Kimberly Gay
 Kimberly Gay,  M.L.S. 

Title: Reference and Instruction Librarian
Phone: (936) 261-1506
Fax: (936) 261-3139
Email:  kmgay@pvamu.edu
Office Location: John B. Coleman Library, 1st Floor, Room 126B                         

 
   
Education • M.L.S. - Texas Woman's University (Library Science)
• B.S. - Texas Woman's University (Mass Communication - Print Journalism)
 
Liaisons   • College of Business
• Communication and Journalism
• Literature and Languages
 
Honors and Awards • American Library Association: 2003 Spectrum Scholar Award
• Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society 2004-present  
• Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Phi Mu (International Library and 
   Information Studies Honor Society) 
• Beta Phi Mu. Scholarship 2005 Texas Woman’s University and University of 
   North Texas. Lifetime inductee: The Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Phi Mu 
   (International Library and Information Studies Honor Society: 2006 
• Golden Key International Honor Society 2001-present  
• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society 2003-present
• Texas Library Association: 2003 Spectrum Scholar Award 

 
National Committees        

• Texas Library Association Black Caucus Roundtable Councilor Alternate 
   2007-2010
• Texas Library Association Black Caucus Roundtable Councilor 2010-2013
• Texas Library Association Black Caucus Roundtable Conference Stipend 
   Scholarship Chair 2007-2013
• Texas Library Association - Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List
   Task Force 2010
• Texas Library Association Library Instruction Roundtable member 2003-
   2010
• Texas Library Association Reference Instruction Roundtable member 2003-
   2010
• Texas Library Association Administration Roundtable member 2003- 2010
• American Library Association: Conference Planning sub-
  committee  chair of the BCALA 2010 Conference
• American Library Association: ALA Committee on 
  Literacy  2009 - 2011

Recent Presentations 

Global Librarian: Preparing Librarians to Stay Connected with the 21st 
   Century Library Patron
at the Texas Library Association’s District 8 Annual
   Fall Conference held Saturday October 17, 2009 at University of Houston
   at Sugar Land.
• 16th National HBCU Faculty Development Symposium in October 2009 in 
   Atlanta Georgia. The 2009 theme of the symposium was "Enhancing the 
   Global Competence of HBCU Faculty and Students: Teaching, Research 
   and Service". 
•  Read and Celebrate African American Literature the 16th National HBCU 
   Faculty Development Symposium in October 2009 in Atlanta Georgia. The 
   2009 theme the symposium was "Enhancing the Global Competence of 
   HBCU Faculty and Students: Teaching, Research and Service"
• 15th National HBCU Faculty Development Symposium - Washington D.C. 
   2008 - "Reflections on Reading Research-Sociological and Educational
   Implications: Best practices for thinking, reading, and writing using African
   American Literature; an the the role of the Librarian in developing 
   initiatives for reading in the home, the school, the university, and the
   community
".
• Texas Library Association Conference - Houston 2009. "Web 2.0 Genealogy
   Researching"
.
• Texas Library Association’s District 8 Annual Fall Conference - Houston 
   2009.  “From School Library to Academic Library: Got EBSCOhost Database
   College Library Research Skills”

 

Recent Publications  • Public Speaking Handbook with additional readings. Fundamentals of 
   Speech.  (Contributing editor) Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, 
   Texas 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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