Rate My Professor Kathleen de la Peña McCook

McCook is the author of the seminal textbook Introduction to Public Librarianship, published by ALA Editions. Among her recent publications are 'Golden Spike of the Anthropocene is Crawford Lake in Ontario, Canada' (2023), 'Numerical Analysis of Librarians Who Identify as Wikipedians' (2023), 'There is Power in a Union-2021-2023' (2023), and 'Unions Library Workers' (2023). She is presently writing The Preservation and Annihilation of Memory. Her distinguished career is marked by major awards and honors, including the Joseph W. Lippincott Award from the American Library Association, REFORMA Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture (2024), Beta Phi Mu Award (2024), Florida Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2024), University of South Florida Hispanic Heritage Award (2024), Brubaker Award for literary merit from Catholic Library World, and Chicago Public Library Scholar in Residence (2003). Through her work as an educator, author, and advocate, McCook has profoundly influenced library and information science, emphasizing public libraries' roles in democracy, social justice, and community building.