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Dr. Teresa Y. Neely is professor of librarianship, and assessment librarian in the College of the University Libraries & Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Neely has worked in academic research libraries for more than 20 years, and is the author or co-author/editor of six books and conference proceedings and has authored/coauthored numerous scholarly peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, conference papers, and a white paper for ACRL. Her research interests include African American and Native American rap and hip-hop lyrics as activist narrative; women and the economic enterprise in the19th century southwest, text and sentiment analysis in social media data.
Jorge R. López-McKnight was most recently the First-Year Experience Librarian at the College of the University Libraries & Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. In that role, he participated in numerous teaching and learning activities with freshman and transfer students to support their growth and educational processes. His research interests include critical race theory and library & information science, educators of color identities and teaching practices, and university/college libraries-high school relationships.
Foreword by Camila A. Alire
Part I: Back in the Day
Introduction: The Struggle Renewed by Teresa Y. Neely and Jorge R. López-McKnight
Chapter 1: Still Ambiguous After All These Years: Reflections on Diversity in Academic Libraries by Deborah Hollis
Part II: They Have Magic
Chapter 2: Malore the Explorer: Becoming Global with a Library Touch by Malore I. Brown
Chapter 3: The Less Than 1%: Native Librarians in Conversation by Sarah Kostelecky and Lori Townsend
Chapter 4: Moving on an Upward: Keeping the Doors of Possibilities Open by Dexter R. Evans
Chapter 5: Boundaries of the Body: Finding My(whole)self by Jennifer Brown
Chapter 6: Do it For the Culture: My Life as an Archivist by Rachel E. Winston
Part III: Strength
Chapter 7: You are Not Alone by Joanna Chen Cham
Chapter 8: How I Got Over by Evangela Q. Oates
Chapter 9: The Jackie Robinson of Library Science: 20 Years Later by Teresa Y. Neely
Chapter 10: “The Shoe is Too Small, and Not Made for You!”: Racial ‘Covering’ and the Illusion of Fit by Silvia Lin Hanick
Part IV: Leading by Reflection
Chapter 11: “While I Have the Floor….” by Mark D. Winston
Chapter 12: What Have I Learned From the Past, Present, and Future? by Jose A. Aguiñaga
Part V: Family
Chapter 13: Like Our Lives Depended on It: Reflections on Embodied Librarianship, Counter-Chapter 14: Spaces, and Throwing Down by Nicholae Cline, Jorge López-McKnight, and Madelyn Shackelford Washington
Part VI: Disrupting the System
Chapter 15: Uno de Solamente Cuatro: Overcoming Barriers to Minority Recruitment in Appalachia by Monica Garcia Brooks
Chapter 16: How Does It Feel to be a Problem? The School-to-Prison Pipeline by Sheree D. White
Chapter 17: “...I Shall Become a Collector of Me. And Put Meat on My Soul” by Kimberly Black
Part VII: They Persisted
Chapter 18: Serving the Sons and Daughters of Mechanics and Farmers in the Crossroads of America by Madelyn Shackelford Washington
Chapter 19: Grief in Five Stages: Post Librarian Degree by Leni Matthews
Chapter 20: Confessions of a Retired Librarian by Lisa Burwell
Chapter 21: Being a Super Token at the American Heritage Center–University of Wyoming by Irlanda E. Jacinto
Part VIII: Warrior Women
Chapter 22: Shi Shei Iiná Naaltsoos Bá Hooghan: "My Library Life" by Monica Etsitty Dorame
Chapter 23: The Skirt Revolution: Speaking Out as a Mexicana Librarian by Jimena Bretón
Chapter 24: Reflections of a Long Journey by Mee-Len Hom
Chapter 25: What Do I Have to Be? by Tanya Elder
Part IX: Bringing Us Home
Chapter 26: My America by Ngoc-My Guidarelli
Chapter 27: I’m Still Here: An Addendum to A Personal Perspective of Academic Librarianship by Lisa Pillow
Chapter 28: How Never to be a Librarian by Zora J. Sampson
Chapter 29: Letter to a New Librarian of Color by Sofia Leung
Epilogue
Chapter 29: Letter to a New Librarian of Color by Sofia Leung
In Our Own Voices, Redux: The Faces of Librarianship Today is a work that demands to be heard while encouraging those for whom it is specifically written to make themselves heard. It should be read by librarians, library school students, support staff, and administrators. "We See You" is an important phrase in these times, and it is always worth making this message clear.
— Technical Services Quarterly
In Our Own Voices, Redux features fearless, heroic contributors share their diverse journeys through powerful voices and thoughtful reflection. Shame on us if in the next twenty years there is not a more positive narrative. Required reading for all, but especially library leaders.
— Irene M. H. Herold, author and editor of Creating Leaders: An Examination of Academic and Research Library Leadership Institutes, past ACRL President (2016-2017), and librarian of the College, The College of Wooster.
An honest, and courageous collection of writing illustrating the significant accomplishments by People of Color in librarianship in the face of structural racism and oppression. The everyday experiences chronicled are a clear indication that despite diversity initiatives and programs, our profession need to better support marginalized workers.
What you'll read here are stories most of us can identify with. It is refreshing to see People of Color taking up space in this field, speaking our universal truth to power. Writing our canon.
— Jennifer A. Ferretti, digital initiatives librarian, Maryland Institute College of Art
Neely and López-McKnight re-route the historical narrative of our profession, making it broader, deeper, and inclusive. Racism abounds in our profession. Microagressions can not be denied. Put down the “diversity” plan, listen to these voices, and take note of the moments described with an “open access” heart and mind. Our colleagues, with their commitment, passion and skill - survive and thrive, in spite of. Their presence is critical to the vitality and relevancy of librarianship and information management. Up from the mineshaft of authenticity, in their own voices! We must listen, learn, dismantle, and recreate!
— Sandra Ríos Balderrama, former director, Office for Diversity, American Library Association and National President, REFORMA