CRT in praxis: Library and archival collections at San José State University

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Education for Information

Volume

38

Issue

4

DOI

10.3233/EFI-220054

First Page

347

Last Page

366

Abstract

Through various efforts, the staff and faculty of San José State University's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library (King Library) are working towards creating more equitable and inclusive collections. Examining the library's collecting practices and collections by and about African Americans, this article presents the ongoing work of a working group that was formed in 2020 in response to an Anti-Racism Action Plan developed in the library. By using some of the tenets of the CRT framework such as intersectionality, counter-storytelling, and deconstructing colorblindness and white supremacy, the authors discuss the steps that are being taken to revise, review, and revisit the King Library's collecting practices in relation to the history of SJSU's African American Studies program, the Africana Center, and other relevant community history.

Keywords

African American resources, Collection development, Critical Race Theory, Special Collections & Archives

Department

Library

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