Scholarship for Diversity in Librarianship Committee

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.

Duties:

• 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.
• To seek donations of funds to augment the scholarship awards.
• To publicize the awarding of scholarships and present awardees at the Annual Conference.
• To solicit recommendations/nominations for the scholarship.

2012 Officers

Cathi Cooper Mack, Chair
South Carolina State University
1818 Benjamin Blvd.
Orangeburg, South Carolina 29118
(803) 536-8633
Fax: (803) 536-8902
ccoopermack@scsu.edu

Adam E. Haigh, Past President
Lander University
Larry A Jackson Library
320 Stanley Avenue
Greenwood, South Carolina 29649-2099
(864) 388-8365
ahaigh@lander.edu

Gerald B. Moore, RAAC-Round Table of African American Concerns
Charleston County Public Library
Dorchester Road Regional Library
North Charleston, South Carolina 29418
(843) 552-6466
mooreg@ccpl.org

Kara Gibbs, Paraprofessional Round Table
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
3250 St. Matthews Rd.
Orangeburg, SC 29118
(803) 535-1256
gibbskn@octech.edu

Laura Moore, Public Library Section
Lexington County Public Library
1500 Augusta Road
West Columbia, SC 29196
(803) 794-6791 Ext. 2
lmoore@lex.lib.sc.us

Gerri Corson, College and University Section
University of South Carolina – Columbia
Thomas Cooper Library
1322 Greene Street
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-2199
corsong@mailbox.sc.edu

Beatrice E. McDonald, Member at Large
SC State University
300 College Street
Orangeburg, SC 29117
(803) 516-4618
lb_bmcdonald@scsu.edu

Terry Dixon, Director of Development CMCIS-USC Ex Officio
Director of Development CMCIS-USC
College of Mass Communications and
Information Studies
University of South Carolina
Carolina Coliseum
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-6898
tedixon@mailbox.sc.edu