Celebrating One of the Greats
We were excited to be invited and in attendance to celebrate the retirement of one of America’s most impactful librarians and library directors. After nearly 20 years of leadership at the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. and a nearly 50-year career in library services and information science, Ms. Loretta Parham, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Woodruff Library closed her last catalogue and retired.
In a fan-fare filled send-off with distinguished guests that included the Presidents of Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and Interdenominational Theological Seminary, the Former Mayor of Atlanta, Global Ambassador Ingrid Saunder Jones and countless others, speeches were made, impact statements given, and a proclamation from the Atlanta City Council was hand-delivered by the Counsel President.
Director Parham was acknowledged for her transformative leadership at Woodruff and also in a variety of other library science organizations and history preservations institutions to include: the HBCU Alliance (which she co-founded), the past chair of the Georgia Humanities Council, former board member of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), the Wayne State University School of Library Science Advisory Board and past treasurer of the Oberlin Group.
Parham holds the Master of Library Science (1977) degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and the Bachelor of Science in Communications from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Parham is an alumna of the Frye Institute, the ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians, the HBCU Library Alliance Leadership Institute and Leadership Pittsburgh.
Loretta raised over $26 Million Dollars during her term of leadership at THE Woodruff Library.
IN THE COMMUNITY
Celebrating One of the Greats
We were excited to be invited and in attendance to celebrate the retirement of one of America’s most impactful librarians and library directors. After nearly 20 years of leadership at the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. and a nearly 50-year career in library services and information science, Ms. Loretta Parham, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Woodruff Library closed her last catalogue and retired.
In a fan-fare filled send-off with distinguished guests that included the Presidents of Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and Interdenominational Theological Seminary, the Former Mayor of Atlanta, Global Ambassador Ingrid Saunder Jones and countless others, speeches were made, impact statements given, and a proclamation from the Atlanta City Council was hand-delivered by the Counsel President.
Director Parham was acknowledged for her transformative leadership at Woodruff and also in a variety of other library science organizations and history preservations institutions to include: the HBCU Alliance (which she co-founded), the past chair of the Georgia Humanities Council, former board member of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), the Wayne State University School of Library Science Advisory Board and past treasurer of the Oberlin Group.
Parham holds the Master of Library Science (1977) degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and the Bachelor of Science in Communications from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Parham is an alumna of the Frye Institute, the ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians, the HBCU Library Alliance Leadership Institute and Leadership Pittsburgh.
Loretta raised over $26 Million Dollars during her term of leadership at THE Woodruff Library.