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

Chair
Cathi Cooper Mack
South Carolina State University
ccoopermack@scsu.edu
Through 2009

Quincy Pugh
Past President
Richland County Public Library
qpugh@myrcpl.com
Through 2009

Joyce Durant
Past Chair
Francis Marion University
jdurant@fmarion.edu
Through 2008

Rose Parkman Marshall
University of South Carolina-Aiken
RoseM@usca.edu
Through 2008

Pamela Davenport
The State Library
pdavenport@statelibrary.sc.gov
Through 2009

Faith Keller
Paraprofessional Round Table
The State Library
fkeller@statelibrary.sc.gov
Through 2008

Ruth Hodges
College and University Section
South Carolina State University
rhodges@scsu.edu
Through 2009

Elizabeth Caldwell
Public Services
Florence County Public Library
ecaldwell@florencelibrary.org
Through 2008

Adam Haigh
One Member at Large
Lander University
ahaigh@lander.edu
Through 2008

Terry Dixon
Director of Development CMCIS-USC
Ex Officio
Assistant Director of Development
Dixont@gwm.sc.edu
Through 2009

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