Lotsee Patterson
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Lotsee Patterson is a Comanche
librarian, educator, and founder of the American Indian Library Association. She has written numerous articles on collection development, tribal libraries and Native American Librarianship.
Patterson is a University of Oklahoma
Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Studies and as of 2009, a member of the board for the National Museum of Library Sciences.
, on a Native American land allotment near the town of Apache, Oklahoma
. She started her professional career as a teacher in a rural public school without a library. This experience led her to commit her professional life to determining the library needs of Native Americans and developing tribal libraries throughout the nation.
in 1969. In 1979, she completed her Ph.D.in Educational Technology. During her graduate studies she focused on procuring money for training librarians on how to work productively with Native American students and in selecting Native American materials of high quality.
Throughout her distinguished career as a librarian, Dr. Patterson has written many articles on collection development, Tribal libraries and Native American librarianship. She has also served on many committees including American Library Association's Committee on Accreditation. She has also served as a consultant in the field of library studies to many archives and museums nationwide.
Her life’s work has consisted of recruiting and mentoring Native Americans in the field of librarianship, lobbying for funds to create and improve librarianship for native schools and educating students about librarianship.
She is a Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma
. As of 2009, Lotsee Patterson is on the board for the National Museum of Library Sciences.
Comanche
The Comanche are a Native American ethnic group whose historic range consisted of present-day eastern New Mexico, southern Colorado, northeastern Arizona, southern Kansas, all of Oklahoma, and most of northwest Texas. Historically, the Comanches were hunter-gatherers, with a typical Plains Indian...
librarian, educator, and founder of the American Indian Library Association. She has written numerous articles on collection development, tribal libraries and Native American Librarianship.
Patterson is a University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Studies and as of 2009, a member of the board for the National Museum of Library Sciences.
Early life
Patterson was born in 1931 and raised in southwestern OklahomaOklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
, on a Native American land allotment near the town of Apache, Oklahoma
Apache, Oklahoma
Apache is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, USA. The population was 1,616 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Apache is located at ....
. She started her professional career as a teacher in a rural public school without a library. This experience led her to commit her professional life to determining the library needs of Native Americans and developing tribal libraries throughout the nation.
Education
She went to college at the Oklahoma College for Women and earned a Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) in 1959. She received her Masters of Library Science (MLS) from the University of OklahomaUniversity of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
in 1969. In 1979, she completed her Ph.D.in Educational Technology. During her graduate studies she focused on procuring money for training librarians on how to work productively with Native American students and in selecting Native American materials of high quality.
Contributions
In the 1970s, Dr. Patterson helped to found the Office of Library Outreach Services Subcommittee on the American Indian, now the American Indian Library Association. Patterson wrote and received many landmark grants for projects that furthered the progress of librarianship for and in native nation lands, one of which was a training program for teacher’s aides of Bureau of Indian Affairs schools to become librarians.Throughout her distinguished career as a librarian, Dr. Patterson has written many articles on collection development, Tribal libraries and Native American librarianship. She has also served on many committees including American Library Association's Committee on Accreditation. She has also served as a consultant in the field of library studies to many archives and museums nationwide.
Her life’s work has consisted of recruiting and mentoring Native Americans in the field of librarianship, lobbying for funds to create and improve librarianship for native schools and educating students about librarianship.
She is a Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
. As of 2009, Lotsee Patterson is on the board for the National Museum of Library Sciences.
Honors and awards
- 1991- Award of Appreciation from the National Congress of American IndiansNational Congress of American IndiansThe National Congress of American Indians is a American Indian and Alaska Native indigenous rights organization. It was founded in 1944 in response to termination and assimilation policies that the U.S. government forced upon the tribal governments in contradiction of their treaty rights and...
- 1994- American Library AssociationAmerican Library AssociationThe American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
’s Equality Award - 1996- United States National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Silver Award
- 1997- Distinguished Service Award from Oklahoma Library Association