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From: <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bharat Mehra</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:bmehra@ua.edu">bmehra@ua.edu</a>><br>
Date: Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 6:40 PM<br>
Subject: Fw: [EXTERNAL] [ALISE MEMBERS] Fw: SJ4A Scholarship Program: Training of Community-Embedded Social Justice Archivists (SJ4A) @ University of Alabama SLIS<br>
To: Bharat Mehra <<a href="mailto:bmehra@ua.edu">bmehra@ua.edu</a>><br>
Cc: Robert Riter <<a href="mailto:rbriter@ua.edu">rbriter@ua.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please distribute in your professional networks! Sorry for duplicate messages. Thanks, Bharat and Robert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From: University of Alabama SLIS Discussion List on behalf of Jamie Naidoo
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Sent: Monday, August 22, 2022 2:46 PM<br>
To: list-slis-l <br>
Subject: SJ4A Scholarship Program: Training of Community-Embedded Social Justice Archivists (SJ4A) @ University of Alabama SLIS<br>
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Are you working in a library or archive and want to earn a master’s degree online? Consider applying to the University of Alabama SLIS’s SJ4A Scholarship Program: Training of Community-Embedded Social Justice Archivists (SJ4A) [a.k.a. Archival Studies Social
Justice Master’s Scholarship Program]. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program – FY 2022 Guidelines (LB21) [RE-252356-OLS-22]. Project website: <a href="http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/" target="_blank">http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/</a> <br>
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PROGRAM GOAL To recruit 12 Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) paraprofessionals working in community‐based archives settings to earn a library science master’s degree with an archives concentration in the University of Alabama’s (UA) School of Library
and Information Studies (SLIS) synchronous distance education program. <br>
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PROGRAM BENEFITS Full tuition scholarship for two years, living subsistence, stipend for books and supplies, laptop computer, conference travel support, part-time program with a structured, individually tailored archives and social justice curriculum with formal/informal
professional mentoring by educators and practitioners.<br>
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Archival studies courses in the SJ4A Program<br>
• Introduction to the archival professions, institutions, and functions<br>
• Collections development and preservation<br>
• Development of archival outreach programs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Organization, description, and representation of archival materials, with an emphasis on community focused approaches<o:p></o:p></p>
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Social justice courses in the SJ4A Program<br>
• Community-engaged scholarship, services, and programs<br>
• Social justice, inclusion, and advocacy<br>
• Applying diversity leadership theories and praxis in organizations<br>
• Outreach services to diverse constituencies<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">APPLICATION & ADMISSION For additional admissions information, please see: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://slis.ua.edu/mlis-admissions-faqs/" target="_blank">https://slis.ua.edu/mlis-admissions-faqs/</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For submitting your application materials, including the SJ4A program essays, visit URL: <a href="https://slate.ua.edu/apply/" target="_blank">https://slate.ua.edu/apply/</a> (Spring 2023 application forthcoming). <o:p></o:p></p>
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Eligibility & Requirements<br>
• BIPOC paraprofessional currently working in an archive or library in the United States<br>
• Completed bachelor’s degree<br>
• Normally, a 3.0 cumulative GPA in graduate and undergraduate coursework<br>
• Committed to applying principles of social justice and equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in your future work<br>
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How to Apply<br>
• Complete applications for admission to UA Graduate School and SLIS<br>
• Send transcripts from all colleges and universities attended<br>
• Submit three academic and/or professional recommendations<br>
• Complete application for the SJ4A scholarship program, including program essays, and submit through UA SLATE: <a href="https://slate.ua.edu/apply/" target="_blank">https://slate.ua.edu/apply/</a> (Spring 2023 application forthcoming)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CONTACT For more information, please contact Dr. Bharat Mehra (205-348-5259;
<a href="mailto:bmehra@ua.edu" target="_blank">bmehra@ua.edu</a>) or Dr. Robert Riter (205-348-6232;
<a href="mailto:rbriter@ua.edu" target="_blank">rbriter@ua.edu</a>), SLIS, UA. <o:p></o:p></p>
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PARTNERS SLIS faculty Drs. Bharat Mehra and Robert Riter are partnering with multiple state archives-related agencies, including the Alabama Department of Archives and History and the Alabama Public Library Service (AL), Multnomah County Archives (OR), New
Mexico State Library (NM), Society of American Archivists, Special Collections and Archives at the California State University (CA), and others to lead the various grant activities that will be documented on the project website.
