In Our Own Voices, Redux

Dr. Teresa Y. Neely is professor of librarianship, and assessment librarian in the College of the University Libraries & Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Neely has worked in academic research libraries for more than 20 years, and is the author or co-author/editor of six books and conference proceedings and has authored/coauthored numerous scholarly peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, conference papers, and a white paper for ACRL. Her research interests include African American and Native American rap and hip-hop lyrics as activist narrative; women and the economic enterprise in the19th century southwest, text and sentiment analysis in social media data.Jorge R. López-McKnight was most recently the First-Year Experience Librarian at the College of the University Libraries & Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. In that role, he participated in numerous teaching and learning activities with freshman and transfer students to support their growth and educational processes. His research interests include critical race theory and library & information science, educators of color identities and teaching practices, and university/college libraries-high school relationships.

• Foreword by Camila A. AlirePart I: Back in the DayIntroduction: The Struggle Renewed by Teresa Y. Neely and Jorge R. López-McKnightChapter 1: Still Ambiguous After All These Years: Reflections on Diversity in Academic Libraries by Deborah Hollis Part II: They Have MagicChapter 2: Malore the Explorer: Becoming Global with a Library Touch by Malore I. BrownChapter 3: The Less Than 1%: Native Librarians in Conversation by Sarah Kostelecky and Lori Townsend Chapter 4: Moving on an Upward: Keeping the Doors of Possibilities Open by Dexter R. EvansChapter 5: Boundaries of the Body: Finding My(whole)self by Jennifer BrownChapter 6: Do it For the Culture: My Life as an Archivist by Rachel E. WinstonPart III: StrengthChapter 7: You are Not Alone by Joanna Chen ChamChapter 8: How I Got Over by Evangela Q. OatesChapter 9: The Jackie Robinson of Library Science: 20 Years Later by Teresa Y. NeelyChapter 10: “The Shoe is Too Small, and Not Made for You!”: Racial ‘Covering’ and the Illusion of Fit by Silvia Lin HanickPart IV: Leading by ReflectionChapter 11: “While I Have the Floor….” by Mark D. WinstonChapter 12: What Have I Learned From the Past, Present, and Future? by Jose A. AguiñagaPart V: FamilyChapter 13: Like Our Lives Depended on It: Reflections on Embodied Librarianship, Counter-Chapter 14: Spaces, and Throwing Down by Nicholae Cline, Jorge López-McKnight, and Madelyn Shackelford WashingtonPart VI: Disrupting the SystemChapter 15: Uno de Solamente Cuatro: Overcoming Barriers to Minority Recruitment in Appalachia by Monica Garcia BrooksChapter 16: How Does It Feel to be a Problem? The School-to-Prison Pipeline by Sheree D. WhiteChapter 17: “...I Shall Become a Collector of Me. And Put Meat on My Soul” by Kimberly BlackPart VII: They PersistedChapter 18: Serving the Sons and Daughters of Mechanics and Farmers in the Crossroads of America by Madelyn Shackelford WashingtonChapter 19: Grief in Five Stages: Post Librarian Degree by Leni MatthewsChapter 20: Confessions of a Retired Librarian by Lisa BurwellChapter 21: Being a Super Token at the American Heritage Center–University of Wyoming by Irlanda E. JacintoPart VIII: Warrior WomenChapter 22: Shi Shei Iiná Naaltsoos Bá Hooghan: "My Library Life" by Monica Etsitty DorameChapter 23: The Skirt Revolution: Speaking Out as a Mexicana Librarian by Jimena BretónChapter 24: Reflections of a Long Journey by Mee-Len HomChapter 25: What Do I Have to Be? by Tanya ElderPart IX: Bringing Us HomeChapter 26: My America by Ngoc-My GuidarelliChapter 27: I’m Still Here: An Addendum to A Personal Perspective of Academic Librarianship by Lisa PillowChapter 28: How Never to be a Librarian by Zora J. SampsonChapter 29: Letter to a New Librarian of Color by Sofia LeungEpilogueChapter 29: Letter to a New Librarian of Color by Sofia Leung

In Our Own Voices, Redux: The Faces of Librarianship Today is a work that demands to be heard while encouraging those for whom it is specifically written to make themselves heard. It should be read by librarians, library school students, support staff, and administrators. "We See You" is an important phrase in these times, and it is always worth making this message clear.