Libraries without Borders: New Directions in Library History

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2024
Author
Editor: Steven A. Knowlton
Editor: Ellen M. Pozzi
Editor: Jordan S. Sly
Editor: Emily D. Spunaugle
Language
English
Number of Pages
191 pp.
Publisher
ALA Editions
City
Chicago, IL
Region
United States
Library Type
Academic Libraries
Library Associations
Public Libraries
Demographics
African-Americans
Asian Americans
Hispanic Americans
Native Americans
Chronological Period
1900-1949
1950-1999
21st century
ISBN
9780838936634
Annotation

Foreword: "The Hill We Climb": Towards Equity and Inclusion in Library and Information Science / Renate L. Chancellor 

Part 1: Community Formation and Centers of Literacy. 

  • Locating Activism and Memory: Reimagining 1960s Civil Rights Familial Communities in a Library and Information Context / LaVerne Gray, Beth Patin, Tyler Youngman, and Rachel Nutt
  • "Thank You, Father, For Your Grand Cooperation": Outreach and the Founding of the Marian Library / Henry Handley 

Part 2: Library Outreach Beyond Borders. 

  • Uncharted Waters: A History of the Bibliographic Instruction Movement and Its Administrative Context / Kelly Hangauer 

Part 3: Boundary-Setting and Conflicts in Library History. 

  • Better Late than Never: Stories of Long-Overdue Books / John DeLooper
  • Defining the Boundaries of Propaganda: Informational Materials Subject to the Foreign Agents Registration Act in American Research Libraries / Emily D. Spunaugle 

Part 4: The Practice of Library History. 

  • Getting Started: Research in the History of American Libraries / Tom Glynn
  • Illuminating Diversity in History Research and Education: A Shared Past, Present, and Future / Loriene Roy and Rea N. Simons 

Afterword: Library History Seminar XIV: The Conference We Wanted to Have / Bernadette Lear
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