Segregation in UMD Libraries and UMD Library Education in the Early 1970's

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dc.contributor.authorBradley, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T18:55:50Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T18:55:50Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-03
dc.description.abstractThis presentation is an introduction to some research-in-progress, rooted in the Diamondback and the Black Explosion, that I would like to share on racial (in)justice issues affecting the University of Maryland and libraries that happened in the early 1970’s. The first story focuses on accusations from McKeldin Library staff and the library Equal Education and Employment Officer about discrimination library employees faced. The second focuses on the story of the Urban Information Specialist program in the School of Library and Information Services. The program, pioneered by James Welbourne, was a radical program that focused on developing black library leaders to serve in inner cities. The Master’s degree program didn’t even technically require an undergraduate degree and focused on site education rather than classroom and textbook focused programs. The program was controversial and only supported by the federal government, not the library school or the university. When the program stopped receiving federal funding, the school decided to discontinue with program which garnered student protests.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/wneh-ohxc
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/27175
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtLibrary Research & Innovative Practice Forum
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectBlack Explosionen_US
dc.subjectThe Diamondbacken_US
dc.subjectLibrary Historyen_US
dc.subjectIntegrationen_US
dc.subjectJames Welbourneen_US
dc.titleSegregation in UMD Libraries and UMD Library Education in the Early 1970'sen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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