tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14655635015074061512024-03-04T20:05:59.275-08:00Librarians and Human Rights Recognize the work librarians do to sustain, support and defend Human Rights.PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comBlogger664125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-67484660190902475822023-12-09T14:12:00.000-08:002023-12-09T14:12:15.746-08:00Universal Declaration of Human Rights- 75th Anniversary<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7Knuq8lGjSnFgo2E8alSTGFAFgrNFCXJxjwKED8_kN-SLYTQRYkLBTs_XHtLiw3WsZlS65RunzbRlrdu0yhVtMDEPZfW7ZdIQ_-0i7vOZ2tv9MY3qOtqTu5cLR3p2U2XOKxXeHYR6gKt8vpcqfvne5wM4H1yh9vC7acpj7brXOhR1MK9GoAUmbwbKY1c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="820" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7Knuq8lGjSnFgo2E8alSTGFAFgrNFCXJxjwKED8_kN-SLYTQRYkLBTs_XHtLiw3WsZlS65RunzbRlrdu0yhVtMDEPZfW7ZdIQ_-0i7vOZ2tv9MY3qOtqTu5cLR3p2U2XOKxXeHYR6gKt8vpcqfvne5wM4H1yh9vC7acpj7brXOhR1MK9GoAUmbwbKY1c" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Noto Sans CJK SC", "sans-serif"; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.272px;">On 10</span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Noto Sans CJK SC", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5px; letter-spacing: 0.272px; line-height: 0; position: relative; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Noto Sans CJK SC", "sans-serif"; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.272px;">December 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Noto Sans CJK SC", "sans-serif"; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.272px;">The UDHR was a milestone in the history of human rights; it was the first time that the international community agreed on a set of common values and recognized that human rights are inherent to everyone, everywhere.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2023/12/human-rights-day-2023"><span style="font-size: large;">Human Rights Day 2023 | OHCHR</span></a></p>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-80752961316553876522023-09-12T17:38:00.006-07:002023-09-12T17:38:38.633-07:00Social impact museums have on visitors - Toolkit<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWDQczhqDRgCU2VzmX3_-ZZym55vmErt7M_3GT6LGE61i_4dLnDEtezbTbtVirD69qCK5HjSu0jxpUV6vChVy4rWM4UD2orh6OKwKmDj1N2_SL3kvzJ8cHUWAM0vlAIj5wNfQHf-fTVjAwrCZ37tZEaiJPdH8lSH91Hwrb7HpPOaw9c2x81cGm8I_N5js" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="600" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWDQczhqDRgCU2VzmX3_-ZZym55vmErt7M_3GT6LGE61i_4dLnDEtezbTbtVirD69qCK5HjSu0jxpUV6vChVy4rWM4UD2orh6OKwKmDj1N2_SL3kvzJ8cHUWAM0vlAIj5wNfQHf-fTVjAwrCZ37tZEaiJPdH8lSH91Hwrb7HpPOaw9c2x81cGm8I_N5js" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">The Measurement of Museum Social Impact (MOMSI) addresses the critical need of establishing best practices for measuring social impact within the museum field. It advances museum practice by measuring the social impact museums have on visitors and developing a tool for museums to better understand their social impact on individuals and communities. MOMSI will test the scalabaility of a tool developed in Utah nationwide to provide museums of all sizes the opportunity to measure their own social impact.</span> </span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumsocialimpact.org/toolkit/">Toolkit | Museum Impact Study (museumsocialimpact.org)</a></p>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-55245711217060489792022-11-27T05:48:00.002-08:002022-11-27T05:48:20.459-08:00Aaron Swartz Remembered- 10 Years <p>ALA Memorial Resolution from January 29, 2013</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> A Memorial Resolution Honoring <b>Aaron Swartz</b>
Whereas the American Library Association (ALA) and the broader community of those who support open
access to published materials lost a valued colleague on January 11, 2013, with the tragic death of 26-
year-old Aaron Swartz</p><p>Whereas Aaron Swartz was a tireless and outspoken advocate of intellectual freedom and the rights of
individuals to freely access information; </p><p> Whereas he was a team member of Creative Commons, a group that simplifies access to free copyright licenses
for authors; </p><p> Whereas Aaron Swartz founded the organization Demand Progress, which campaigned against the "Stop
Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act, thus contributing to the failure of the legislation; </p><p> Whereas the international library community lost a leader who was the chief architect of Open Library.org –
an online project that fostered collaboration with librarians and intended to “…build the world’s greatest
library, then put it up on the Internet free for all to use...” according to Swartz in a 2007 announcement of
the project; </p><p> Whereas Aaron Swartz was a member of a group that co-authored RSS 1.0 (also known as Really Simple
Syndication) – a widely used Internet-based tool that enables publishers and users the ability to syndicate
and/or manage digital data from multiple source points;</p><p> Whereas he helped to create Reddit, Inc – a social news and entertainment site which holds the distinction of
being the first social media site to be used by a sitting United States President (President Barack Obama)
to engage with voters in a live online question and answer session; </p><p> Whereas Aaron Swartz was dedicated to the exploration and understanding of ethics, political action, and how
to apply knowledge to improving people's lives, as demonstrated by his 2010-2011 tenure as a fellow at
the Harvard University Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics ; </p><p>Whereas Aaron Swartz was loved and respected by his family, friends, co-workers, and many individuals,
both in the United States and around the world; </p><p>and
Whereas his true legacy lies in the profound effect that he had on countless individuals and institutions to
engage in critical conversations regarding the importance of open access and the dissolving of internet
censorship; </p><p>now therefore, be it A Memorial Resolution Honoring Aaron Swartz</p><p><br /></p><p>Resolved, that the American Library Association (ALA) on behalf of its members;
1. recognizes the significant contributions of Aaron Swartz over the course of his distinguished
career and mourns his death;
2. expresses its sincere sympathy to his family, loved ones, and colleagues throughout the country,
and his many friends and admirers both within and outside of the library community; and
3. encourages libraries and librarians to remain vigilant in protecting and extending the public
domain, and to promoting and developing new means of providing access to and openly
disseminating information. </p><p><br /></p><p>Adopted by the Council of the American Library Association
Tuesday, January 29, 2013</p>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-39921317961021340852022-10-11T20:26:00.002-07:002022-10-11T20:26:39.385-07:00Human Rights Library-Office of the High Commissioner<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9IPPKfycwuJ4BCw4FDfMuSGT10qiDJbNMzcsfSNAT8XzIHJOt_Ae4_meNrdgxKWqeqgtNnQv0TLAjaZnQts4Om1dpLIaxRI-dNRu8e9fCt51YcOOydBAj4j5Cad5ysoPIAdTJsamxc9DXWO8Gp9bXGfNNelmMt3xQuGZRUv3_gNQFtniXWnh1y5q/s225/HUman%20Rights-UN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9IPPKfycwuJ4BCw4FDfMuSGT10qiDJbNMzcsfSNAT8XzIHJOt_Ae4_meNrdgxKWqeqgtNnQv0TLAjaZnQts4Om1dpLIaxRI-dNRu8e9fCt51YcOOydBAj4j5Cad5ysoPIAdTJsamxc9DXWO8Gp9bXGfNNelmMt3xQuGZRUv3_gNQFtniXWnh1y5q/s1600/HUman%20Rights-UN.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Noto Sans CJK SC", "sans-serif"; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.272px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Noto Sans CJK SC", "sans-serif"; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.272px;">The overall goal of the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/library">Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) Library</a> is to provide quality information and knowledge services on human rights in support of OHCHR work and to serve as an information and knowledge gateway for the public at large.