“An Ethical Imperative”: Expanding Accessibility in Libraries at NC State By Sossity Chiricuzio The need for increased accessibility is an ever-growing priority, as is understanding the scope and nuance of the concept. At North Carolina State University (NC State) Libraries, Raleigh, staff from a range of functional areas are working together to address and increase accessibility in their physical spaces, collections, and offerings. In May 2021 they formed an Accessibility Committee to coordinate and implement practices and changes throughout the system. | Avoiding Deficit Thinking in Information Literacy Courses | LibLearnX 2023 By Matt Enis Professors and librarians at academic institutions sometimes describe certain students—or groups of students—as “not ready for college,” or assume that they “don’t know how to study” or are “at risk of dropping out.” These negative labels are most often given to students who are first-generation, low-income, and/or BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color). These views are called “Deficit Thinking”—blaming students for any failure to excel in a new, unfamiliar academic environment, rather than examining how an institution may be failing those students. | Mapping Transtopia | Trans + Script By Elio Colavito I’m not the first queer person to say that I was really into Matilda (1996) when I was a child. I loved the scenes of Matilda in awe of her public library, enchanted by the escape it offered from her home life. The library was her safe place. My research is mine. | SPONSORED BY PLUTO PRESS A Study of Black Intellectuals Who Critique Western Knowledge
Joshua Myers considers the work of thinkers who broke with the racial and colonial logic of academic disciplinarity and how the ideas of Black intellectuals and the evolution of Black Studies created different ways of thinking and knowing in their pursuit of conceptual and epistemological freedom.
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