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The Black librarian in America : reflections, resistance, and reawakening / edited by Shauntee Burns-Simpson, Nichelle M. Hayes, Ana Ndumu, and Shaundra Walker ; foreword by Carla D. Hayden.
LIBRA Z682.4.A37 B575 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American librarians.
- African Americans and libraries.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book will contribute to the discourse on ways of increasing anti-racism, empowerment, and representation in the LIS field and beyond. It continues in the civil rights legacy of African American librarian pioneers including Dr. E.J. Josey, Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones, Dr. Carla Hayden, and Dr. Eliza Atkins Gleason"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I A Rich Heritage: Black Librarian History
- ch. 1 Libraries and the Color Line: Du Bois and the Matter of Representation / Rhonda Evans
- ch. 2 Wearing Many Hats: A Conversation with Robert Wedgeworth / Ana Ndumu
- ch. 3 Disadvantaged by (Financial) Design: The Disappearing Act of HBCU Library Science Programs / Aisha Johnson
- ch. 4 A Hidden Figure: Adella Hunt Logan, Tuskegee Institute's First Librarian / Shaundra Walker
- pt. II Celebrating Collective and Individual Identity
- ch. 5 "I'm Rooting for Everybody Black": A Labor of Love / Jina DuVernay
- ch. 6 Assumed Identity: Realities of Afro-Caribbean Librarians / Kenya Flash
- ch. 7 The Western Librarian: Community and Collective Individualism / James Allen Davis Jr.
- ch. 8 Margins of the Margins of the Margins: On Being Black with Disabilities and/or Neurodivergence in Libraries and Archives / Kai Alexis Smith
- ch. 9 Uhuru Celebration of Individual and Collective Healing and Empowerment: Five Lessons from an Activist Librarian-Author-Griot / Roland Barksdale-Hall
- pt. III Black Librarians across Settings
- ch. 10 Building Community through Digital Innovation: @BlackLibrarians and WOC+Lib / LaQuanda Onyemeh
- ch. 11 Empowerment through Access: Fostering Youth STEM Engagement with Culturally Reflective Library Services / Amalia E. Butler
- ch. 12 Leading in Health Sciences Librarianship: Perspectives from Black Library Leaders / Jahala Simuel
- ch. 13 The HBCU Librarians' Experience: Doing More with Your Time and Talent for Less Treasure / Danielle Colbert-Lewis
- ch. 14 Leading While Black: Are We Up for the Challenge? / Michele Fenton
- pt. IV Moving Forward: Antiracism, Activism, and Allyship
- ch. 15 Passing the Torch: The Tradition of Mentorship among Black Librarians / Tracie D. Hall
- ch. 16 Rethinking Black MLIS Student Recruitment: A Call to Action / Jahala Simuel
- ch. 17 Post-2020 Public Libraries: The Urgency for Community Dialogue and Healing / Regina Renee Ward
- ch. 18 Thoughts on Sustaining the Academic Library / Michelle E. Jones
- ch. 19 Expanding the Black Archival Imagination: Digital Content Creators and the Movement to Liberate Black Narratives from Institutional Violence / Keondra Bills Freemyn.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Black librarian in America
- ISBN:
- 9781538152669
- 1538152665
- 9781538152676
- 1538152673
- OCLC:
- 1258215774
- Publisher Number:
- 99989665180
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