</span></p><p><span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Noto Sans CJK SC", "sans-serif"; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.272px;"><br /></span></p><h2 aria-level="2" class="ibt__title heading--5" role="heading" style="background-color: #f5f5f1; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Noto Sans CJK SC", "sans-serif"; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.37; margin: 0px auto 1.25rem; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item" style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Library catalogue</div></h2><div class="wysiwyg-content field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item" style="background-color: #f5f5f1; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Noto Sans CJK SC", "sans-serif"; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><p style="color: var(--charcoal); font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.017rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Access the OHCHR Library catalogue to search through all the collections available in the Library, including books, reports, periodicals, videos, DVDs on human rights and Human Rights Training and Education publications.</p><p style="color: var(--charcoal); font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.017rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><br /></p><h2 aria-level="2" class="ibt__title heading--5" role="heading" style="font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.37; margin: 0px auto 1.25rem; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item" style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Research guides</div></h2><div class="wysiwyg-content field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item" style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><p style="color: var(--charcoal); font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.017rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">The OHCHR Library has developed research guides to provide direct and easy access to specific resources available on various topics, such as</p><ul style="color: var(--charcoal); font-size: 1.125rem; padding-left: 1.75rem; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><li style="color: var(--charcoal); font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.017rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin-bottom: 11px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><a href="https://libraryresources.unog.ch/factfinding" style="background: none; border-bottom: 0.1875rem solid var(--water); display: inline; font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">International Commissions of Inquiry, Fact Finding Missions and other investigations</a></li><li style="color: var(--charcoal); font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.017rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin-bottom: 11px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><a href="https://libraryresources.unog.ch/fightracism" style="background: none; border-bottom: 0.1875rem solid var(--water); display: inline; font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Racial Equality and Justice</a></li><li style="color: var(--charcoal); font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.017rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin-bottom: 11px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><a href="https://libraryresources.unog.ch/disability" style="background: none; border-bottom: 0.1875rem solid var(--water); display: inline; font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Disability Inclusion</a></li></ul></div></div>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-53688809204098508072022-07-07T12:34:00.001-07:002022-07-07T12:34:26.738-07:00United Nations Sustainable Development Goals -Book Club<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://libguides.scf.edu/c.php?g=102813&p=710449"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>State College of Florida-Sarasota Manatee </b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>LibGuide Sustainable Development Goals</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdgbookclub/">Book Club</a></b></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgq0kA5A0-jvriAsvzjXnw8VevcvkyXag4Kl9KODYXTi4-J-5KityJAd_pjvp_r4G152M35ygdVA3ddOop0CzTR0mmroi2rfd_YEIBjb4Vi9O-WyHDIsBZpCxVxRBvOnQRCudsL5vLx7_JdnGh9EcRSLE9PnOKfj_DF-EVBWvp2m7IMx6BwdikVAkQb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="2481" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgq0kA5A0-jvriAsvzjXnw8VevcvkyXag4Kl9KODYXTi4-J-5KityJAd_pjvp_r4G152M35ygdVA3ddOop0CzTR0mmroi2rfd_YEIBjb4Vi9O-WyHDIsBZpCxVxRBvOnQRCudsL5vLx7_JdnGh9EcRSLE9PnOKfj_DF-EVBWvp2m7IMx6BwdikVAkQb" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /></h3><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">United Nations <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Sustainable Development Goals</span> (SDG)</h3><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdgbookclub/"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Reading Challenge</span>!</a></h3><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana; font-size: 12px;">On 25 September 2015, countries adopted a set of 17 goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda to be achieved by 2030. For the goals to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: governments, the private sector, civil society and people like you.</span></div>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-39288179816071372442022-05-25T06:54:00.006-07:002022-05-25T06:54:30.018-07:00Librarians' Cultural Heritages are Shifting in the U.S.<p> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: bold;">Diversity of LIS School Students: Trends over the Past 30 Years</span></p><div class="r_a" style="border: 0px; color: #227744; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Yoon, JungWon; McCook, Kathleen de la Peña</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><cite style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Journal of Education for Library and Information Science</cite><span style="font-style: inherit;">, v62 n2 p109-118 2021</span></div></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px 232px 8px 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="abstract" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Using the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2018 statistical reports, this study reports the current diversity status of LIS students. The findings are as follows: (1) overall LIS graduates' diversity has improved from 6.79% to 17.47% over the past 30 years, and particularly, the increase in the number of Hispanic graduates is noticeable; (2) however, LIS graduates' diversity does not follow the trends of the US population diversity: whereas 37% of the US population is minority, 17.43% of LIS graduates are minority students; (3) the ratio of LIS minority graduates (17.43%) is lower than the ratio of LIS minority students (20.70%); (4) larger disparities among LIS students are noticed in the most ethnically diverse states; and (5) the rate of minority students among the top ten LIS schools is lower than those of overall LIS schools, except the Asian group.</div></div></div>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-73789718916220560172022-03-20T05:40:00.001-07:002022-03-20T05:40:16.780-07:00Geraldine Vaucresson in 1961 integrated the staff at the New Orleans Public Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYSK_HSxk1js7gF99pSEMbMmdz5b18cyiqDFiO8-A6THD4SaJLMp981fxkuZ8RQxCKEiZLZaS1sUk3XQOYSJGhVcwNK6ZH2q7EWNP4ZxmGWSlRccSCpbQshiCAzfzQVM9mL-HYfzVHSBgJqC6X4m0AedEJzGT7V-LToT46wULQW54NvzXeQa49a2cM=s960" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="681" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYSK_HSxk1js7gF99pSEMbMmdz5b18cyiqDFiO8-A6THD4SaJLMp981fxkuZ8RQxCKEiZLZaS1sUk3XQOYSJGhVcwNK6ZH2q7EWNP4ZxmGWSlRccSCpbQshiCAzfzQVM9mL-HYfzVHSBgJqC6X4m0AedEJzGT7V-LToT46wULQW54NvzXeQa49a2cM=s320"/></a></div>
<a href="https://nolalibrary.org/2022/03/18/new-orleans-public-library-integration/">The New Orleans Public Library officially desegregated in 1954</a>, making it one of the first institutions in the city to reject Jim Crow laws. However, while the move integrated libraries on paper, it took many years of strategic initiatives to truly desegregate the system. Geraldine Vaucresson became an important player in that process when she was hired to work at the Napoleon Branch in 1961.
Geraldine was a Black woman, and the Napoleon Branch –– now called the Children’s Resource Center Library –– was not a Black library. By integrating their staff, Library officials hoped Black residents would be empowered to go into Library locations where they had previously been unwelcomed, including the one where Geraldine was employed.
Geraldine was the first hire in this plan, cementing her as a key figure on the road to true integration.
Her son, Vance Vaucresson, was born after Geraldine left the Library, but he said she was always very proud of her work there. He grew up hearing stories about his mother’s time at the Napoleon Branch, including the backlash she faced early on.
