Creative Reaction Lab
The Creative Reaction Lab is a community and equity focused project in St. Louis, Missouri, that develops training materials to work collaboratively with communiy members to design “healthy and racially equitable communities.” The Lab has created an Equity-Centered Community Design Field Guide as well as a Community Design Apprenticeship program, among other resources, to support this work.
Read MoreDLF Organizer’s Toolkit
The Digital Library Federation’s Organizer’s Toolkit is a wiki-site with general organizing strategies and procedures for establishing and promoting a working group, as well as information about how to start a new initiative or group within the DLF. The Organizer’s Toolkit builds upon the DLF’s commitment to building effective communities of practice. [zotpress items=”{1341761:BI39VJMV}” style=”chicago-author-date”]
Read MoreDLF Cultural Assessment Working Group
This Digital Library Federation Cultural Assessment Working Group works to develop tools for the measurement and analysis of cultural biases and assumptions in GLAM (Galleries, Archives, and Museums) institutions. Other projects include a workflow for inclusive curation and metadata practices, and the maintenance of an ongoing annotated bibliography of sources.
Read MoreFoxfire
Foxfire Magazine developed out of a high school English course at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in Northeast Georgia’s Appalachian mountains in the late 1960s, and is an example of a long-term community-driven history and archive. The students and teacher chose to create a magazine, honing their writing skills on stories gathered from their families and neighbors, and producing…
Read MoreAssociation of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM)
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) is one of the largest organizations for Indigenous cultural heritage practitioners and those working with indigenous materials in North America. It is an international non-profit organization that maintains a network of support for indigenous programs, provides culturally relevant programming and services, encourages collaboration among tribal and non-tribal cultural…
Read MoreCommunity + Museum: Guidelines for Collaboration
The Community and Museum collaboration guidelines were developed over a three-year period of collaboration between Native and non-Native museum professionals, cultural leaders and artists. The guidelines are intended as a resource for community members who are working in collaboration with museums. This is not a set of rules; instead, it offers ideas to consider when working…
Read MoreCataloging Lab – experiment with controlled vocabularies
This working group is focused on discussing new Library of Congress Subject Headings in a collaborative platform. Cataloging Lab provides a space for catalogers and other interested folks to discuss and navigate the complex process of proposing new subject headings, and tracking proposed changes already in progress. Fox, V. (2018). Cataloging Lab – experiment with…
Read MoreDesign Justice in Action
Design Justice in Action (2017) rethinks design processes, centers people who are normally marginalized by design, and uses collaborative, creative practices to address the deepest challenges our communities face.
Read MoreZine Librarians Code of Ethics Zine
Created by librarians and archivists with a history of handling, cataloging, and preserving zines in an effort to help other do the same. Serves as a guide and a platform to discuss this relatively new form of media very often created by historically silenced groups, and how libraries and archives can form more ethical partnerships…
Read MoreDismantling The Ivory Tower: A How-To Guide for POC Charting New Strategies for Social Justice Organizing
A How-To Guide for People of Color Charting New Strategies for Social Justice Organizing. Bailey, M., Bailey, V., Green, K., & Johnson, J. M. (2015). “Dismantling The Ivory Tower: A How-To Guide for POC Charting New Strategies for Social Justice Organizing“. Detroit, MI: Allied Media Conference.
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