Linda Lucas Walling, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus, was a member of the SLIS (School of Library and Information Science) faculty of University of South Carolina from 1977 to 2003. In 1985, her book The Disabled Child in the Library: Moving into the Mainstream,written with Marilyn H. Karrenbrock, was designated for a book award by the President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.
Professor Walling was honored in 2001 by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, a division of the American Library Association, with its Exceptional Service Award. She was listed in Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1992/1993; Who’s Who of American Women, 1999/2000 and Silver Anniversary Edition; and Who’s Who in America, 2003.
Her interest in services to children and young adults with differing abilities (disabilities) continues through the Linda Lucas Walling Collection for Universal Access.
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