<blockquote>“Today, we look back at it, and see it as this huge thing. My mother integrated the New Orleans Public Library. That’s amazing, and it’s a story that I am happy to tell, and I’m proud that it’s part of my family history,” Vance explains. “But, she just kind of took as is what she was supposed to do, as a Black person and as a Black librarian during the civil rights movement.” </blockquote>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-30818120885423169102021-04-17T15:35:00.001-07:002021-04-17T15:35:23.547-07:00The Preservation and Annihilation of Memory.<p> </p><h4 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, "SF Compact Display", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol")); font-size: 1.125em; font-weight: var(--font_weight_headings_preset, bold); line-height: 1.16em; margin: 0px 0px 0.625em; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><strong style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><a href="https://kathleenmccook.substack.com/about">The Preservation and Annihilation of Memory.</a></strong></h4><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;">The annihilation of books, ideas, and free expression is the topic of a new Substack newsletter.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9M0kvS_mnwP5UsjOLqS9n8_Gq3a-DqQuX7kSHANwRupGYsvswqGOVPXuhwwLi8bWzdJSaYFxum7kegAdMemR5CydVBxd59D7eP6IIQP0zX1DsuY4W668ZYPzsOaAhJKnpYsnw01ofKJE/s435/mayan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="435" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9M0kvS_mnwP5UsjOLqS9n8_Gq3a-DqQuX7kSHANwRupGYsvswqGOVPXuhwwLi8bWzdJSaYFxum7kegAdMemR5CydVBxd59D7eP6IIQP0zX1DsuY4W668ZYPzsOaAhJKnpYsnw01ofKJE/s320/mayan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h1 class="post-title long unpublished" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, "SF Compact Display", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol")); font-size: 1.625em; font-weight: var(--font_weight_headings_preset, bold); line-height: 40.1375px; margin: 0.378em 0px 0px; text-align: start; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">"because they contained nothing but superstition and the devil's falsehoods, we burnt them all"</h1><h3 class="subtitle" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: var(--print_secondary, var(--print_secondary_on_web_bg_color, var(--print_secondary, #757575))); font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, "SF Compact Display", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol")); font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.16em; margin: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: start; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Bishop Diego de Landa burns Mayan books in 1562.</h3></div><br /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Eduardo Hughes Galeano, </strong><em style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Memoria del fuego</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;"> (</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Memory of Fire Trilogy</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;">, 1986).</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div><strong style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><br /></strong></div>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-43907676466224589042021-01-23T08:40:00.000-08:002021-01-23T08:40:43.749-08:00Juan E. Méndez Book Award to Theresa Keeley.<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The <a href="https://humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/programs/wola-duke-human-rights-award/">Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America</a> honors the leadership and legacy of Juan E. Méndez, a champion of justice who has devoted his life to the defense of human rights. Méndez is the former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and current Professor of Human Rights Law at American University. The award honors an outstanding book of non-fiction, including graphic works, published in English on human rights, democracy and social justice in contemporary Latin America. Méndez’s papers are housed at Duke University Libraries’ Human Rights Archive, one of the largest collections of human rights materials.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf4C3UknCSAohk6rnb_ze_EUFOL4x5p8k3Hxi6gJzzJsEDVstPhl65M9eNMx0RfC-JJhQN6jgEmqLxe20e-buO0kXOKQ-4RHOCd9jCTzahBxqGD6Ity_BZSf8IF4gknr1EOPu13S7L-A/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="199" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf4C3UknCSAohk6rnb_ze_EUFOL4x5p8k3Hxi6gJzzJsEDVstPhl65M9eNMx0RfC-JJhQN6jgEmqLxe20e-buO0kXOKQ-4RHOCd9jCTzahBxqGD6Ity_BZSf8IF4gknr1EOPu13S7L-A/" width="159" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Theresa Keeley’s </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><a href="https://humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/juan-e-mendez-award-winner-reagans-gun-toting-nuns/">Reagan’s Gun-Toting Nuns: The Catholic Conflict Over Cold War Human Rights Policy in Central America!</a></em></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-19849271609332603502021-01-23T06:02:00.001-08:002021-01-23T06:02:12.243-08:00Penn Press Human Rights Series. Dignity Rights Updated.<h1 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/16200.html"><i>Dignity Rights:Courts, Constitutions, and the Worth of the Human Person. </i>Updated 2020.</a></span></h1><div><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoPEolDp0JUhGZfD5OieaCeLmLD00dyLlbhDl6VoYBtsZwhN7NhLJaP-5SdcL-OWuvnQrzqUJ0WidzsOVQAzR6igm7ftqm3Bd29VTIoyR9p8A02eOKFht_p2Oaro5F-xKOElJLXkPBXY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="243" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoPEolDp0JUhGZfD5OieaCeLmLD00dyLlbhDl6VoYBtsZwhN7NhLJaP-5SdcL-OWuvnQrzqUJ0WidzsOVQAzR6igm7ftqm3Bd29VTIoyR9p8A02eOKFht_p2Oaro5F-xKOElJLXkPBXY/" width="160" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div><i style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: inherit; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Dignity Rights</i><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> is the first book to explore the constitutional law of dignity around the world. (Updated 2020).</span></div>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-56183321639681512092021-01-21T17:57:00.001-08:002021-01-21T17:59:14.158-08:00Digital Equity & Digital Privilge: A Call to Action - Dr. Ray Pun<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgfG7z3Gx6uiUpOz8nHhjdKeY8v06F7INEWOBAuiI-S4KtlX0x-1z-ehQeLukTUR4WVb_Z6MPJ88as-ZHABQPAj4ul8BvGxWSQusXhDXWnGIYJHvmDyodzac4IM1z2HoidnIVI4SYTJw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="680" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgfG7z3Gx6uiUpOz8nHhjdKeY8v06F7INEWOBAuiI-S4KtlX0x-1z-ehQeLukTUR4WVb_Z6MPJ88as-ZHABQPAj4ul8BvGxWSQusXhDXWnGIYJHvmDyodzac4IM1z2HoidnIVI4SYTJw/" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Digital equity means "<span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">a condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy and economy” (NDIA, 2019, para. 1)."</span><p></p><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-891dd4df-7fff-8aa4-7cbf-b9ce6d52d5d7"> </span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFV2qfQ4iQ-ln8OZkvgtuwBEcOohYbe0VAIb-Nv9h4pyDyaRcLLB7BwMAjzw5AINd7NFe2g9UNV614yXGAwDnFkhgMdVoLzlDceUrI1CT6fkufueAMwn1bfjPfQQ7Gzt17lyaK2M7h9E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1024" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFV2qfQ4iQ-ln8OZkvgtuwBEcOohYbe0VAIb-Nv9h4pyDyaRcLLB7BwMAjzw5AINd7NFe2g9UNV614yXGAwDnFkhgMdVoLzlDceUrI1CT6fkufueAMwn1bfjPfQQ7Gzt17lyaK2M7h9E/" width="238" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span face="Larsseit, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fffbf2; font-size: 16px;">Raymond Pun (he/him/his) has worked in libraries for over 15 years at various institutions. Ray has served as a Reference/Instruction Librarian and supported digital literacy, student engagement, community engagement, and scholarly communications. He has published and presented extensively and is an active member of the American Library Association (ALA). Ray holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from California State University, Fresno; a Master of Library Science from CUNY Queens College; and a Master of Arts in East Asian Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in History from St. John’s University.</span></div><p>Slide deck is <a href="https://t.co/Drk4oHvw7y?amp=1">here.</a></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c766e4a2-7fff-d0ab-ec6f-13ad6c0a0ce6"> </span></p>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-57740825285308956912020-10-28T04:58:00.000-07:002020-10-28T04:58:08.964-07:00Clearwater Public Library System's Prison Letter Program Honored with Florida Library Association Maria Chavez-Hernandez “Libraries Change Peoples’ Lives” 2020 Award<p> <b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flalib.org/2020-fla-award-winners">Florida Library Association</a></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><span data-lucid-content="{"t":"Overall Achievement \nLibrarian of the Year \nAndrew Breidenbaugh, Director
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Under Andrew Beidenbaugh's energetic leadership and commitment to an evolving library, THPL found new, effective ways to remove barriers to library resources. Andrew's collaboration with local government and library stakeholders enabled access to every school-aged child in Hillsborough County, welcomed back 15,000 customers shut out from the library's resources by fines, made library technology available to every resident regardless of account status and expanded service to underserved populations. Andrew spearheaded THPL's strategic planning process, resulting in a new staffing model, yielding $1 million in savings with no jobs lost.\n
