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Kathryn Blackmer Reyes

Librarian
San José State University

Kathryn Blackmer Reyes. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. San José State University. Librarian and Director of the Africana, Asian American, Chicano, and Native American Studies Center. Kathryn has been a librarian for 25 years working as a reference and liaison librarian in Sociology and Chicana and Chicano Studies. Blackmer Reyes has been at SJSU directing the AAACNA Center for 15 were she oversees the U.S. Race/Ethnic collections, programming, exhibits, and growth. She is a Board member of the Latino Digital Archive Group that seeks to create an informed dialogue between information professions and members of the US. Latino Community on the extablishment of a national digital archive to preseve Latino history and culture. In 2023, Blackmer Reyes was a recepient of ALA's "I Love My Librarian" Award highlighting her community programming in the library. Blackmer Reyes is a lifetime member of APALA, REFORMA, and the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies.

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