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About. Work. Librarian at Shasta Bible College & Graduate School. College. Studied Librarianship at University of Washington. Class of 1980. Librarianship. Studied Biology at Los Angeles Baptist College. High school. Went to Lincoln High School, Tacoma, WA. Class of 1966. Photos. Virginia M. Williams is on Facebook.
- Charlemae Hill Rollins, Advocate For Diverse Children’s Literature
- Dorothy B. Porter, Dewey Decimal Decolonizer
- Edward C. Williams, America’s First Black Librarian
- Eliza Atkins Gleason, Library Science Trailblazer
- Sadie Peterson Delaney, Godmother of Bibliotherapy
- Other Pioneering Black American Librarians
Charlemae Rollins spent 31 years as the head librarian at the Chicago Public Library where she instituted substantial reforms in children’s literature. During the early 20th century, most of the books geared toward children included negative stereotypes of black people. Rollins’s first publication We Build Together: A Reader’s Guide to Negro Life a...
In 1932, Dorothy Porter earned an M.S. in library science from Columbia University and became their library school’s first black graduate. However, she may be best known as the librarian who changed how works by black writers are classified. Overall, Porter’s classification method challenged the inherent racism and colonial gatekeeping of knowledge...
Edward Christopher Williams is known as the first professionally trained black librarian in the United States and was widely regarded as an expert on library organization and bibliography. Williams’s library career began in 1892 where he worked as an assistant library at Hatch Library of Western Reserve University. In 1898, Williams took a sabbatic...
In 1940, Eliza Atkins Gleason became the first Black American to earn a doctorate in library science at the University of Chicago. Her dissertation entitled, The Government and Administration of Public Library Service to Negroes in the South, was the first complete history of library access in the South with a focus on African American libraries. H...
Sadie Peterson Delaney received her library training at the New York Public Library School, which she attended from 1920 to 1921. Following her training, Delaney continued working at the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library. During this time, Delaney increased the number of programs available for children with a focus toward juvenile ...
Annette Lewis Phinazee
Dr. Phinazee was both the first woman and the first Black American woman to earn a doctorate in Library Science from Columbia University. She earned the degree in 1961 with her dissertation entitled The Library of Congress Classification in the United State: A Survey of Opinions and Practices with Attention to the Problems of Structure and Application. Her research examined how the Library of Congress classification system was used by both librarians and library patrons. It was one of the fir...
Carla Diane Hayden
Carla Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress. She is the first woman and the first Black American librarian to hold the position. Prior to this appointment, Hayden was the Executive Director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland. Hayden also served as president of the American Library Association from 2003 to 2004 where she was a vocal public opponent of the Patriot Act, which would give the Justice Department and the FBI the power to access library user records.
Effie Lee Morris
Effie Morris was a children’s librarian and activist who is best known as pioneering library services for minorities and the visually-impaired. She was also the first woman and first black person to serve as president of the Public Library Association. Morris focused on literacy for black and low-income children at the Cleveland Public Library and was the first children’s specialist for visually-impaired patrons at the New York Public Library. In fact, Morris was the only librarian in the cou...
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Virginia Theological Seminary is the largest of the accredited seminaries of the Episcopal Church. Founded in 1823, VTS prepares men and women from around the world for service in the Church, both as ordained and lay ministers.
May 15, 2023 · The Danville woman, better known as the Book Lady, came from a family of educators, and she chose early on to follow in those footsteps—especially those of her mother, a teacher and librarian. As Williams grew up, books became life manuals, in a sense.
Oct 14, 2021 · A librarian, she read to her three children every day. “Not until we went to kindergarten,” Williams told vadogwood.com, a local news site. “Until we went to college.” When Williams, now 54,...
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Dec 6, 2021 · Jennifer Williams, the "Book Lady" of Danville, Virginia, is working to give away one million books to young readers.
