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Responsible for collection development
and reference work in African
American Studies, that is the study of the experiences
of African descended peoples in the Western Hemisphere, I
am the primary selector of library materials in the social
sciences and humanities. For the most part, materials selected
are part of the Main
Collection, as well as the Art
Collection, the Music
Library, etc., of the University Library. Supporting research
needs across the curriculum, particularly for the Department
of African American Studies (AFAM),
I also have liaison responsibilities to the Office of African
American Student Affairs (AASA). See also the Melville J.
Herskovits Library of African Studies and a list
of librarian selectors by subject.
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Campus Activities
- A member the Association of Northwestern University
Women (ANUW). The 1999-2000 Library Fellow to the Alice Berline
Kaplan
Institute for the Humanities, studying African American museums.
- ERF 2007 presentation
Professional Activities
- American Library Association (ALA): the Library Council (ALA's governing body), and member of the American Library Association/Society of American Archivists/American Association of Museums Joint Committee (ALA/SAA/AAM). Member of ALA's Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) African American Studies Librarians Section (AFAS).
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) and a member of the Chicago Chapter: Black Caucus of the American Library Association (CC:BCALA).
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH): member of the Chicago Branch.
- DuSable Museum of African American History, Inc.: Member of the Board of Trustees.
- Project
on the History of Black
Writing, University of Kansas:
member of the Advisory Board.
- Toni Morrison Society: Bibliographer
Research and Publications
- Autumn
in Paris: Report from an International Colloquium. (2001) AFAS
Newsletter [pdf].
- Library
Fellow, Alice B. Kaplan
Institute for the Humanities, Northwestern
University 1999-2000. Research: "Plenty
Good Room: African American Museums at the Millennium"
- The
Best of Black Books. (2000
May). The
Lantern [pdf].
- Fulbright
Library Fellow to the University of
Durban-Westville, South Africa,
1996. [Now the University
of KwaZulu-Natal]
- "Summer
Reading Lists":
- 2006: Gullah: Recent Books about the Language, People & Culture
- 2004: Hip Hop Fiction
- 2003:
Traveling Shoes: Black Travel Writings, 1993-2003
- 2002: "Bean pie, my Brutha? Bean pie, my Sistuh?": Selected
Recent Books and Websites on Blacks, Jews and Muslims
- 2001:
African American Reparations
- 2000:
Let's Hear It for the Boys: Recent Books on Black Male Youths
- Earlier "Summer Reading Lists"
- Annual
African American Summer Fiction Lists:
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Other bibliographies:
- Bling,
Bling My Sisters! Selected Resources on Black Women &
Personal Finance (2003)
- W(illiam) E(dward) B(urghardt)
DU BOIS (1868-1963), Civil Rights Leader, Educator, and
Sociologist: A Bibliography of Works & Scholarship Published
in 2003
- Recent African American
Drama: A Bibliography
of Published Plays, 1985-1995
Kathleen E. Bethel
African American Studies Librarian
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
847.491.2173,
fax: 847.491.5678
kbethel@northwestern.edu
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