The Jackie Robinson of Library Science: Twenty Years Later

Authors

Teresa Y. Neely, University of New Mexico - Main CampusFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

Summer 6-2018

Abstract

This chapter is the 20 year follow-up to Neely’s 1996 chapter of the same name (Neely, 1996). She is still the only Black librarian in her current position and has been the only one at each of the three institutions where she’s worked. She writes about geographical isolation, personal loss, and the physical, spiritual, and emotional toll working and living in white spaces has taken.

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Publication Title

In Our Own Voices, Redux: The Faces of Librarianship Today

First Page

73

Last Page

82

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

Librarianship, whiteness, trauma, loss, microaggressions, Black women, intersectionality

Recommended Citation

Neely, Teresa Y.. "The Jackie Robinson of Library Science: Twenty Years Later." In Our Own Voices, Redux: The Faces of Librarianship Today (2018): 73-82. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ulls_fsp/123