Library of the Year \nBroward County Library \n
A host of new initiatives and projects are bringing Broward County Library’s services and resources to unusual and unexpected places, including an airport, parks, and ports.These investments have generated significant increases in usage of the library’s electronic services and attendance at libraries and programs in FY2019. Increases included growth in the following: 5.4% in total circulation; 7.9% in new library cards; 8.6% in number of programs; and 13.5% in attendance. The biggest investment in this initiative is the willingness by BCL staff to realize that library services for all, the sky – and land and sea – is not the limit.\n \n\n\nOutstanding New Librarian \nLily Jade Dubach
University of Central Florida
Lily Dubach’s passion for student success is evident in her work in the classroom, efforts with textbook affordability, many publications and conference presentations, outreach efforts on multiple campuses, and development of new library workshops. Lily identified a need to reach out to UCF’s new program for students with learning disabilities, designing a new book club to invite these students to experience library resources. She has taken on leadership roles within the library, the FLA, and the University. Lily is that rare librarian who not only does her job exceptionally well, but also serves as an ambassador for the profession.\n \nOutstanding Paraprofessional \nMary Renee Galloway, Hope Place Branch Manager & Library Associate
Volusia County Public Library
Mary Renee Galloway is the representation of a 21st century paraprofessional. Mary demonstrates consistency in quality performance and expertise as manager of a small branch, as a leader in youth services programming, and as a mentor to her peers. Her readiness to redefine her role has taken her from student worker to library assistant to library associate. She networks with her peers and serves as an on-boarding mentor for other paraprofessionals. She has taken a student worker job and forged it into a career where she successfully leads from the middle- impressing peers, colleagues, subordinates, and administrators.","m":[{"s":0,"n":"b","v":true,"e":23},{"s":0,"n":"c","v":"#437fcfff","e":20},{"s":0,"n":"f","v":"Merriweather","e":821},{"s":0,"n":"fc","v":"Bold","e":23},{"s":0,"n":"fid","v":8570,"e":23},{"s":0,"n":"s","v":18,"e":23},{"s":23,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":24},{"s":23,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":24},{"s":23,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":24},{"s":23,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":24},{"s":24,"n":"b","v":true,"e":47},{"s":24,"n":"fc","v":"Bold Oblique","e":47},{"s":24,"n":"fid","v":8571,"e":47},{"s":24,"n":"i","v":true,"e":47},{"s":24,"n":"s","v":12,"e":47},{"s":47,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":768},{"s":47,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":768},{"s":47,"n":"s","v":10,"e":50},{"s":50,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":51},{"s":50,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":51},{"s":51,"n":"s","v":10,"e":80},{"s":80,"n":"c","v":"#222222ff","e":121},{"s":80,"n":"hl","v":"#ffffffff","e":81},{"s":80,"n":"s","v":11.733360000000001,"e":81},{"s":81,"n":"s","v":10,"e":122},{"s":121,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":123},{"s":121,"n":"hl","v":"#ffffffff","e":123},{"s":123,"n":"s","v":10,"e":175},{"s":767,"n":"s","v":10,"e":768},{"s":768,"n":"b","v":true,"e":790},{"s":768,"n":"fc","v":"Bold Oblique","e":790},{"s":768,"n":"fid","v":8571,"e":790},{"s":768,"n":"i","v":true,"e":790},{"s":768,"n":"s","v":12,"e":790},{"s":790,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":821},{"s":790,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":821},{"s":790,"n":"s","v":10,"e":792},{"s":792,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":793},{"s":792,"n":"hl","v":"#ffffffff","e":793},{"s":792,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":793},{"s":793,"n":"s","v":10,"e":821},{"s":821,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":1463},{"s":821,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":1470},{"s":821,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":1470},{"s":1463,"n":"s","v":10,"e":1468},{"s":1468,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":1469},{"s":1468,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":1469},{"s":1469,"n":"s","v":10,"e":1470},{"s":1470,"n":"b","v":true,"e":1498},{"s":1470,"n":"fc","v":"Bold Oblique","e":1498},{"s":1470,"n":"fid","v":8571,"e":1498},{"s":1470,"n":"i","v":true,"e":1498},{"s":1470,"n":"s","v":12,"e":1498},{"s":1498,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":1499},{"s":1498,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":2190},{"s":1498,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":2190},{"s":1498,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":1499},{"s":1499,"n":"s","v":10,"e":1547},{"s":1547,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":2188},{"s":2187,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":2188},{"s":2188,"n":"s","v":10,"e":2189},{"s":2189,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":2190},{"s":2189,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":2190},{"s":2190,"n":"b","v":true,"e":2218},{"s":2190,"n":"fc","v":"Bold Oblique","e":2218},{"s":2190,"n":"fid","v":8571,"e":2218},{"s":2190,"n":"i","v":true,"e":2218},{"s":2190,"n":"s","v":12,"e":2218},{"s":2218,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":2947},{"s":2218,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":2947},{"s":2218,"n":"s","v":10,"e":2220},{"s":2220,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":2221},{"s":2220,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":2221},{"s":2221,"n":"s","v":10,"e":2319},{"s":2319,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":2947},{"s":821,"n":"f","v":"Merriweather","e":2947}]}" data-lucid-type="application/vnd.lucid.text" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><span data-lucid-content="{"t":"Embodiment of Values and Ideals \nIntellectual Freedom Award\nPrison Letter Program
Clearwater Public Library System
The Clearwater Public Library System’s Prisoner Letter Program answers basic reference questions and provides research assistance to prison inmates throughout Florida. The program works to fulfill the needs of an underserved population. The Prison Letter Program provides outreach to incarcerated persons and receives between fifty to eighty letters a month from more than 35 State Correctional Facilities. With the belief that the core values of intellectual freedom and librarianship should benefit all Floridians, Clearwater Public Library System gladly provides information access for inmates.\n\nLibrary Innovation \nThe Project Welcome
Broward County Library
The Project Welcome was created to welcome newcomers and English language learners, inform them of Broward County Library’s important resources and support them on their path towards literacy, economic prosperity and a sense of belonging. The target population for Project Welcome is Broward’s Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Portuguese-speakers, as approximately 31 percent of Broward residents speak one of these three languages. Ensuring the success of Project Welcome, BCL collaborated with a number of community and public organizations. Additionally, marketing and library resources were translated into the target languages and Amazon Echo devices are at public service desks to provide customers with assistance in a variety of languages.\n\nMaria Chavez-Hernandez “Libraries Change Peoples’ Lives” \nTampa Hillsborough County Public Library
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library (THPL) supports adult learners through English language and basic literacy tutoring in partnership with the Hillsborough Literacy Council and citizenship classes facilitated by community partners. Each year over 100 active volunteers offer 3,000 hours of instruction. In 2019, THPL expanded its citizenship classes with the support of a $10,000 American Dream Literacy Initiative grant, incorporating tablets to make the sessions more engaging while building technology skills and familiarizing students with the online testing format. 100% of students said they learned something helpful and intend to apply what they learned.\n\nExcellence in a Field of Endeavor \nBetty Davis Miller Youth Services Award
(Early Learning)\nMandel Public Library of West Palm Beach
\"Let’s Read\" is a volunteer-based reading program established by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach.The program encourages a love of reading by training adult volunteer mentors to bring story times into academically struggling Title 1 elementary schools and pre-schools. It is designed to help children in preschool through second grade develop a love of reading. Let’s Read volunteers share stories and rhymes, distribute library cards and gift books, encourage library use and support reading at home. Since 2003, over 500 volunteers have visited over 550 classrooms to share 4,850 hours of literacy rich story times.\n
Betty Davis Miller Youth Services Award (Teens)\nSuwannee River Regional Library
There are few programs in the Suwannee River Regional Library’s rural community for teens not interested in team sports. The library teen programs offer opportunities for teens to meet, share, create and cooperate in a safe environment. Teen programs are bringing in youth that may not have visited. The programs provide educational and character-building aspects designed to inspire teens to read about and explore different hobbies, art forms, games and occupations. These programs encourage teamwork, problem solving, creative thinking, focus under pressure, time management and respect for others, and incorporate new books and media through displays and projects.
