"We are missing the warm, special brightness from you. Our libraryland will never be the same without all you brought to the profession." --Jacqueline A., Forest Lawn Obituaries
Tatiana de la Tierra (May 14, 1961 – July 31, 2012)
Celebrate the life of a librarian and poet through these sources:
"The author of the first international Latina lesbian magazine Esto no tiene nombre...De la tierra became an activist through her work and felt a need to challenge the stereotypes surrounding lesbianism and what it means to be a woman or a woman of color."--Wikipedia
"Tatiana was an early pioneer of self-published zines that centered on issues of Latina lesbians." --Online Archive of California
Find out more about her approach at https://www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/2019/5/14/tatiana-de-la-tierra
--Submitted by K.R. Roberto
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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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