|title=Introduction to Public Librarianship|date=2004|publisher=Neal-Schuman Publishers|location=New York, NY}}; 2nd ed., 2011, {{ISBN|978-1555706975}}; 3rd ed., with Jenny S. Bossaller, 2018, {{ISBN|978-0838915066}}Reviews of Introduction to Public Librarianship:
• Mark Hudson (2005), Progressive Librarian, {{ProQuest|207669974}}
• Vicki Nesting (2005), Reference & User Services Quarterly, {{ProQuest|217878000}}
• Sarah J. Gladwell (2007), Partnership, {{doi|10.21083/partnership.v2i2.375}}

2nd ed.:

• Barbara Frame (2011), Australian Library Journal, {{doi|10.1080/00049670.2011.10722668}}
• Mark Hudson (2011), Progressive Librarian, {{ProQuest|923403441}}
• Paul T. Jaeger (2012), The Library Quarterly, {{doi|10.1086/664582}}

3rd ed.:

• Edward Reid-Smith (2018), Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, {{doi|10.1080/24750158.2018.1466624}}
• Paul T. Jaeger (2019), The Library Quarterly, {{doi|10.1086/704967}}

• {{cite book|title=A Place at the Table: Participating in Community Building|date=2000|publisher=American Library Association|isbn=0838907881|location=Chicago|last1=McCook|first1=Kathleen de la Peña}}Reviews of A Place at the Table:
• Marianne Orme (2001), Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, {{doi|10.1002/1532-2890(2001)9999:9999<::AID-ASI1085>3.0.CO;2-W}}
• Kit Keller (2003), Library Mosaics, {{EBSCOhost|9670058|dbcode=f6h}}

• {{cite book|title=Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage|last2=McCook|first2=Kathleen de la Peña|date=2000|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0786407905|location=Jefferson, NC|last1=Immroth|first1=Barbara|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780786407903}}Reviews of Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage:
• Barbara M. Bibel (2000), Library Journal, {{EBSCOhost|3803770|dbcode=a9h}}
• Daryl Grabarek (2000), School Library Journal, {{EBSCOhost|3750886|dbcode=lkh}}
• Hazel Rochman (2000), Booklist, {{EBSCOhost|502852472|dbcode=brd}}

• {{cite book|title=Women of Color in Librarianship: An Oral History|date=1998|publisher=American Library Association|isbn=0838979939|location=Chicago|last1=McCook|first1=Kathleen de la Peña}}
• {{Cite book |title=Adult services: an enduring focus for public libraries |date=1990 |publisher=American Library Association |isbn=978-0-8389-0540-1 |editor-last=McCook |editor-first=Kathleen de la Peña |location=Chicago |editor-last2=Wallace |editor-first2=Danny P.}}{{Cite journal |last=Schlipf |first=Frederick A. |date=1993 |title=Review of Adult Services: An Enduring Focus for Public Libraries |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4308823 |journal=The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=238–240 |issn=0024-2519}}{{Cite journal |last=Goss |first=Jeanne Sullivan |date=1991 |title=Adult Services: An Enduring Focus for Public Libraries |journal=Library Journal}}
• {{Cite book |title=The role of women in librarianship, 1876 - 1976: the entry, advancement, and struggle for equalization in one profession |date=1979 |publisher=Oryx Press [u.a.] |isbn=978-0-912700-01-4 |editor-last=Weibel |editor-first=Kathleen |series=A Neal-Schuman professional book |location=Phoenix |editor-last2=McCook |editor-first2=Kathleen de la Peña |editor-last3=Ellsworth |editor-first3=Dianne J.}}{{Cite journal |last=Wert |first=Lucille M. |date=1980 |title=Review of The Role of Women in Librarianship, 1876-1976: The Entry, Advancement, and Struggle for Equalization in One Profession |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25541085 |journal=The Journal of Library History |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=226–229 |issn=0275-3650}}{{Cite journal |last=Osborn |first=Jeanne |date=1979-11-01 |title=The Role of Women in Librarianship, 1876-1976: The Entry, Advancement, and Struggle for Equalization in One Profession (Book Review) |url=http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/13427 |journal=College & Research Libraries |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=570–571 |doi=10.5860/crl_40_06_570 |issn=2150-6701|hdl=2142/39832 |hdl-access=free }}

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• [https://works.bepress.com/kathleendelapena_mccook/ Faculty web page] at the University of South Florida
• [https://kathleenmccook.substack.com/ Ebla to E-Books: The Preservation and Annihilation of Memory] by Kathleen McCook at Substack

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