\nExcellence in Marketing and Public Relations \nBroward County Library
The Broward County Library collaborated with the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Fort Lauderdale to open the Broward County FLLibrary, a satellite library location in the airport featuring the latest in streaming media technology. The project was a partnership between Broward County Libraries and the Broward County Aviation Department. Broward County Aviation was eager to create a comfortable and eye-catching space for visitors and provide a venue to promote library services to the 36 million domestic and international travelers passing through the airport.\n\nExemplary Instructional Programs or Services
Homework Help and Tutoring Program
Miami-Dade Public Library System
The Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Homework Help and Tutoring Program promotes literacy and learning by providing certified teachers who meet with small groups of students in one-hour sessions to provide free homework help and tutoring in reading, math and science. To date, the program has provided 40,432 tutoring sessions to students from some of the highest need areas in Miami-Dade County. The program inspires all children to a lifelong love of learning and supports student achievement in a safe and nurturing learning environment.\n
Libraries Mean Business\nTampa-Hillsborough County Public Library\n
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library (THPL) promotes economic development through resources, programs, and partnerships that empower small businesses and entrepreneurs. THPL facilitates this through a partnership with the Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), leading to strong relationships with other community organizations. Since 2016, THPL has engaged with 1,135 people through 57 classes and 684 reference hours at the ECC, 1,639 through outreach at business events, and over 3,500 through expert-led business classes in library branches. 96% of customers surveyed report learning something helpful, 96% intend to apply what they learned, and 93% are more aware of library resources and services.\n
Outstanding Scholarly Contribution \nMakiba Foster, Librarian
Broward County Library
Makiba Foster’s \"Navigating Library Collections, Black Culture, and Current Events,” published in the Summer 2018 issue of Library Trends (Johns Hopkins University Press) creatively and concisely examines the importance of library archives and collections in preserving and documenting the Black experience in the United States. Her article underlines the importance of public libraries’ incorporation of historical literacy as an enhancement of information and how historical literacy encourages a higher level of engagement by relating historical library collections to the issues of today.\n\nOutstanding Citizen \nFriends, Foundations & Boards Outstanding Member \nCyndi Bloom, President
Board of the Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library
Cyndi Bloom is committed to the mission of the Boca Raton Public Library. Cyndi has been a member of the Friends for 12 years and President for 6 years. During that period, Cyndi has led the Friends in numerous projects to raise library awareness and money to endow the two Boca Raton Public Libraries with funds to enhance their facilities and serve the community. Her leadership and advocacy has directly resulted in the donation of $127,000 to the library for purchase of the library mobile van and raising nearly $250,000 over 5 years for the library. 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\nLibrarian of the Year \nAndrew Breidenbaugh, Director
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Under Andrew Beidenbaugh's energetic leadership and commitment to an evolving library, THPL found new, effective ways to remove barriers to library resources. Andrew's collaboration with local government and library stakeholders enabled access to every school-aged child in Hillsborough County, welcomed back 15,000 customers shut out from the library's resources by fines, made library technology available to every resident regardless of account status and expanded service to underserved populations. Andrew spearheaded THPL's strategic planning process, resulting in a new staffing model, yielding $1 million in savings with no jobs lost.\n
Library of the Year \nBroward County Library \n
A host of new initiatives and projects are bringing Broward County Library’s services and resources to unusual and unexpected places, including an airport, parks, and ports.These investments have generated significant increases in usage of the library’s electronic services and attendance at libraries and programs in FY2019. Increases included growth in the following: 5.4% in total circulation; 7.9% in new library cards; 8.6% in number of programs; and 13.5% in attendance. The biggest investment in this initiative is the willingness by BCL staff to realize that library services for all, the sky – and land and sea – is not the limit.\n \n\n\nOutstanding New Librarian \nLily Jade Dubach
University of Central Florida
Lily Dubach’s passion for student success is evident in her work in the classroom, efforts with textbook affordability, many publications and conference presentations, outreach efforts on multiple campuses, and development of new library workshops. Lily identified a need to reach out to UCF’s new program for students with learning disabilities, designing a new book club to invite these students to experience library resources. She has taken on leadership roles within the library, the FLA, and the University. Lily is that rare librarian who not only does her job exceptionally well, but also serves as an ambassador for the profession.\n \nOutstanding Paraprofessional \nMary Renee Galloway, Hope Place Branch Manager & Library Associate
Volusia County Public Library
Mary Renee Galloway is the representation of a 21st century paraprofessional. Mary demonstrates consistency in quality performance and expertise as manager of a small branch, as a leader in youth services programming, and as a mentor to her peers. Her readiness to redefine her role has taken her from student worker to library assistant to library associate. She networks with her peers and serves as an on-boarding mentor for other paraprofessionals. She has taken a student worker job and forged it into a career where she successfully leads from the middle- impressing peers, colleagues, subordinates, and administrators.","m":[{"s":0,"n":"b","v":true,"e":23},{"s":0,"n":"c","v":"#437fcfff","e":20},{"s":0,"n":"f","v":"Merriweather","e":821},{"s":0,"n":"fc","v":"Bold","e":23},{"s":0,"n":"fid","v":8570,"e":23},{"s":0,"n":"s","v":18,"e":23},{"s":23,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":24},{"s":23,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":24},{"s":23,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":24},{"s":23,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":24},{"s":24,"n":"b","v":true,"e":47},{"s":24,"n":"fc","v":"Bold Oblique","e":47},{"s":24,"n":"fid","v":8571,"e":47},{"s":24,"n":"i","v":true,"e":47},{"s":24,"n":"s","v":12,"e":47},{"s":47,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":768},{"s":47,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":768},{"s":47,"n":"s","v":10,"e":50},{"s":50,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":51},{"s":50,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":51},{"s":51,"n":"s","v":10,"e":80},{"s":80,"n":"c","v":"#222222ff","e":121},{"s":80,"n":"hl","v":"#ffffffff","e":81},{"s":80,"n":"s","v":11.733360000000001,"e":81},{"s":81,"n":"s","v":10,"e":122},{"s":121,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":123},{"s":121,"n":"hl","v":"#ffffffff","e":123},{"s":123,"n":"s","v":10,"e":175},{"s":767,"n":"s","v":10,"e":768},{"s":768,"n":"b","v":true,"e":790},{"s":768,"n":"fc","v":"Bold Oblique","e":790},{"s":768,"n":"fid","v":8571,"e":790},{"s":768,"n":"i","v":true,"e":790},{"s":768,"n":"s","v":12,"e":790},{"s":790,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":821},{"s":790,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":821},{"s":790,"n":"s","v":10,"e":792},{"s":792,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":793},{"s":792,"n":"hl","v":"#ffffffff","e":793},{"s":792,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":793},{"s":793,"n":"s","v":10,"e":821},{"s":821,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":1463},{"s":821,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":1470},{"s":821,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":1470},{"s":1463,"n":"s","v":10,"e":1468},{"s":1468,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":1469},{"s":1468,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":1469},{"s":1469,"n":"s","v":10,"e":1470},{"s":1470,"n":"b","v":true,"e":1498},{"s":1470,"n":"fc","v":"Bold Oblique","e":1498},{"s":1470,"n":"fid","v":8571,"e":1498},{"s":1470,"n":"i","v":true,"e":1498},{"s":1470,"n":"s","v":12,"e":1498},{"s":1498,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":1499},{"s":1498,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":2190},{"s":1498,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":2190},{"s":1498,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":1499},{"s":1499,"n":"s","v":10,"e":1547},{"s":1547,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":2188},{"s":2187,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":2188},{"s":2188,"n":"s","v":10,"e":2189},{"s":2189,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":2190},{"s":2189,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":2190},{"s":2190,"n":"b","v":true,"e":2218},{"s":2190,"n":"fc","v":"Bold Oblique","e":2218},{"s":2190,"n":"fid","v":8571,"e":2218},{"s":2190,"n":"i","v":true,"e":2218},{"s":2190,"n":"s","v":12,"e":2218},{"s":2218,"n":"fc","v":"Regular","e":2947},{"s":2218,"n":"fid","v":1010,"e":2947},{"s":2218,"n":"s","v":10,"e":2220},{"s":2220,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":2221},{"s":2220,"n":"s","v":12.8,"e":2221},{"s":2221,"n":"s","v":10,"e":2319},{"s":2319,"n":"c","v":"#000000ff","e":2947},{"s":821,"n":"f","v":"Merriweather","e":2947}]}" data-lucid-type="application/vnd.lucid.text" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Prison Letter Program<br style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;" /><a href="https://www.myclearwaterlibrary.com/">Clearwater Public Library System</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">The Clearwater Public Library System’s Prisoner Letter Program answers basic reference questions and provides research assistance to prison inmates throughout Florida. The program works to fulfill the needs of an underserved population. The Prison Letter Program provides outreach to incarcerated persons and receives between fifty to eighty letters a month from more than 35 State Correctional Facilities. With the belief that the core values of intellectual freedom and librarianship should benefit all Floridians, Clearwater Public Library System gladly provides information access for inmates.