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Virginia Lacy Jones
Virginia Lacy Jones (June 25, 1912 - December 3, 1984) was an African-American librarian who throughout her 50-year career in the field pushed for the integration of public and academic libraries. A trailblazer of her time, she would go on to become one of the first African-Americans to earn their PhD in Library Science as well as becoming dean of Atlanta University's School of Library Sciences. And while her name might not be the first on people's minds when thinking of the landmark librarians of the past century, her history and work in the field of library science will prove that she deserves to be among the examples to follow for up and coming librarians.〔Wedgeworth, Robert, ed., World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services, 3rd ed. USA: American Library Association. 1993, p. 417.〕
==Early life==
Virginia Lacy was born to Edward and Ellen Lacy in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 25, 1912. She spent much of her childhood in Clarksburg, West Virginia. She recalls that growing up her family was "poor, hardworking, proud, and ambitious."〔Jones, Virginia Lacy, "A Dean's Career," In The Black Librarian in America, edited by E.J, Josey, 19-42. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1970, p. 19.〕 She says that books and reading were always a part of her home life. She and her mother would make frequent trips to the public library in Clarksburg, which was not segregated. In 1927, Jones left her family and moved to St. Louis, Missouri to live with an aunt and uncle.〔 The move could have facilitated the path to a virtually expense-free college education through the Harris Teachers College as she desperately wanted to further her education, but her family was not able to afford it. She entered Sumner High School, where her uncle taught, and completed her final two years of school in 1929.
It was while in high school that Jones realized the possibility that librarianship would be a part of her future. It was an experience at the St. Louis Public Library that inspired her most. She was researching information for her church's citywide essay contest on "The Values of Attending Sunday School" when she encountered a friendly reference librarian . She remembers that after telling this librarian what she was looking for, the librarian showed her how to use the periodical indexes.〔Jones, Virginia Lacy, "A Dean's Career," In The Black Librarian in America, edited by E.J, Josey, 19-42. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1970, p. 23〕 Jones recalls, "This experience was a thrilling one for me, and my imagination ran wild at the magic of the St. Louis Public Library, a great storehouse of information, ideas, and inspiration. I thought that to be a librarian like that reference librarian who helped me in the St. Louis Public Library would be the greatest thing in the world."〔Jones, Virginia Lacy, "A Dean's Career," In The Black Librarian in America, edited by E.J, Josey, 19-42. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1970, p. 24〕
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