To celebrate this Black History Month, we wanted to highlight resources that discuss the origins of the celebration itself as well as the issues that have stemmed from the issues that some scholars and critics have raised about Black History Month. These resources, and the intent behind sharing them, echoes that of our Antiracist Resource Guide, which we created in the late Spring of 2020 to encourage the use of resources that either address the systemic racism within the academic disciplines or elevate the Black voices within those disciplines.
Scott, D. (2011). Origins of Black History Month. https://asalh.org/about-us/origins-of-black-history-month/.
Dr. Daryl Scott, professor of History at Howard University and President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History from 2013-15, provides a concise, yet detailed history of Black History Month.
Sadler, J. (2015). School curricula, infusion of African and African American content in. In M. Shujaa, & K. Shujaa (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America (pp. 756-759). SAGE Publications, Inc. DOI:10.4135/9781483346373.n262.
Sent by Stags is a letter exchange program to help Fairfield University undergraduate students stay connected living on or off-campus. Students will write and mail at least 3 letters during the Spring 2021 semester (with one other student). Optional writing prompts and downloadable stationary will be provided. This is our second semester offering this opportunity for students to find a pen pal.
Sign-up by Feb. 15th: bit.ly/sentbystags2021 Students will be contacted on Feb. 16th with more information and the name and address of their correspondent.
This program is brought to you by the DiMenna-Nyselius Library & The Writing Center
In celebration of Black History month, the Fairfield University Writing Center, in partnership with Fairfield University's chapter of the Black Student Union and the National Society of Black Engineers, presents a reading of the picture book Ron's Big Mission.
Ron
Throughout the 2020-21 academic year, the University will be celebrating coeducation and commemorating all the women who have made their mark on the Fairfield community over the past 50 years. The DiMenna-Nyselius Library is pleased to share the following links relating to the 50th Anniversary of Women at Fairfield University.
Online Timelines & Library Exhibit
The timelines (parts 1, 2 and 3) consist of a series of milestones, key players, and notable events that depict some of the more important moments in the history of women at Fairfield. It provides the basis for an exhibit at the DiMenna-Nyselius Library on the lower level that runs through the end of the Spring 2021 semester.
https://librarybestbets.fairfield.edu/exhibits
NEW #ColorOurCollections Coloring Book
Created for the New York Academy of Medicine
We hope you will enjoy the DiMenna-Nyselius Library's inaugural library newsletter issue. Beyond the Stacks Vol. 1, Issue 1 can be viewed on our Institutional Repository, DigitalCommons@Fairfield. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/library-newsletter/1/
Beyond the Stacks will be published two times each year. We aim to have the second issue available on DigitalCommons in September 2021.
Inside the issue:
- Message from the Dean pg. 1
- From the Archives: 50 Years of Women at Fairfield University pg. 1, 4-5
- Documenting the Fairfield University Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic, pg. 2
- Digital Scholarship Services, pg. 3
- Continuity & Creativity During COVID-19, pg. 3
- Our 5th Human Library (and 1st virtual), pg. 6
- New Members of the Student Library Advisory Board, pg. 6
- Journal Spotlight: SANA (Self Achievement through Nursing Art), pg. 6
- An Antiracist Resource Guide, pg. 7
- The Winter Reading Challenge, pg. 8