2007 Spectrum Scholar: Raymond Andrade

We are pleased to announce that Raymond Andrade, Library Assistant in the Cataloging Department, has won a 2007 Spectrum Scholarship from the American Library Association (ALA) to pursue a master’s degree from the School of Library and Information Science through San Jose State University’s distance education program. Spectrum Scholarships are awarded to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students. Spectrum provides a one-year $5,000 scholarship and over $1,500 in professional development opportunities to each of the 80 Scholars, including attendance at the ninth Spectrum Leadership Institute to be held in Anaheim, California in June, 2008. Raymond has also been selected to work as a Research Assistant for Prof. Charlotte Ford in the graduate library school at San Jose State University.

Raymond is a 2004 graduate of Loyola Marymount University, with a major in philosophy and a minor in political science. From 1996 through 2003, he worked at the County of Los Angeles Public Library. He views his decision to become a librarian as a way to fulfill LMU’s mission to educate students who will serve others. As a Latino, Raymond believes that there is no better way for him to serve than to return to the public library and serve the community.

For more information about the Spectrum Scholarships, please see the ALA website: http://www.ala.org/ala/diversity/spectrum/spectrumscholarsb/scholars07.htm