Every two years, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) publishes in College & Research Libraries News an article on the top trends and issues affecting academic libraries and the change our institutions are experiencing. We are highlighting some of these trends through blog posts over this academic year, including: supporting student well-being post-pandemic; Read More
Posts with the tag: diversity
Digital Scholar Bytes: Disrupting and Reconceiving Collection Practices
Posted in: Digital Scholar Bytes News & Events | Tags: collection development, diversity | Comment
New Mullen Library Exhibits, Spring 2023
Sit Down and Stand Up: Women of Action in the Civil Rights Movement is on display in the Mullen Library Lobby near the 1st Floor Computer Lab. Although the effects of the Civil Rights Movement truly came to light in the 1950s when speeches and protests were finally heard and acted on by the American Read More
Posted in: News & Events | Tags: Children's Literature, Civil Rights, diversity, Exhibits, social justice | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: The Significance of Eddie Patterson’s Friends
Nineteen-thirty-eight was not an auspicious year as far as the stability of Europe went. Adolph Hitler’s invasion into non-German territories proceeded at an alarming rate. Benito Mussolini had been running Fascist Italy as a police state for over a decade. The Vatican held uneasy diplomatic relations with both powers. Further east, Josef Stalin presided over Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Commission on American Citizenship, diversity, Dr. Mary Synon, Faith and Freedom Readers, immigration, The Catholic University of America, University Archives | Comment