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Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ph.D.<br>
Interim Director & Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor<br>
School of Library & Information Studies <br>
The University of Alabama<br>
7035 Gorgas Library<br>
Box 870252 <br>
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 <br>
Office 205-348-1518 | Fax 205-348-3746 <br>
<a href="mailto:jcnaidoo@slis.ua.edu" target="_blank">jcnaidoo@slis.ua.edu</a> | <a href="https://slis.ua.edu" target="_blank">https://slis.ua.edu</a> | <a href="http://jcnaidoo.people.ua.edu/" target="_blank">http://jcnaidoo.people.ua.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Bharat Mehra, Ph. D.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Book Series Editor, <i>Advances in Librarianship</i>(Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Professor & EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">School of Library and Information Studies</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">University of Alabama</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">502 Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Tuscaloosa AL 35487.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Phone: (205) 348-5259 (o). Email: <a href="mailto:bmehra@ua.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">bmehra@ua.edu</span></a>. URL: <a href="https://bmehra.people.ua.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">https://bmehra.people.ua.edu/</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Spotlight:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">GRANTS</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">1.Civic Engagement for Racial Justice in Public Libraries (<i>RJ@P</i>L). Institute of Museum and Library Services, <i>National Leadership Grants for Libraries
(NLG-L)– FY 2022 Guidelines</i>(Implementation – Project Type), August 2022 – July 2025 (University of Alabama and Chicago State University) [PI: B. Mehra. Co-PI: K. Black]. <span style="background:white">[</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#343A40;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">LG-252354-OLS-22].</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:purple;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-252354-ols-22" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-252354-ols-22</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Project
website:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <a href="http://civicengagement4racialjustice.ua.edu" target="_blank" title="smart-link"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://civicengagement4racialjustice.ua.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">2.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Training of Community-Embedded Social Justice Archivists” (<i>SJ4A</i>). Institute of Museum and Library Services, Laura Bush 21<sup>st</sup>Century
Librarian Program – FY 2022 Guidelines (LB21) (Implementation – Project Type), August2022 – July 2025 (University of Alabama) [PI: B. Mehra. Co-PI: R. Riter]. [RE-252356-OLS-22]. </span></span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:purple;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-252356-ols-22" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-252356-ols-22</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#343A40;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Project
website:</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> <a href="http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/" target="_blank" title="smart-link"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">3.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Libraries Count: Co-Developing a Professional Learning Program to Build Capacity of Library Staff to Support Diverse Young Children and
their Families in Math. Institute of Museum and Library Services, Laura Bush 21<sup>st</sup>Century Librarian Program – FY 2022 Guidelines (LB21)(Research), August2022 – July 2025 (East Tennessee State University and University of Alabama) [PI: A. Lange. Co-PI:
B. Mehra]. </span></span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:purple;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-252310-ols-22" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-252310-ols-22</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white">PUBLICATIONS</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(1) Mehra, B. (2022). Toward an Impact-Driven Framework to Operationalize Social Justice and Implement ICT4D in the Field of Information. <i>Journal of
the Association for Information Science and Technology</i>. </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#005274;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1002%2Fasi.24693&data=05%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7Cb3dd8912976d4f0a600608da8949852d%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637973246117879287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tTyV622PMfGrpa5AA9ohLBBuAYr%2FWUsI%2Fobv7ZVwtCA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24693</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(2) Mehra, B. (editor). (2022).<i>Social Justice Design and Implementation in Library and Information Science. </i>Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.routledge.com%2FSocial-Justice-Design-and-Implementation-in-Library-and-Information-Science%2FMehra%2Fp%2Fbook%2F9780367653828&data=05%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7Cb3dd8912976d4f0a600608da8949852d%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637973246117879287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TmcUi%2BD4OLVW6GfIEku0%2FJckqQ3SGqCRerooim1ST4w%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">https://www.routledge.com/Social-Justice-Design-and-Implementation-in-Library-and-Information-Science/Mehra/p/book/9780367653828</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(3) Mehra, B. (2021a). Libraries Reclaiming “Social Justice Warriors” during “Miss Rona’s” Global Pandemic Crises. </span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The
Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy 91</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(4), 385-401</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/715919" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/715919</span></a><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">.</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(4) Mehra, B. (2021b). Enough Crocodile Tears! Libraries Moving Beyond Performative Antiracist Politics.<i>The Library Quarterly: Information, Community,
Policy 91</i>(2): 137-149.<a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/713046" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/713046</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(5) Lopez, M. Elena, Mehra, B., and Caspe, M. (eds.). (2021).<i>A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning. </i>Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries
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