New Book: Libraries Named for African Americans
George Grant asked that I share this information about his latest venture, with the membership, fyi. Have a good day!
Loretta Parham, CEO & Director
Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library
October, 2011
Dear Colleagues,
Many of you will remember the occasional features about libraries named for African Americans that I published between 1980 and 2000 in the BCALA Newsletter. Well, I’ve now researched and documented over 260 of them, many of which you are familiar with. In any event, the volume that I’ve been working on for over six years is now complete. It answers the questions:
How many libraries in the United States are named to honor African Americans?
Who are those African Americans for whom libraries are named?
Where are those libraries, when were they named, and what do they look like?
Its a 276-page, hardcover, 8.5” x 11” book , with color photographs of the libraries and the honorees and a biography of the honoree. (It is the most comprehensive compilation to date of this information about these libraries.) It also contains prefaces by Loretta Parham (Academic Libraries) and Andrew “Sekou” Jackson (Public Libraries), as well as several indexes to types of libraries, librarians for whom libraries are named, careers of the honorees, and architects and contractors for the library buildings.
The volume highlights, among the 260 libraries profiled, a library named to honor an African American youth, a library named for the person who taught the Tuskegee Airmen to fly, a library named for the first African American woman to practice medicine as a licensed physician in Colorado, the persons for whom the most libraries are named, the cities and states with the most libraries named for African Americans, the 24 librarians for whom libraries are named, and the architects and contractors for most of the libraries, as well as much, much, more.
As you can see from the enclosed/attached flyer, the book is available from Amazon.com, from your book vendor, and at a 25%, prepaid, discount from GrantHouse Publishers. And, based on the reviews and reactions to proof copies by librarians, I am convinced that you will want to spend hours examining it yourself as well as consider recommending or donating it to others who celebrate our careers in the library profession.
George C. Grant, Compiler
Retired Library Dean
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Yes, indeed, it is a very good book. We are purchasing it. Yildiz
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Subject: New Book: Libraries Named for African Americans
George Grant asked that I share this information about his latest venture, with the membership, fyi. Have a good day!
Loretta Parham, CEO & Director
Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library
October, 2011
Dear Colleagues,
Many of you will remember the occasional features about libraries named for African Americans that I published between 1980 and 2000 in the BCALA Newsletter. Well, I’ve now researched and documented over 260 of them, many of which you are familiar with. In any event, the volume that I’ve been working on for over six years is now complete. It answers the questions:
How many libraries in the United States are named to honor African Americans?
Who are those African Americans for whom libraries are named?
Where are those libraries, when were they named, and what do they look like?
Its a 276-page, hardcover, 8.5” x 11” book , with color photographs of the libraries and the honorees and a biography of the honoree. (It is the most comprehensive compilation to date of this information about these libraries.) It also contains prefaces by Loretta Parham (Academic Libraries) and Andrew “Sekou” Jackson (Public Libraries), as well as several indexes to types of libraries, librarians for whom libraries are named, careers of the honorees, and architects and contractors for the library buildings.
The volume highlights, among the 260 libraries profiled, a library named to honor an African American youth, a library named for the person who taught the Tuskegee Airmen to fly, a library named for the first African American woman to practice medicine as a licensed physician in Colorado, the persons for whom the most libraries are named, the cities and states with the most libraries named for African Americans, the 24 librarians for whom libraries are named, and the architects and contractors for most of the libraries, as well as much, much, more.
As you can see from the enclosed/attached flyer, the book is available from Amazon.com, from your book vendor, and at a 25%, prepaid, discount from GrantHouse Publishers. And, based on the reviews and reactions to proof copies by librarians, I am convinced that you will want to spend hours examining it yourself as well as consider recommending or donating it to others who celebrate our careers in the library profession.
George C. Grant, Compiler
Retired Library Dean
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