Scholarship for Diversity in Librarianship Committee

A. Membership: Six members of the association including a past-president, one member each of the Round Table For African American Concerns (RAAC), the Paraprofessional Round Table, the Public Library Section, the College and University Section, and one member at large. Also, the Director of Development, College of Mass Communications and Information Studies at USC who shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member.

B. Duties:

  1. To ensure that an annual scholarship is awarded in the name of the South Carolina Library Association to a library school student(s) of an under-represented population at the USC College of Mass Communications and Information Studies. The school's scholarship committee actually makes the award within the parameters of the gift agreement. Priority is to be given to an ALA Spectrum Scholar who is attending the University, and then to South Carolina residents.
  2. To seek donations of funds to augment the scholarship awards.
  3. To publicize the awarding of scholarships and present awardees at the Annual Conference.
  4. To solicit recommendations/nominations for the scholarship.

Members

Cathi Cooper Mack
Chair
South Carolina State University
ccoopermack@scsu.edu

Curtis Rogers
Past President
South Carolina State Library
Crogers@statelibrary.sc.gov

Pamela Davenport
Round Table of African-American Concerns
South Carolina State Library
pdavenport@statelibrary.sc.gov

Kara Gibbs
Paraprofessional Round Table
South Carolina State Library
Kgibbs@statelibrary.sc.gov

Lolly Petroff
Public Services Section
Lexington County Public Library
lpetroff@lex.lib.sc.us

Gerri Corson
College and University Section
University of South Carolina - Columbia
corsonG@mailbox.sc.edu

Shiela M. Keaise
Member at Large
Colleton County Memorial Library
shielamartina@yahoo.com

Terry Dixon
Ex Officio
Director of Development CMCIS-USC
terrydixon@sc.edu

=|Source: SCLA Handbook, 2003 5th Edition Section V Standing Rules - Committees - Scholarship Committee