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Video about the Program is here: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JZ3SWie10f8" width="320" youtube-src-id="JZ3SWie10f8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For deep background on library services and incarceration forthcoming book: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #73757d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;">Austin, J. (2021). </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #73757d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">Library services and incarceration: Recognizing barriers, strengthening access</em><span style="color: #73757d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"> (working title). Chicago: American Library Association. (A prepublication chapter from this book is available </span><a href="https://jeanieaustincom.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/carceral-histories-in-the-united-states-j-austin.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2c313f; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #73757d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;">.)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #73757d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #73757d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;">and more at <a href="https://jeanieaustin.com/">Dr. Jeanie Austin blog.</a></span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-38250272423407246442020-09-30T21:15:00.001-07:002020-09-30T21:15:16.232-07:00Literature for Justice <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In 2017, the National Book Foundation began the Literature
for Justice program to highlight books that contribute to the dialogue around
mass incarceration and justice. Since then, the need for those perspectives has
only grown, and <a href=" https://lithub.com/literature-for-justice-seven-books-that-rethink-mass-incarceration/">this year’s list</a> adds seven more titles to help us think
through these issues.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih84KaO1qiZzzSijFZ6K0SLcbz0YhSUxm_jdMSatk8rRk50B4KIGYpumg8na6Lil4hdrORnaw3ZSA4VdLlWTircNTJkRLTN7UeKZSRw2TwNvX1IpFprbOFV_AXAmSHhYZ3i1VBYRA3DTw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="800" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih84KaO1qiZzzSijFZ6K0SLcbz0YhSUxm_jdMSatk8rRk50B4KIGYpumg8na6Lil4hdrORnaw3ZSA4VdLlWTircNTJkRLTN7UeKZSRw2TwNvX1IpFprbOFV_AXAmSHhYZ3i1VBYRA3DTw/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-78450438807996891562020-09-16T08:20:00.003-07:002020-09-16T08:20:42.517-07:00Alliance of Information and Referral Systems. E-Conference 2020.<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWV39IQuxIHMt4Cu_jF_NsIYEhUXWdnfZ0MzumpF5v0DIqy98iMhkgkg0o6eUvNt1JJwwsIOVXsOs21a8h3kVy8GNCeVb0uJgwFkEBSsSgNtKcgLA3xj80PQ9tE3-rGwr3aREgI4Ozn4g/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="385" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWV39IQuxIHMt4Cu_jF_NsIYEhUXWdnfZ0MzumpF5v0DIqy98iMhkgkg0o6eUvNt1JJwwsIOVXsOs21a8h3kVy8GNCeVb0uJgwFkEBSsSgNtKcgLA3xj80PQ9tE3-rGwr3aREgI4Ozn4g/" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The <a href="https://learn.airs.org/">Alliance of Information and Referral Systems </a>is the professional membership association for community Information and Referral (I&R). AIRS is the driving force behind the delivery of quality I&R services and the sole source for standards, program accreditation and practitioner certification for the I&R sector.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://learn.airs.org/airs-2020-presenters">2020 Virtual e-Conference</a> September 16-18, 2020.</span></p>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-2970821135737642392020-08-25T06:40:00.001-07:002020-08-25T06:40:53.352-07:00Holberg Laureate Professor Paul Gilroy and Importance of Libraries<p> 2019 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta6UkmlXtVo&t=853s">Holberg Laureate Professor Paul Gilroy</a> interviewed by Adam Shatz in podcast in which Professor Gilroy <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/lrb-conversations/the-absurdities-of-race">describes the importance of libraries</a> in his intellectual development.</p><div><div>Full text of the 2019 Holberg Lecture, by Professor Paul Gilroy, "<span face="" style="background-color: #fffffc; color: #0d161a;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Never Again: Refusing race and salvaging the human," is <a href="http://here.">here.</a></span></span></div></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: #fffffc; color: #0d161a;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: #fffffc; color: #0d161a;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmp7jyDILkByClV-_HuqzLNvFSndeFEPYXJVDtG_Q4IdXB_7vr76t5ALuEjQfyoOBEy1tHghvahs2IOzzu5c4XWAo3TPlqYdTy1qamf7GzrZJddGiPYB1XoS7DaFT3VjqMdV2_CBjNjVI/s1141/PaulGilroy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmp7jyDILkByClV-_HuqzLNvFSndeFEPYXJVDtG_Q4IdXB_7vr76t5ALuEjQfyoOBEy1tHghvahs2IOzzu5c4XWAo3TPlqYdTy1qamf7GzrZJddGiPYB1XoS7DaFT3VjqMdV2_CBjNjVI/w202-h320/PaulGilroy2.jpg" title="Professor Paul Gilroy" width="202" /></a></div><span face="" style="background-color: #fffffc; color: #0d161a;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: #fffffc; color: #0d161a;"><br /></span></div>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-30007378846244192522020-08-10T15:59:00.001-07:002020-10-28T16:10:23.287-07:00Black Caucus receives Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Award <p> <span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.bcala.org/bcala-receives-imls-laura-bush-21st-century-librarian-program-award">The Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) is the recipient of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Award </a>in the amount of $100,000. The grant will support the “Breaking Barriers: The Future of Black Librarianship” national forum, a one-day pre-conference event to strengthen support for Black/African American MLIS students. Funding from IMLS will allow up to 50 LIS students, professionals, and educators to convene in order to distill approaches for increasing BCALA’s outreach to emerging librarians.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYKSVuN9eyTQP9GoZbRBIrvECipQ2cTR2n6gMWOZxBL8USGmaFpwWovPi7Rm_TDaH97Bqe_FchMmusQdE0LbRUBMVVT2lqYbzRWsRLckUmKTGYHD6PMIxBorJqVdCQ5nvLicjuUhsd7Y/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="199" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYKSVuN9eyTQP9GoZbRBIrvECipQ2cTR2n6gMWOZxBL8USGmaFpwWovPi7Rm_TDaH97Bqe_FchMmusQdE0LbRUBMVVT2lqYbzRWsRLckUmKTGYHD6PMIxBorJqVdCQ5nvLicjuUhsd7Y/" width="238" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; image-rendering: -webkit-optimize-contrast; line-height: 25px; margin: 15px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 995.489px;">The forum will precede the 11th National Conference for African American Librarians (NCAAL), scheduled from August 5-9, 2021 in Tulsa, OK. In keeping with the conference theme, “Inspired by our Past, Igniting our Future,” the forum will culminate in the design of resources to recruit Black/African American librarians and the launch of an online, LIS program-independent student group called iBlackCaucus.</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; image-rendering: -webkit-optimize-contrast; line-height: 25px; margin: 15px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 995.489px;">Black Caucus website is <a href="https://www.bcala.org/">here</a>.</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; image-rendering: -webkit-optimize-contrast; line-height: 25px; margin: 15px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 995.489px;"><br /></p>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-5334427515224837192020-08-06T04:50:00.004-07:002020-08-06T14:25:59.532-07:00Black Women in LIS Education<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Open letter from <a href="https://ali.memberclicks.net/history-2">Dr. Lorna Peterson. She was ALISE President in 2010/2011</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Anderson_Statue_1.jpg/220px-Anderson_Statue_1.jpg" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_M._Smith">Dr. Henrietta M. Smith.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Dear Colleagues,<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>On July 24, 2020, a thread regarding Black Women LIS educators in the U.S. generated interest on the list JESSE, that was both surprising and encouraging to see.<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>Three former deans (McCook, Woolls, Carbo) who are recognized researchers and leaders beyond their administrative post experiences, contributed names.<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>An additional leader responded privately with more names.