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New publication on DEI and community-based librarianship

  • 1.  New publication on DEI and community-based librarianship

    Posted Oct 25, 2023 10:12 AM

    Dear Colleagues,

    I am pleased to announce a new publication that focuses on DEI and community-based librarianship. The citation is:

    Poole, Alex H., "'Get our feet wet and hands dirty': Black Community-Based Librarianship and the Fight Against Information Poverty, 1940-1975," Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 60 (2023): 353-367.

    This paper received the Best Long Paper Award at the Association for Information Science & Technology's (ASIS&T's) Annual Meeting as well as SIG-USE's Information Behavior Diversity Award.

    It can be accessed at:  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374917688_Get_Our_Feet_Wet_and_Hands_Dirty_Black_Community-Based_Librarianship_and_the_Fight_Against_Information_Poverty_1940-1975 

    Respectfully,

    Alex Poole



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    Alex Poole
    Drexel University
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