Kathleen de la Peña McCook

Kathleen de la Peña McCook is a library scholar and librarian. Much of her work centers around human rights, First Amendment issues, and the freedom of information.

Kathleen de la Peña McCook
McCook in 2015
Occupations	University professor Librarian
Employer	University of South Florida
Known for	Social justice Human rights Progressive librarianship LIS instruction and research
Notable work	Introduction to Public Librarianship

Education and career

She earned her MA in Library Science from the University of Chicago Graduate Library School in 1974, and her Ph.D. in 1990 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. 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."

McCook has taught full-time since 1978. 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.

Awards and honors

• 2019 Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship
• 2016 Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award, REFORMA
• 2010 Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture . Topic: "Librarian and Human Rights."
• 2004 ALA Office of Diversity, Achievement in Diversity Research Honoree
• 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.
• 1997 President of the Association of Library and Information Science Education
• 1997 American Library Association Equality Award.
• 1991 Named Outstanding Alumni by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Library and Information Studies

Selected works

• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña; Bossaller, Jenny S.; Thomas, Jr., Felton (2018). Introduction to Public Librarianship (3rd ed.). ALA Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-0838915066.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (2015). "Community Anchors for Lifelong Learning: Public Libraries". Information Services Today. Rowman & Littlefield: 70–81.
• Kathleen de la Peña McCook (2014). "Librarians as Wikipedians: From Library History to "Librarianship and Human Rights"". Progressive Librarian (42): 61–81. ISSN 1052-5726. Wikidata Q27334986.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (Spring 2012). "Collective Bargaining is a Human Right: Union Review for 2011" (PDF). Progressive Librarian (38/39): 69–90.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (2011). Introduction to Public Librarianship (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers. ISBN 978-1555706975.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (Summer 2007). "Librarians as Advocates for the Human Rights of Immigrants" (PDF). Progressive Librarian (29): 51–54.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña; Phenix, Katharine J. (2006). "Public Libraries and Human Rights". Public Library Quarterly. 25 (1/2): 57–73. doi:10.1300/j118v25n01_05. S2CID 2975787.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (Fall 2004). "Public Libraries and People in Jail". Reference & User Services Quarterly. 44 (1): 26–30.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (2003). "Social Scientific Information Needs for Numeric Data: The Evolution of the International Data Archive Infrastructure". Collection Management. 9 (Spring): 1–53.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña. (2002). "Public policy as a factor influencing adult lifelong learning, adult literacy and public libraries," (with Peggy Barber). Reference and User Services Quarterly. 2002.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (2002). "Rocks in the Whirlpool". School of Information Faculty Publications. Paper 117.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (2000). A Place at the Table: Participating in Community Building. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0838907881.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña, ed. (2000). "Ethnic Diversity in Library and Information Science [Special Issue]". Library Trends. 49 (1). hdl:2142/8330.
• Immroth, Barbara; McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (2000). Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 0786407905.
• McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (1998). Women of Color in Librarianship: An Oral History. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0838979939.

External links

• Faculty web page at the University of South Florida
• Ebla to E-Books: The Preservation and Annihilation of Memory by Kathleen McCook at Substack