Virginia Lacy Jones

Virginia Lacy Jones
A woman in a dark suit, standing with her arm resting on a glass railing in a library.
Virginia L. Jones in 1982, photographed by Judith Sedwick
Born(1912-06-25)June 25, 1912
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedDecember 3, 1984(1984-12-03) (aged 72)
OccupationLibrarian

Virginia Lacy Jones (June 25, 1912 – December 3, 1984) was an American librarian who throughout her 50-year career in the field pushed for the integration of public and academic libraries. She was one of the first African Americans to earn a PhD in Library Science and became dean of Atlanta University's School of Library Sciences.[1]

  1. ^ Wedgeworth, Robert, ed. (1993). World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services, 3rd ed. USA: American Library Association. p. 417. ISBN 9780838906095. OCLC 28254637.