Vivian Davidson Hewitt: A Special Librarian’s Advocacy

IF 1.4 3区 管理学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
Tara Murray Grove
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ABSTRACT Vivian Davidson Hewitt was the first Black librarian in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the first Black president of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). Despite these accomplishments and the recognition she received during her lifetime, her story, like those of many special librarians, has not been considered in the context of the broader movement for greater rights and representation for Black librarians. This article explores Hewitt’s path to library leadership, providing context for her autobiography and adding details gleaned from oral histories, unpublished papers, newspaper articles, and her own contributions to the library literature. The resulting narrative shows how she leveraged the successes of her career to open doors for other Black librarians. Hewitt’s biography demonstrates that, far from existing in a separate sphere from pioneers in public and academic libraries, special librarians contribute to the larger profession and their stories are part of library history.
维维安·戴维森·休伊特:一位特殊图书馆员的倡导
维维安·戴维森·休伊特是美国宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡市首位黑人图书馆员,也是美国特殊图书馆协会(SLA)首位黑人主席。尽管她取得了这些成就,并在她的一生中获得了认可,但她的故事,就像许多特殊图书馆员的故事一样,并没有在为黑人图书馆员争取更大权利和代表权的更广泛运动的背景下得到考虑。本文探讨了休伊特成为图书馆领导的道路,为她的自传提供了背景,并从口述历史、未发表的论文、报纸文章和她自己对图书馆文献的贡献中收集了细节。由此产生的叙述展示了她如何利用自己事业上的成功为其他黑人图书馆员打开了大门。休伊特的传记表明,与公共图书馆和学术图书馆的先驱们不同,特殊图书馆员远远存在于一个独立的领域,他们为更大的职业做出了贡献,他们的故事是图书馆历史的一部分。
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College & Research Libraries
College & Research Libraries INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
CiteScore
3.10
自引率
22.20%
发文量
63
审稿时长
45 weeks
期刊介绍: College & Research Libraries (C&RL) is the official scholarly research journal of the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. C&RL is a bimonthly, online-only publication highlighting a new C&RL study with a free, live, expert panel comprised of the study''s authors and additional subject experts.
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