[Fla-facrl] Florida Librarians we have lost

[Jennifer Abdelnour]

Thank you, Kathleen. I am sharing to FLA's listservs

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 9:16 AM Kathleen Mccook <kmccook at usf.edu> wrote:

> The Library History Round Table  posts tributes  at both the Library
> History Round Table "Librarians We Have Lost
> <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flhrt.news%2Flibrarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7C2e58432954e640ec9b6208de583486fc%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639045179788420331%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UxofmSOg1mBY4wYnVzmZCQ530ysdM5D1FmHkedCOZ%2Fo%3D&reserved=0>"
> website and the ALA Institutional Repository
> <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falair.ala.org%2Fcollections%2F1ea0f128-01ca-4ed8-a1ea-4f78734f7cad%2Fsearch&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7C2e58432954e640ec9b6208de583486fc%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639045179788445033%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0J6IK%2B48%2F3gdpFVk1Dp0h88ytddyvqQ5GerR%2BhxtfP4%3D&reserved=0>
> .
>
>
> In honor of the Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary of ALA) in 2026, the* Library
> History Round Table <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2Flhrt&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7C2e58432954e640ec9b6208de583486fc%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639045179788462443%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Afbl7Ui3ddm1fE8z1VhDHbYkCyaluCrd94sQXnB9f%2BU%3D&reserved=0>* is hosting *Librarians We
> Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026*.  This collage of
> tributes seeks to honor librarians who died between 1976-2026.  The
> tributes are published to ALA Connect, a *digital memorial
> <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flhrt.news%2Flibrarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7C2e58432954e640ec9b6208de583486fc%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639045179788479614%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vhPvRji5gCr7sR%2F8bFDaJ4GSMbSqGCyWljCFxBPjIWI%3D&reserved=0>*on
> *LHRT News & Notes,* and *ALAIR
> <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falair.ala.org%2Fcollections%2F1ea0f128-01ca-4ed8-a1ea-4f78734f7cad%2Fsearch&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7C2e58432954e640ec9b6208de583486fc%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639045179788496943%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TLvuUx4nFu8fdrIlms1Xn6ptITBjPGXyVuCbHlYRgL4%3D&reserved=0>* (ALA's
> institutional repository).
>
> We invite tributes from anyone about any library worker who passed away
> between 1976-2026. To submit a tribute, please use this form
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flhrt.news%2Flibrarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026-2%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7C2e58432954e640ec9b6208de583486fc%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639045179788514376%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yNkofGzlH%2BhXgUHHTRt3NY8Qg%2BHJg6gvfyyweLwVRDQ%3D&reserved=0
>
> --Kathleen
>
> Kathleen de la Peña McCook
> Distinguished University Professor of Librarianship
> School of Information, University of South Florida
> writes: The Preservation and Annihilation of Memory
> <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkathleenmccook.substack.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cfla-facrl%40lists.fsu.edu%7C2e58432954e640ec9b6208de583486fc%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639045179788532081%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oXnYdL9fRdZPCawymJbvDJ2K%2B19%2BbvGh6wdwaBj4N08%3D&reserved=0>
>
>

-- 
Jenny Abdelnour, MA, CAE (she/her)
Executive Director
Florida Library Association
3122 Mahan Dr.
Suite 801-105
Tallahassee, FL 32308
850-270-9205
executivedirector at flalib.org
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