The Black Librarian in America Revisited

By: E. J. Josey

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Hardcover | 1 January 1994

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This sequel to The Black Librarian in America (Scarecrow, 1970) contains an array of contributors representing a new generation of African American librarians, addressing the same perplexing problems that their predecessors examined. This volume is being issued at a time when there is a great concern about cultural diversity in the country. Cultural diversity is laudable, but the pervasive problem in the country is institutional racism. All of the contributors aggree that it is racism that should be eradicated if a truly multicultural society that represents cultural diversity is to develop.

A wide range of topics are explored. In addition, a profile of Dorothy Porter Wesley, one of the pioneer African American librarians; librarians and archivists as writers, and a provocative essay by Congresswoman Major R. Owens on "The Specter of Racism in an Age of Cultural Diversity: The New Paradigm for African American Librarians." Among the contributors are Carolyn O. Frost, Herman L. Totten, Carla Hayden, Charles M. Brown, Alexander Boyd, Jesse Carney Smith, James F Williams, II, Lou Helen Saunders, Ina A. Brown, Vivian Davidson Hewitt, Monteria Hightower, Ella Gaines Yates, and Ann Allen Shockley.

Especially designed for professional librarians, library school students, and other information professionals, this volume would be a useful addition to African American collections and other scholarly collections dealing with American society. A copious index that is cross referenced makes it very useful as a reference tool.

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...an outstanding job of detailing directly, the challenges that black librarians still face and, indirectly, the challenges of trying to recruit and retain minorities... Wilson Library Bulletin Josey has presented the opportunity for us to bring our heads out of the sand and confront what has changed very little in two decades. The Journal of Academic Librarianship ...timely recommendations on a variety of issues...This book is highly recommended for libraries of all types and library and information science collections. Rq

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Introduction	p. 1
Reflections of a Dean	p. 19
Black Library Educators in the 1990s: Characteristics and Accomplishments	p. 30
The Role of African Americans in the Accreditation Process of the American Library Association's Committee on Accreditation	p. 46
New Approaches to Black Recruitment	p. 55
The Role of African Americans in Library Education	p. 65
The Multifaceted Career of Virginia Lacy Jones	p. 75
Climbing Jacob's Ladder	p. 87
The Ethics of Access: Toward an Equal Slice of the Pie	p. 97
Some Dreams Do Come True: The Memoir of a Public Librarian	p. 107
Achieving Black Economic Self-Reliance: The Urban Public Library Strengthens the Economic Base of its Community	p. 122
Reflections on Being a (Minority) Librarian in Our Time	p. 133
The Four Cultures: Twenty Years Later	p. 143
A Black Dean of an ARL Library	p. 152
The Commitment of a Dean of Libraries at a Predominantly Black University	p. 162
The Role of a Black Chief Librarian in the Urban Community College Library	p. 171
Strengthening the African American Community Through Information Literacy	p. 181
The Black Information Specialist in the RandD Environment	p. 195
A Special Librarian by Design: Twenty Years Later	p. 207
Transitioning From an M.L.S. to M.I.S. Career: A Case Study From a Black Information Scientist	p. 216
As a Curator of a Black Heritage Collection	p. 224
African Americans and Librarianship: A Personal Perspective for the 90s	p. 242
Employment Discrimination Faced by Black Librarians	p. 255
The View From the Missouri State Library	p. 263
Reflections of a Former State Librarian	p. 273
The Specter of Racism in an Age of Cultural Diversity: The New Paradigm for African American Librarians	p. 285
The Energy-Charged Life of Dorothy Porter Wesley	p. 298
Librarians, Archivists, and Writers: A Personal Perspective	p. 316
Black Caucus of the American Library Association: An Organization of Empowerment	p. 324
Information Needs of African Americans in the Prison System	p. 338
More Than Two Decades Later	p. 345
Notes on Contributors	p. 363
Index	p. 367
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