Award Details

American Library Association
presents the 2003
Beta Phi Mu Award
to
Kathleen de la Peña McCook, Ph.D.

For her distinguished service to education for librarianship; For her exemplary performance as a faculty member at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Florida;

For her vocation and her avocation in life that strongly supports and facilitates teaching students the principles of library information science;

For her knowledge and understanding of the standard tenet of library and information science generated by earlier giants of the profession, as well as her advocacy for the new theories of library and information science in today’s society;

For her promotion of the importance of libraries, librarians, and faculty in providing service to those who have historically been underserved;

And for her enthusiasm, knowledge, commitment to scholarship, community, and the advancement of library and information science.

The American Library Association commends Kathleen de la Peña McCook.

Toronto, Canada, June, 2003,

Signed,

Keith Michael Fiels, Executive Director
Maurice J. Freedman, President

 

Futas Catalyst for Change Award from the American Library Association- 1998.

American Library Association
presents the 1998
Elizabeth Futas Catalyst For Change Award
to
Kathleen de la Peña McCook

For contributing boundless energy to effect change as a librarian, educator, administrator, author, editor, and mentor -- helping new librarians develop a commitment to the profession;

For contributing fresh ideas with research in adult services, gender issues, information policy, recruitment to librarianship, and diversity concerns;

For providing visionary leadership in numerous associations and organizations;

For actively supporting multi-type library cooperatives and state projects;

And, as treasurer of the Florida Library Association, for revitalizing the finances, particularly the scholarship fund.

Dr. McCook has contributed time and talent to the American Library Association in numerous ways since 1970.  She is innovative, thought-provoking and dedicated, opening doors for others which makes her a true catalyst for change.

Washington, D.C., June, 1998

Signed,

William R. Gordon, Executive Director
Barbara J. Ford, President

 

Equality Award from the American Library Association- 1987.

The American Library Association

presents the

Equality Award

for outstanding contributions toward promoting equality between women

and men in the library profession

for the year 1987

to

Kathleen M. Heim

Kathleen Heim possesses a unique combination of scholarship and activism. As a scholar, she is unsurpassed in her research and documentation on the topic of women in librarianship. She co-edited the pathbreaking volume The Role of Women in Librarianship; compiled the comprehensive bibliography On Account of Sex and surveyed ALA membership to document pervasive sex discrimination.

As an activist, Kathleen simultaneously works on local, state, and national levels. She has taken students to Springfield for pro-ERA demonstrations, and chaired the Illinois Library Association ERA Task Force, and also served as ALA's representative to the national ERA Task Force.

As an educator, Kathleen recruits women and minority students and actively involves students in her work. Her sphere of influence expanded in 1983 when she became the only woman dean at Louisiana State University. In all her professional roles, Kathleen radiates high energy and unstinting enthusiasm. With her commitment, initiative and creative ideas, Kathleen Heim is an inspiring role model, and catalyst for change toward equality within the profession.

San Francisco, June, 1987

Signed,

Thomas J. Galvin, Executive Director

Regina Minudri, President

 

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