<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>Nicole Cooke’s <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lFFga_cdu1stWAnnF0gk8_KwjYe2MfUd/view?usp%3Dsharing&source=gmail&ust=1596799242404000&usg=AFQjCNEmhHRL5UT8wWQIZQwurMpsWsVmCg" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lFFga_cdu1stWAnnF0gk8_KwjYe2MfUd/view?usp=sharing" style="color: blue; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">CFP</a> has already been announced on this list and elsewhere, but the development of a list of names might be helpful as Blanche Woolls aptly stated “<span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1474px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">so that this can become a go-to location for LIS students who need an essay topic or a more extensive topic for a dissertation.”<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1474px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>With the contributions of names that were posted on this list and sent privately to me, I decided to collate the names and provide them over this list.<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>It is by no means exhaustive and I certainly do not wish to clutter inboxes or cause confusion regarding the special issue of </span><i style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Libraries: Culture, History, and Society</i>.<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>To encourage the spirit of how this list started, I am sharing the below. This post is only to temporarily place in one spot the names already generated and perhaps have someone move and manage off-list.<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>I am not volunteering to develop and maintain such a list, just sharing what was already developing.<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>Also included at the end of this list are the names from the original call for papers. <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>The responses from Kathleen McCook, Blanche Woolls, Toni Carbo, Deborah Swain, and the private responder, indicate a need for the study of Black women’s lives who shaped the library, archival, and information science discipline and profession.<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>LIS has fine examples of biography using feminist theory with librarian/library educator lives, from such works as Suzanne <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/17d4/01053818aeefe50a3dc0025dffa83d22c2a5.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1596799242404000&usg=AFQjCNHourEpTqkdoHJK7e6zYC2za6livA" href="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/17d4/01053818aeefe50a3dc0025dffa83d22c2a5.pdf" style="color: blue; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">Hildenbrand’s <i style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Reclaiming the American Library Past: Writing the Women In</i></a> and <i style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810851061/The-New-Woman-as-Librarian-The-Career-of-Adelaide-Hasse&source=gmail&ust=1596799242404000&usg=AFQjCNE8sDVgI5o3ZKxfsTV4_YUg_wreoA" href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810851061/The-New-Woman-as-Librarian-The-Career-of-Adelaide-Hasse" style="color: blue; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">New Woman as Librarian, The Career of Adelaide Hess</a> </i>by Clare Beck. <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>Studying LIS Black women educators by using feminist theory, critical race theory, social class and labor history theory, etc., would enrich the canon of LIS literature by weaving in discrimination, gender inequality, stereotyping, pay equity, etc. <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>Imagine what such a work as Geraldine Clifford’s <i style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/those-good-gertrudes&source=gmail&ust=1596799242404000&usg=AFQjCNH2T9pjKA8QijOmDIC6lszpvG0HOg" href="https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/those-good-gertrudes" style="color: blue; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">Those Good Gertrudes</a></i> or Darlene Clark Hine’s <i style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iupress.org/9780253113658/black-women-in-white/&source=gmail&ust=1596799242404000&usg=AFQjCNG8_sXvIjtq1PHfyCb6Wlahr_U8RA" href="https://iupress.org/9780253113658/black-women-in-white/" style="color: blue; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">Black women in white</a> </i>would contribute to the understanding of the LIS profession. <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span>Here is the beginning of a list:<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><b style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Black Women LIS Educators: U.S.<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Rosie Albritton<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Pauletta Brown Bracy<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lorene Brown, former dean of Clark Atlanta</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Malore Brown<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Yvonne Chandler, University of North Texas<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Renate Chancellor, Catholic University of America<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Gwendolyn Cruzat<br style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-89160?view%3Dtext&source=gmail&ust=1596799242404000&usg=AFQjCNFwI6iHZT-OKsxJC-5jscBmrlKs4w" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-89160?view=text" style="color: blue; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/<wbr style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></wbr>bhlead/umich-bhl-89160?view=<wbr style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></wbr>text</a><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Evelyn Curry, Texas Woman’s University<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Carolyn Frost<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.si.umich.edu/people/carolyn-frost&source=gmail&ust=1596799242404000&usg=AFQjCNHyW5wkYLfGSs5lLUrQepzSsASrIA" href="https://www.si.umich.edu/people/carolyn-frost" style="color: blue; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">https://www.si.umich.edu/<wbr style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></wbr>people/carolyn-frost</a><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">EM Claire Knowles, Simmons<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Rhea Lawson, (Wayne State before going to Houston Public Library as director)</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; 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McCollough, Wayne State<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Sibyl Moses<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Irene Owens, former dean of North Carolina Central, typo earlier <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Edna Reid<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Danielle Smith, University of North Texas<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Karen P. Smith, Queens<span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Ethelene Whitmire <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Important to note the faculty at the Hampton Institute library school <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none none solid; border-width: medium medium 1.5pt; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; padding: 0in; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17.1474px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1474px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">From the CFP: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lhrtnews.wordpress.com/cfp-black-women-librarians/&source=gmail&ust=1596799242404000&usg=AFQjCNFdDB8UdrahaqO5hvfMHtn2Nlxerw" href="https://lhrtnews.wordpress.com/cfp-black-women-librarians/" style="color: blue; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" target="_blank">https://lhrtnews.wordpress.<wbr style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></wbr>com/cfp-black-women-<wbr style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></wbr>librarians/</a><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><b style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">LIS EDUCATORS</span></b><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0in; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><b style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Hallie Beachem Brooks</span></b><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> (1907 – 1985) was a prominent African American librarian, educator, and academic who worked to advance literacy and educational opportunities for people of color. She was a Professor of Library Science at Atlanta University, published numerous book reviews, and mentored African American library students. <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><b style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Eliza Atkins Gleason</span></b><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> (December 15, 1909 – December 15, 2009) was the first African American to receive a doctorate in Library Science. In 1941, she established and became the first Dean of the School of Library Service at Atlanta University and created a library education program that trained 90 percent of all African American librarians by 1986. <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><b style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Virginia Lacy Jones</span></b><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> (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. <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><b style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Doris Hargrett Clack</span></b><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> (March 24, 1928 – November 22, 1995) was an African American librarian and expert on cataloging and <wbr style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></wbr>classification. She was a professor of library science at Florida State University for 23 years and did extensive scholarly work on the library classification of Black studies and the second edition of the <i style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules</i> (<i style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">AACR2</i>)<i style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">.