296: The Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful by Nicole A. Cooke September 2, 2025 Guest host Troy Swanson chats with Nicole A. Cooke about the history, impact, and ongoing contributions of Black women in the library profession. circulatingideas.com/2025/09/02/2...

Dr. Aisha Johnson and I have been promoting my book, and we had the best conversation on "Lost in the Stacks" on WREK Radio! lostinthestacks.libsyn.com/episode-653-... 💥Augusta Baker and Charlemae Rollins 2.0💥

Join the editors of the upcoming special issue of The Political Librarian for a virtual information session to learn more about the issue's theme, "Defending DEI and the Politics of Inclusion." Friday, August 15, 2025 Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00p.m. EST www.everylibraryinstitute.org/information_...

Many HBCUs, especially in the Black rural South, suffer from limited broadband access, placing students at a disadvantage in their academic and career pursuits. www.blackenterprise.com/hbcus-digita...

Are you pursuing an MLIS at the USC? The Ethel Bolden Scholarship is now accepting applications! This $3,500 award supports students who are passionate about making an impact in the Richland County community. 🗓 Deadline to apply: Monday, June 30, 2025 👉 Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3HPie5K

Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (LCHS) is now accepting submissions for volume 10, number 1, to be published in Spring 2026. LCHS engages in rolling review, which closes on Friday, August 29, 2025. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicole...

My History of Black Librarianship begins today, with almost 60 people! I'm excited and honored, especially to be able to dedicate the course to OUR Libraian, Dr. Carla Hayden. There is no class about Black Library History without her!

OUR Librarian. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

The Black Metropolis Research Consortium is excited to announce the awardees of scholarships to enroll in the History of Black Librarianship course offered by Dr. Nicole Cooke at the University of South Carolina. bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/news/awardee...

Yes, yes, ya'll! Another new book is out, this time with Queens Dr. Colon-Aguirre Monica, Dr. Aisha M. Johnson, and Stacy Collins. My eternal thanks to this dream team, publisher Dr. Bharat Mehra, and all of the whip smart contributors who made this volume possible!

It's here, it's here! Cheers to the wonderful contributors and the team at ALA Editions! www.ala.org/news/2025/04...

🎉 Today! 🎉 facebook.com/events/s/6th...

New article! journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/artic...

This week! Please join us in person and online! www.facebook.com/share/p/18fG...

Getting ready for the most exciting summer MLIS class ever 😆 There's still time to register: secure.touchnet.net/C21544_ustor... www.bonfire.com/history-of-b...

TODAY! Cearra Harris is a Doctoral Candidate and Adjunct Instructor in the University of South Carolina's Library and Information Science program. Click the link to register: sc-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Dr. Joe Sanchez speaking truth to power! We WILL NOT stand by and let these 🤡 destroy our libraries or our research. #SAVEIMLS #LIBRARIESMATTER www.instagram.com/reel/DIK_xeG...

Cearra Harris is a Doctoral Candidate University of South Carolina's LIS program. Her research interests include trauma-informed community development, social justice in librarianship, and the information and resource-seeking behaviors of BIPOC communities. Register: sc-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

BREAKING — Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staffers who were put on admin leave on Monday just got letters letting them know they’re a part of a Reduction in Force (RIF) and that their job will be “abolished” effective May 4th in accordance with Trump’s EO, per copy reviewed by me.

As a librarian and archivist (not for IMLS but just in general), please please please support your local libraries right now. All of them are underfunded and understaffed even without direct attacks from the government. They don’t want anyone to have access to any kind of information.

Supporting Baker programming is one of the most effective ways YOU can impact UofSC's iSchool! Gifts support LIS graduate students and the greater LIS community by allowing us to host *free* online and in-person programming. Make your gift here: donate.sc.edu/ag/sfp/CIC/a...

March 26th is #Give4Garnet! Gifts to the Baker fund allow us to host *free* programming that is then shared with the profession. Your Give 4 Garnet gift will help us to continue this work - 6 years and counting! Make your gift early at the link below! donate.sc.edu/direct-your-...

