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Dr. Arnulfo Trejo--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

  • 1.  Dr. Arnulfo Trejo--Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

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    Dr. Arnulfo Trejo (August 15, 1922 – July 5, 2002)

    You can find prior coverage of Dr. Trejo on the Librarians We Have Lost digital memorial (https://lhrt.news/librarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026/) and we are pleased to share additional sources and tributes on this legend of the field submitted by Miguel Juarez:

    Sources:

    https://bobdiaz.net/2022/12/01/dr-arnulfo-trejo-a-look-at-his-life-and-work/. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">https://bobdiaz.net/2022/12/01/dr-arnulfo-trejo-a-look-at-his-life-and-work/ 
    https://lib.arizona.edu/special-collections/collections/arnulfo-d-trejo-papers. Click or tap if you trust this link.">https://lib.arizona.edu/special-collections/collections/arnulfo-d-trejo-papers
    https://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=archive&template=/contentmanagement/contentdisplay.cfm&ContentID=7197. Click or tap if you trust this link.">https://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=archive&template=/contentmanagement/contentdisplay.cfm&ContentID=7197
    https://www.facebook.com/okcpsfoundation/posts/-voces-de-educaci%C3%B3n-spotlight-arnulfo-d-trejo-a-pioneering-librarian-educator-an/1234201585407564/. Click or tap if you trust this link.">https://www.facebook.com/okcpsfoundation/posts/-voces-de-educaci%C3%B3n-spotlight-arnulfo-d-trejo-a-pioneering-librarian-educator-an/1234201585407564/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulfo_Trejo. Click or tap if you trust this link.">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulfo_Trejo
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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 official 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/  Please consider including photos with permissions if possible.

    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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