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The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature is excited to share the Best Books of 2025! Excellent for holiday gifts! Click on this link: www.csmcl.org/best-books-2... Printable list [PDF] is at the top of the page.
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Friend, former student, and THE Poet Laureate of Columbia, Jennifer Bartell Boykin holding up my book at the American Association of School Librarians conference! Best part is that Jen has 2 original poems in the book, one about Augusta Baker and another about Charlemae Rollins ❤️
October 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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💥
August 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
June 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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.
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May 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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!
May 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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...
May 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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!
May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's here, it's here!
Cheers to the wonderful contributors and the team at ALA Editions!

www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
April 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This week! Please join us in person and online!
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April 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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...
April 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Dr. Joe Sanchez speaking truth to power! We WILL NOT stand by and let these 🤡 destroy our libraries or our research. #SAVEIMLS #LIBRARIESMATTER

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April 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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...
April 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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-...
March 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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
March 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@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...
March 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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...
March 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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.
March 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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.
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March 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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:
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March 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
#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...
March 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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.
February 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Y'all, coming VERY soon!
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February 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM