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Navigating Library Collections, Black Culture, and Current Events
Library Trends ( IF 0.474 ) Pub Date : 2018-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/lib.2018.0022
Makiba J. Foster

Abstract:The work of preserving content is at the heart of what libraries and archives do best. Beyond preserving collections, historical literacy as a companion concept to the LIS standard of information literacy can give collections a second life, thereby sparking public interests, increasing contemporary relevance, and advancing a critical understanding of events in our nation’s history. Looking at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture’s collection of The Negro Motorist Green Book in relation to the contemporary social justice activism, this paper will discuss ways in which the archival collection was used to educate visitors regarding the historical roots of recent discourse around the perils of traveling while Black.

中文翻译:

浏览图书馆馆藏,黑人文化和时事

摘要:保存内容的工作是图书馆和档案馆最擅长的工作的核心。除了保护馆藏,历史素养作为LIS信息素养标准的一个伴随概念,可以使馆藏重生,从而激发公众利益,增强当代意义,并推动对美国历史上事件的批判性理解。着眼于黑人文化研究的绍姆堡研究中心关于当代社会正义行动主义的黑人驾驶者绿皮书的收藏,本文将讨论如何利用档案收藏来教育游客关于近期关于世界正义的话语的历史根源。布莱克旅行时的危险。
更新日期:2018-01-01
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