</i> <span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><b style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Dr. Elfreda A. Chatman</span></b><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> was well known for her ethnographic approaches in researching information seeking behaviors among understudied or minority groups (poor people, the elderly, retired women, female inmates, and janitors). </span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span style="text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Lorna Peterson (professor Emerita SUNY-Buffalo).</span></p>PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-62981032378798092842020-07-27T22:17:00.002-07:002020-07-27T22:17:35.883-07:00Americans with Disabilities Act Toolkit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> The purpose of this EDI Assembly is to provide a forum for all groups</span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> within<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">ALA</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span>and<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">ALA</span>-affiliated organizations working on initiatives </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">related to equity, diversity, and inclusion to discuss their activities,</span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> identify opportunities for collaboration and coordination, </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">and explore new initiatives related to the association's strategic</span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">direction for equity, diversity, and inclusion. </span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">All groups within<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">ALA</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span>and<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">ALA</span>-affiliated organizations working on </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">initiatives related to equity, diversity, and inclusion are invited </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">to send representatives. Individuals interested in equity, diversity, </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">and inclusion are also welcomed to attend and participate. </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Volunteers will serve two-year terms on the assembly,</span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">with flexibility as needed.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">The EDI Assembly will meet quarterly, starting with its inaugural </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">meeting on<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span><b style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">August 4<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16.3636px; line-height: 0; position: relative; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span>from 12-1:30pm PDT / 1pm-2:30pm MDT / </b></span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">2pm-3:30pm CDT / 3pm-4:30pm EDT</b>. We will use the the principles </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">outlined in the<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">ALA</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span>EDI Implementation Working Group's final report </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">as a framework for our discussions, so that as we share the work </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">we're doing, we will map those principles to our work and identify</span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> gaps in what's being worked on so that we can move towards a</span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> holistic culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion.</span></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">What are those ten principles again?</span></b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">The ten principles are:</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">You'll join the EDI Assembly through the<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;">ALA</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span>Volunteer Form</span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">-stay tuned for more information. You'll then be added to the<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">Please contact Elizabeth Brumfield, </span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">incoming chair of the ODLOS Advisory Committee and convener</span><br />
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;"> of the EDI Assembly, at</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;"> </span><a href="mailto:ejbrumfield@pvamu.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0057a1; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;" target="_blank" title="mailto:ejbrumfield@pvamu.edu">ejbrumfield@pvamu.edu</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; margin: 0px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px , rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.68) 0px 0px 0px;">.</span></div>
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In the last few decades, the community archives movement has become an important area of research, recognition, and appreciation by archivists, archival scholars. and others worldwide. This book traces the trajectory of the community archives movement, expanding the definition of community archives to include sites such as historical societies, social movement organizations, and community centers. It also explores new definitions of what community archives might encompass, particularly in relation to disciplines outside the archives.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Community archives are now seen as being in the vanguard of social concerns, markers of community-based activism, a participatory approach exemplifying the ongoing evolution of "professional" archival (and heritage) practice and integral to the ability of people to articulate and assert their identity. </span></div>
PLG memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964137069447942019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1465563501507406151.post-58603772499455681192020-06-05T10:11:00.000-07:002020-06-05T10:11:34.518-07:00<a href="https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/series/PSHR.html" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Charlottesville, VA — Rare Book School has selected an inaugural cohort of 15 fellows to join the<a href="https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/news/rare-book-school-awards-15-fellowships-diversity-inclusion-cultural-heritage" target="_blank"> Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage</a> (RBS-Mellon CH Fellowship). Fellows will participate in a three-year program that includes an orientation, Rare Book School coursework, community symposia, and other activities relating to multicultural collections and trainings.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;" /><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;" /><span style="font-size: 14px;">This program builds on the success of earlier RBS fellowship initiatives, including the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-RBS Fellowships for Early-Career Librarians, and the RBS-RBMS Diversity Fellowship Program. The RBS-Mellon CH Fellowship has been formed to: develop skills for documenting and interpreting visual and textual materials in special collections and archives; raise awareness within professional communities about the significance of inclusive, multicultural collections, including their promotion, development, and stewardship; build connections with diverse communities and publics through strategic programming, outreach, and advocacy; advance careers by establishing new pathways and skills for professional growth.</span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;" /><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;" /><span style="font-size: 14px;">The 15 RBS-Mellon CH Fellows were chosen from a highly competitive field of more than 60 applicants by a selection committee comprising leading cultural heritage professionals. The selected fellows work closely with a broad spectrum of multicultural collections, ranging from Cuban heritage collections and Black diaspora archives, to Los Angeles community-centered archives to HBCU library collections, and from post-custodial human rights archives representing Latin America and Africa, to digital collections of cultural heritage items from tribal archives, libraries, and museums. Geographically, the fellows represent states across the country from coast to coast (and Hawaii).</span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;" /><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="font-size: 14px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68) 0px 0px 0px !important;" /><span style="font-size: 14px;">“We very much look forward to welcoming this remarkably accomplished group of Cultural Heritage Fellows to Rare Book School, where we hope they will find much to learn and we know they will have much to contribute,” said RBS Executive Director Michael F. Suarez, S.J. “We are profoundly thankful to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their support of the diversity initiative and its mission.”</span></h1>
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