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The Truth About Libraries: Celebrating Black History Month
In this episode we celebrate Black History Month. We discuss some of the library’s unfortunate history with anti-Black racism, talk about a few brilliant Black scientists and inventors, and finish it off with a reading from one of our favourite Sci-Fi authors (tune in to find out who).
Resources used or noted during the episode:
Beckman, M., & Dahms, M., & Bruce, L. (2015). Libraries. In The Canadian Encyclopedia.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/libraries
BCALA. (2022). About BCALA. https://www.bcala.org/about-bcala
Bintrim, L. (n.d).Colored Reading Society.
https://africanamericanlibraryhistory.wordpress.com/readingroomsociety/
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusivity: Library Resources, Black Studies:
https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/edi/black-studies
Gooding-Call, A. (2021, March). A history of racism in American public libraries.
https://bookriot.com/racism-in-american-public-libraries/
Jemisin, N.K. (2015). The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth: Book One). Orbit.
Li, Y. (2021). Racial Pay Gap: An Analysis of CARL Libraries. College & Research Libraries, 82(3),436–454.https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=lib_pub
Maurice Wheeler, Debbie Johnson-Houston, & Billie E. Walker. (2004). A Brief History of Library Service to African Americans. American Libraries, 35(2), 42–45.
https://login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.25649066&site=eds-live&scope=site
Pankey, T. (2020, Dec.). Culturally-responsive mentorship in STEMM (the extra M is for medicine).
https://medium.com/stem-and-culture-chronicle/culturally-responsive-mentorship-in-stemm-the-extra-m-is-for-medicine-9e0db9630a38
Pankey, T. L., Heredia, D., Vencill, J. A., & Gonzalez, C. A. (2021). Gender-Affirming Telepsychology During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Adult Transgender and Gender Diverse Populations. J Health Serv Psychol, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42843-021-00048-z
University of Toronto. (2022). The New Normal.
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/tags/covid-19-new-normal?page=2
See full list here: https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/librarylabnotes/season-one
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By Eric and VirginiaIn this episode we celebrate Black History Month. We discuss some of the library’s unfortunate history with anti-Black racism, talk about a few brilliant Black scientists and inventors, and finish it off with a reading from one of our favourite Sci-Fi authors (tune in to find out who).
Resources used or noted during the episode:
Beckman, M., & Dahms, M., & Bruce, L. (2015). Libraries. In The Canadian Encyclopedia.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/libraries
BCALA. (2022). About BCALA. https://www.bcala.org/about-bcala
Bintrim, L. (n.d).Colored Reading Society.
https://africanamericanlibraryhistory.wordpress.com/readingroomsociety/
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusivity: Library Resources, Black Studies:
https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/edi/black-studies
Gooding-Call, A. (2021, March). A history of racism in American public libraries.
https://bookriot.com/racism-in-american-public-libraries/
Jemisin, N.K. (2015). The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth: Book One). Orbit.
Li, Y. (2021). Racial Pay Gap: An Analysis of CARL Libraries. College & Research Libraries, 82(3),436–454.https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=lib_pub
Maurice Wheeler, Debbie Johnson-Houston, & Billie E. Walker. (2004). A Brief History of Library Service to African Americans. American Libraries, 35(2), 42–45.
https://login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.25649066&site=eds-live&scope=site
Pankey, T. (2020, Dec.). Culturally-responsive mentorship in STEMM (the extra M is for medicine).
https://medium.com/stem-and-culture-chronicle/culturally-responsive-mentorship-in-stemm-the-extra-m-is-for-medicine-9e0db9630a38
Pankey, T. L., Heredia, D., Vencill, J. A., & Gonzalez, C. A. (2021). Gender-Affirming Telepsychology During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Adult Transgender and Gender Diverse Populations. J Health Serv Psychol, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42843-021-00048-z
University of Toronto. (2022). The New Normal.
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/tags/covid-19-new-normal?page=2
See full list here: https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/librarylabnotes/season-one