Lillian Lopez (1925-2005)
Lillian Lopez
Retired librarian Lillian Lopez is best known for her work as supervising librarian for the South Bronx Project where she was instrumental in establishing effective and culturally sensitive library programs and outreach services (described elsewhere in this article). She worked in a geographic area where Puerto Ricans comprise the largest concentration of Latinos of any urban locale. And it was in this setting that Lopez did her most memorable work, beginning in 1967, and where she also worked by that time with Pura Belpra. Tens of thousands each year attended bilingual library programs. The project involved nine libraries that worked with hundreds of community groups as part of library outreach. Subsequently, she held several coordinator positions with the NYPL until 1985 when she retired. Lopez received her M.L.S. from Columbia University in New York in 1962 and held a series of important positions with the New York Public Library. She has a long record of involvement with many professional and civic groups and associations. At first Lopez was not active in ALA because she did not find it sympathetic to her concerns in serving the Spanish-speaking. Later, however, she held various important positions in ALA and in the New York Library Association and was appointed to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science's Minorities Task Force from 1980 to 1982.
Latinos and Librarianship. By: Guerena, Salvador, Erazo, Edward, Library Trends, 00242594, Summer2000, Vol. 49, Issue 1
Lillian Lopez (1925-2005)
Lillian Lopez
Retired librarian Lillian Lopez is best known for her work as supervising librarian for the South Bronx Project where she was instrumental in establishing effective and culturally sensitive library programs and outreach services (described elsewhere in this article). She worked in a geographic area where Puerto Ricans comprise the largest concentration of Latinos of any urban locale. And it was in this setting that Lopez did her most memorable work, beginning in 1967, and where she also worked by that time with Pura Belpra. Tens of thousands each year attended bilingual library programs. The project involved nine libraries that worked with hundreds of community groups as part of library outreach. Subsequently, she held several coordinator positions with the NYPL until 1985 when she retired. Lopez received her M.L.S. from Columbia University in New York in 1962 and held a series of important positions with the New York Public Library. She has a long record of involvement with many professional and civic groups and associations. At first Lopez was not active in ALA because she did not find it sympathetic to her concerns in serving the Spanish-speaking. Later, however, she held various important positions in ALA and in the New York Library Association and was appointed to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science's Minorities Task Force from 1980 to 1982.
Latinos and Librarianship. By: Guerena, Salvador, Erazo, Edward, Library Trends, 00242594, Summer2000, Vol. 49, Issue 1