Demetria Tucker
Demetria Renee Tucker is Senior Family and Youth Librarian at Newport News Public Library, known for her youth programming work. In 2013, she was honored at the White House with the 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for her work with the Pearl Bailey Library Youth Program.[1][2] The program was designed to "expand knowledge of literature and engage youth as stakeholders in the library."[3]
She was the winner of the Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Library Association in 2013 and was a 2007 Forest Park Elementary School Teacher of the Year in Roanoke, Virginia.[4]
Tucker was born in Greenville, North Carolina to William A. Tucker and Helen Hemby Tucker, and had four siblings.[5][6] She earned a BA in Sociology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro in 1972 and is a member of Lamba Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.[5][7][8]
Tucker attended library school at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science where she received her MLIS in 1978.[8] The school awarded her with their Distinguished Alumna Award in 2014.[8] She worked for the Roanoke public library system from 1972 through 2004, when she went to work for City of Roanoke Public Schools.[9] She has been at the Newport News Public Library since 2008.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "NASAA Awardees". National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ Williams, Jennifer L. (2013-02-28). "Newport News librarian honored for career-long commitment to youth". dailypress.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ "Demetria Tucker in First Person". pilotonline.com/inside-business. 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ "Demetria Tucker - Awards & Grants". American Library Association | Awards, publishing, and conferences. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ a b "A&T Graduate Wins National Award". The Alumni Times. North Carolina A&T.
- ^ "Derwin Lathor Tucker". The Witchita Eagle - Legacy. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Jackson, Courtney. "Sociology Alumna Recognized by First Lady for Youth Program". The Alumni Times. North Carolina A&T. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Demetria Tucker is Commencement Speaker and SILS Distinguished Alumna". sils.unc.edu. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ a b "Demetria Tucker 2013 recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement". News and Press Center. 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-10.