"No one could have gotten more pleasure from books or from teaching young people to love them. The family long suspected that she took the job for the excuse to ask everyone she met, "What are you reading?" --From Obituary Published by Bakersfield Californian on Feb. 14, 2026 on Legacy.com
D. Jane Randolph (1926-2026)
Please take a moment to be inspired by an incredible librarian who exuded kindness and has so much to teach us in today's world:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bakersfield/name/d-randolph-obituary?id=60794736
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In honor of the Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary of ALA) in 2026, the Library History Round Table is hosting Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026. This collage of tributes seeks to honor librarians who died between 1976-2026. The tributes are published to ALA Connect, a digital memorial on LHRT News & Notes, and ALA's institutional repository (ALAIR).
We invite tributes from anyone about any library worker who passed away between 1976-2026. To submit a tribute, please use the form at https://lhrt.news/librarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026-2/
For questions or comments, please reach out to Dr. Kathleen McCook (kmccook@usf.edu) or Brett Spencer (dbs21@psu.edu).
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Brett Spencer
Reference Librarian
Thun Library, Penn State Berks
He/Him/His
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