Handbook of Black Librarianship

The Handbook of Black Librarianship, published in 2025, received the BCALA 2025 Literary Award for Outstanding Contribution to Publishing. It covers various aspects of African Americans in librarianship, including organizations, collections, resources, and current events. The third edition includes Pioneers and Landmark Episodes, A Chronology of Events in Black Librarianship, African American Forerunners in Librarianship, Modern Day Black Library Organizations, Vital Issues in Black Librarianship, Library Service to Our Communities, Library Technology and Black Librarianship, Pearls from Our Retirees, Issues in Diversity, Inclusion and Multiculturalism, African Library Resources and Education, Banned Books, and Significant Books and Periodicals for Black Collections.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 440 pages
Publication date: 15 December 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

The BCALA 2025 Literary Award for Outstanding Contribution to Publishing was awarded to Dr. Josey and Ms. DeLoach for their work on the second edition of The Handbook of Black Librarianship. The first edition covered various aspects of African Americans in librarianship, including issues faced by black library professionals, organizations formed, black library collections and books, resources, and other areas of progress. The second edition, published twenty-three years later, highlighted more current events in Black librarianship, such as early and contemporary library organizations, vital issues, African American resources, discussions on and about librarianship, a focus on health librarianship, and information resources and education. It has now been another twenty-two years since the last edition, and it is time to reflect on the various aspects of African Americans in our profession and the advancements over the past two and a half decades. This third edition's coverage includes Pioneers and Landmark Episodes, A Chronology of Events in Black Librarianship, African American Forerunners in Librarianship, Modern Day Black Library Organizations, Vital Issues in Black Librarianship, Library Service to Our Communities, Library Technology and Black Librarianship, Pearls from Our Retirees, Issues in Diversity, Inclusion and Multiculturalism, African Library Resources and Education, and Banned Books.

Weight: 993g
Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538181102
Edition number: Third Edition