Dr. Kathleen de la Pena McCook

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"Human Rights as a Framework for Reflection in Service Learning: 'Para que Otro Mundo es possible.'"  in Service Learning: Linking Library Education and Practice. American Library Association, 2009 (in press).

McCook, K.& Phenix, K. (2008). Human rights, democracy and librarians. In K. Haycock & B. E. Sheldon (Eds.), The portable MLIS: Insights from the experts (chapter 3).Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited.

"Workplace Speech in Librarianship & Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights." ZNet, (May 2008). Click here for more information. Also The Progressive Librarian 31, [summer 2008]. Click here for more information.

"There is Power in a Union." Progressive Librarian 30 (Winter 2007- 2008).

"A Commitment to Human Rights - Let’s Honor the Qualities Required of a Librarian Dedicated to Human Rights." (with K.J. Phenix). Information for Social Change 25 (Summer 2007).

"Librarians as Advocates for the Human rights of Immigrants." Progressive Librarian 29 (Summer 2007).

     
    "There is Power in a Union." Progressive Librarian 28 (Winter 2006-2007).
     
    "Public Libraries and Human Rights." (with K.J. Phenix). Public Library Quarterly 25 (2006): 57-73.
     
    Foreword. Serving New Immigrant Communities in the Library. By Sondra Cuban.Westport, Connecticut. Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
     
    Preface.Library Juice Concentrate: A Book for die Jahrtausendwende. Duluth, Minnesota: Library Juice Press, 2006.
     
    "Rebuilding Community in Louisiana after the Hurricane of 2005." (with Dr. Alma Dawson) Reference and User Services Quarterly 45:4 (2006): 18-22.
     
    "Human Rights and Librarians." Reference and User Services Quarterly 45:1 (2005).
     
    "Sustaining the Public Sphere in Libraries." Human Rights Project, 2004.
     
    "Public Policy as a Factor Influencing Adult Lifelong Learning, Adult Literacy and Public Libraries." Reference and User Services Quarterly 42, Fall 2002.
     
    "Rocks in the Whirlpool: Equity and the American Library Association," May 2002.
     
    "Poverty, Democracy and Public Libraries." in Libraries and Democracy: The Cornerstones of Liberty. Ed. Nancy Kranich. ALA Editions, 2001.
     
    "Ethnic Diversity in Library and Information Science." Library Trends 49, Summer 2000.
     
    "Using Ockham's Razor: Cutting to the Center." Paper for Congress on Professional Education, 1999.
     
    Community Building Column in Reference and User Services Quarterly. From 2000-2006, McCook wrote, co-wrote and edited articles on libraries and community engagement.
     
   

"Reconnecting Library Education and the Mission of Community." Library Journal 125, September 1, 2000: 164-165.