THIS Thursday, 3/27/25, 4pm #CriticalConversationsInLIS #CCLIS with ALA President Cindy Hohl. 👉 Register here: sc-edu.zoom.us/s/82812287316 🎙 All #BakerLectures are free of charge, recorded, and archived at the Baker site. sites.google.com/view/bakerle... #BakerLecture #LibrariesMatter #SaveIMLS

@scasl.bsky.social friends, hope to see you at the 6th Baker Lecture on Friday, April 18th, 6:30pm at Richland Library & online! Vashti Harrison will be our special guest. ❤️ 📣 Sign up for the livestream link here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 👕 Get VBF's shirt: www.bonfire.com/the-2025-bak...

The 2025 Season of #CriticalConversationsInLIS is here! Join us Thursday, 3/27/25, 4pm EST, for a discussion with ALA President Cindy Hohl. 👉 Register: sc-edu.zoom.us/s/82812287316 🎙 All #BakerLectures are free of charge, recorded, and archived at the Baker site. sites.google.com/view/bakerle...

THIS WEEK! This year’s 2025 Baker Lecture @ SCASL Conference will be held on THURSDAY, MARCH 20 | 4 P.M. EST. Please Join us! This year’s speaker is Dr. Joe Sanchez, Associate Professor at Queens College. The Baker Lecture # SCASL is free and open to the public.

🚨NEW🚨Last night the President signed an order to gut IMLS. Call your members of Congress. Call your state and local officials. Tell them exactly what's at stake if the President's order stands: the future of America's libraries. It's time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries: bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS

Join us at @ Richland Library on Friday, April 18, 7-9pm! Booksigning and reception to follow the talk. We're excited to welcome author and illustrator Vashti Harrison! AND ... join us online for the livestream! Register and the link will be shared closer to the date. forms.gle/B8QyNdo6Ufsq...

IT'S HERE! I'm so excited 1) to be teaching/leading a course in the History of Black Librarianship at the University of South Carolina, and 2) that it's open to the library community! Please see the attached flyers for more information. Registration link: secure.touchnet.net/C21544_ustor...

#BakerLectures Our 2025 Critical Conversations in LIS continue with current ALA President Cindy Hohl, Amanda Jones, & Dr. Cearra Harris. Please join us! As always, sessions will be recorded and posted at a later date. Register via QR code or via our website: sites.google.com/view/bakerle...

The 2025 Baker Lecture @ SCASL is free and open to the public. If you are not planning to attend the SCASL conference and would like to join us for Dr. Sanchez’ lecture, please register here by March 10, 2025: forms.gle/4PSPQTb1eQSC... This is an in-person event and will not be live streamed.

Y'all, coming VERY soon! alastore.ala.org/lbwl

Augusta Baker Endowed Chair Professor Nicole Cooke has been selected as a 2025 Schomburg Center fellow at NYPL! The Schomburg Center fellowship recognizes and supports artists, scholars, and writers working on projects related to African diasporic history, politics, literature, and culture.

We do not celebrate because we are given permission, we celebrate because we are the permission givers. We do not wait for Black History Month to be proclaimed, we proclaim it. We do not wait to be seen, we see ourselves. asalh.org/black-histor...

Save the date! The 6th Annual Baker Lecture will be on Friday, April 18th, 6pm at Richland Library. We are so excited to welcome author/illustrator extraordinaire Vashti Harrison! And ... our 2025 Baker shirt is now available! www.bonfire.com/the-2025-bak...

Thousands of books have been targeted for removal from school and public libraries.  In fact, we've been tracking thousands of book bans here. Yet, the U.S. Dept of Education released a statement calling book bans a hoax! bit.ly/4h76cS5 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Tell Congress to Show Up #ForOurLibraries. With increased threats to libraries and library workers, we MUST tell our elected leaders to show up for us: bit.ly/ALAShowUp25 Find more tools, resources, and opportunities for action at ALA's new Show Up for Our Libraries campaign page: ala.org/showup