- unitid
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{"value"=>"20748", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 157", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11868610", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1971-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1971/1981"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"New York Black Librarians Caucus records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.63 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"New York Black Librarians Caucus", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>As an affiliate of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. (BCALA), the New York Black Librarians Caucus, Inc. (NYBLC, Inc.) is committed to the professional development, growth of and opportunities for library professionals; to scholarship, mentoring and support of graduate library students; to bridging the digital divide; and to advocate for quality standards and services in school libraries, in special libraries, on college and university campuses and in public libraries serving Black communities.</p> <p>In 1970, a group of Black Librarians met to address the problems resulting from widespread racism in their profession. Libraries in Black communities were most often inaccessible, had neglected facilities, and inadequate staffing and resources. It was increasingly evident that minority communities were being left behind in terms of access to the avalanche of information so indispensable in a rapidly changing technological society. The members of the group that met over 40 years ago decided to take collective action. They founded an organization and named it the Black Librarians' Caucus of Queens since most of its members lived or worked in that borough. The problems that this group rallied around were so persuasive that librarians from the greater New York area soon joined the founding members. In 1975, the organization's name was changed to the New York Black Librarian's Caucus Inc.</p> <p>Today, the Caucus is still a thriving, vital organization that strongly advocates for quality library services in all communities, broad professional opportunities for Black Librarians, bridging the Digital Divide and other important issues. Through the annual Donna Hoke Scholarship award, the Caucus assists at least two Black graduate students in pursuit of master's degrees in library and information science.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection is mostly comprised of correspondence, meeting minutes, financial reports, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Black librarianship. There is a folder of minutes for the Black Librarians Caucus of Queens, the NYBLC predecessor, as well as policy statements from both American Library Association (ALA)'s Black Caucus and the NYBLC. The correspondence folder contains letters from Alex Haley, Senator (NY) Carl McCall, Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton, and E. J. Josey. Additionally, the collection includes letters documenting the Caucus' position on the showing of the film <span class=\"title\">The Speaker</span> during the 1977 (Detroit) ALA conference. The film's objective was to demonstrate the problems of censorship and First Amendment Rights violations but the ALA Black Caucus took a strong position against the film and ALA's selection of it. This position was fully supported by the NYBLC. Other material in the collection relates to a series of Genealogy and Oral History workshops presented by the Caucus to celebrate the Bicentennial in 1976.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged chronologically.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Harriet Brown, co-chair of the New York Black Librarians Caucus, November 1981.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Rosalie P. Jeter, 1996.</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"id"=>"aspace_f94b6a0fdeabee536a21012f999428da", "value"=>"<p>New York Library Association. \"About NYBLC.\" Accessed April 26, 2021, https://www.nyla.org/about-nyblc/.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 April 26"}
- date_start
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1971
- keydate
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1971
- date_end
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1981
- date_inclusive_start
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1971
- date_inclusive_end
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1981
- extent_statement
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0.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], New York Black Librarians Caucus records, Sc MG 157, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>" This collection is mostly comprised of correspondence, meeting minutes, financial reports, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Black librarianship. There is a folder of minutes for the Black Librarians Caucus of Queens, the NYBLC predecessor, as well as policy statements from both American Library Association (ALA)'s Black Caucus and the NYBLC. The correspondence folder contains letters from Alex Haley, Senator (NY) Carl McCall, Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton, and E. J. Josey. Additionally, the collection includes letters documenting the Caucus' position on the showing of the film <span class=\"title\">The Speaker</span> during the 1977 (Detroit) ALA conference. The film's objective was to demonstrate the problems of censorship and First Amendment Rights violations but the ALA Black Caucus took a strong position against the film and ALA's selection of it. This position was fully supported by the NYBLC. Other material in the collection relates to a series of Genealogy and Oral History workshops presented by the Caucus to celebrate the Bicentennial in 1976.", "generated"=>true}