Sunday, November 11, 2012
Indiana Black Librarians Network
Indiana Black Librarians Network's webpage that supports Dorothy Ann Washington dates, 2001-2003, as chair of the Network is at http://www.geocities.ws/indiana_bln/history.html. The website is copyrighted by the Indiana Black Librarians Network. An articlethat was written by Dorothy Ann Washington about the Indiana Black Librarians Network is published in the Newsletter of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, August 2003, p. 29.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP)
International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP)
IIBP includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean, and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals. See this journal title list (Excel format) for periodicals included. Most IIBP records in the current coverage contain an abstract, and additionally many IIBP records contain the corresponding full text of the original article. Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary, spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of vital importance to the Black Studies discipline. Most journals are indexed cover-to-cover. For some journals not directly focused on African-Americans, Africa or the African diaspora, only selected articles relevant to the discipline of Black Studies are indexed. The journal list was prepared with the guidance of an advisory board including librarians specializing in Black Studies: Carol A. Rudisell, Associate Librarian, University of Delaware Library and Dorothy Ann Washington, Librarian, Black Cultural Center, Purdue University. Click to read more
IIBP includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean, and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals. See this journal title list (Excel format) for periodicals included. Most IIBP records in the current coverage contain an abstract, and additionally many IIBP records contain the corresponding full text of the original article. Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary, spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of vital importance to the Black Studies discipline. Most journals are indexed cover-to-cover. For some journals not directly focused on African-Americans, Africa or the African diaspora, only selected articles relevant to the discipline of Black Studies are indexed. The journal list was prepared with the guidance of an advisory board including librarians specializing in Black Studies: Carol A. Rudisell, Associate Librarian, University of Delaware Library and Dorothy Ann Washington, Librarian, Black Cultural Center, Purdue University. Click to read more
African American Funnel Project
African American Subject Funnel Project
The African American Subject Funnel Project was constituted in the Spring of 2000 in order to contribute subject headings for inclusion in Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) through the SACO (Subject Authority Cooperative) Program of the PCC. This project developed through collaborative efforts between the Library of Congress and the African American Studies Librarians Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. It is open to catalogers, reference librarians, and anyone else who wishes to participate. The current funnel project coordinator is Dorothy Washington, Purdue University, Black Cultural Center. Please note that the coordinator currently works at Purdue University, Black Cultural Center; however, the library is not in any way responsible for the project.
The funnel project is concentrating on the creation of new subject headings and the changing or updating of old subject headings relating to the African American experience. Through this project participants of the funnel will focus on providing and improving access to African American resources. To date, a variety of headings have been proposed such as: African American---Reparations and African American social reformers. Subject changes have also been proposed and accepted which include changing the heading Afro-American to African American. Click to read more
The African American Subject Funnel Project was constituted in the Spring of 2000 in order to contribute subject headings for inclusion in Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) through the SACO (Subject Authority Cooperative) Program of the PCC. This project developed through collaborative efforts between the Library of Congress and the African American Studies Librarians Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. It is open to catalogers, reference librarians, and anyone else who wishes to participate. The current funnel project coordinator is Dorothy Washington, Purdue University, Black Cultural Center. Please note that the coordinator currently works at Purdue University, Black Cultural Center; however, the library is not in any way responsible for the project.
The funnel project is concentrating on the creation of new subject headings and the changing or updating of old subject headings relating to the African American experience. Through this project participants of the funnel will focus on providing and improving access to African American resources. To date, a variety of headings have been proposed such as: African American---Reparations and African American social reformers. Subject changes have also been proposed and accepted which include changing the heading Afro-American to African American. Click to read more
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Academic and Research Librarians: The Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Librarians of Color
For Immediate Release
September 18, 2007
ACRL releases “Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity among
Academic and Research Librarians”
CHICAGO —The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the release of “Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity among Academic and Research Librarians: The Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Librarians of Color,” a white paper commissioned by the ACRL Board of Directors working group on diversity, chaired by Dorothy Washington of the Purdue University Black Cultural Center Library in Lafayette, Ind. The paper was authored by Teresa Neely of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., and Lorna Peterson of the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y. Click for full press release; Click for white paper
September 18, 2007
ACRL releases “Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity among
Academic and Research Librarians”
CHICAGO —The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the release of “Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity among Academic and Research Librarians: The Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Librarians of Color,” a white paper commissioned by the ACRL Board of Directors working group on diversity, chaired by Dorothy Washington of the Purdue University Black Cultural Center Library in Lafayette, Ind. The paper was authored by Teresa Neely of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., and Lorna Peterson of the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y. Click for full press release; Click for white paper