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Urban Information Specialists And Interpreters: An Emerging Radical Vision Of Reference For The People, 1967–1973, Haruko Yamauchi
Urban Information Specialists And Interpreters: An Emerging Radical Vision Of Reference For The People, 1967–1973, Haruko Yamauchi
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In the post-War on Poverty years, certain quarters of the U.S. library profession expressed a growing desire to enable librarians to beome more relevant and responsive to low-income, primarily African American, urban communities. This article traces how ideas and trends shifted within library discourse over roughly a decade starting in the mid-1960s, and offers an overview of the urban librarian training programs that emerged in the early 1970s. The latter half of the article, based on archives of internal and external correspondence, funder reports, and other primary documents, examines in greater detail the case of three related projects that were …
York's Founding Librarian Made H[Er]Story: Remembering Gladys Jarrett, John A. Drobnicki
York's Founding Librarian Made H[Er]Story: Remembering Gladys Jarrett, John A. Drobnicki
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Gladys Jarrett was the first Library faculty member hired at York College, and was one of the original three librarians when the college opened. Her career at York spanned 1967-1985, and she was very likely the first African-American woman to be a Chief Librarian in the City University of New York system.
Gays And Lesbians In Library History, Polly Thistlethwaite
Gays And Lesbians In Library History, Polly Thistlethwaite
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Summarizes gay and lesbian activism in librarianship and the role of libraries in supporting gay and lesbian movements.