Compiled by Dorothy Ann Washington, Librarian Purdue University, Black Cultural Center
The natural relationship between black studies and libraries is so pronounced that It tends to erase the lines of separation of the two entities. Their interdependencies are immeasurable, while the contributions that each has made toward the development of the other are unparalled elsewhere. Because of this relationship, a science titled Black Studies Librarianship has emerged. This infant program aims to articulate the needs of black studies and of librarianship, to develop means through which the needs of both might be met, and to explore means of strengthening black studies programs and supportive library collections and services – Jessie Carney Smith, Librarianship and Black Studies. Bethel, Kathleen E. 1993. Cataloging the Afrocentric Way. In Culture Keepers: Enlightening and Empowering Our Communities : Proceedings of the First National Conference of African American Librarians, September 4-6, 1992, Columbus, Ohio, edited by S. F. 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