[SOA] SJ4A Scholarship Program: Training of Community-Embedded Social Justice Archivists (SJ4A) @ University of Alabama SLIS

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Subject: SJ4A Scholarship Program: Training of Community-Embedded Social Justice Archivists (SJ4A) @ University of Alabama SLIS

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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: http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/

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.

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.

Archival studies courses in the SJ4A Program
• Introduction to the archival professions, institutions, and functions
• Collections development and preservation
• Development of archival outreach programs
• Organization, description, and representation of archival materials, with an emphasis on community focused approaches

Social justice courses in the SJ4A Program
• Community-engaged scholarship, services, and programs
• Social justice, inclusion, and advocacy
• Applying diversity leadership theories and praxis in organizations
• Outreach services to diverse constituencies
APPLICATION & ADMISSION For additional admissions information, please see:
https://slis.ua.edu/mlis-admissions-faqs/.
For submitting your application materials, including the SJ4A program essays, visit URL: https://slate.ua.edu/apply/ (Spring 2023 application forthcoming).
The SJ4A application essays are available via the project website at URL: http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/.

Eligibility & Requirements
• BIPOC paraprofessional currently working in an archive or library in the United States
• Completed bachelor’s degree
• Normally, a 3.0 cumulative GPA in graduate and undergraduate coursework
• Committed to applying principles of social justice and equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in your future work

How to Apply
• Complete applications for admission to UA Graduate School and SLIS
• Send transcripts from all colleges and universities attended
• Submit three academic and/or professional recommendations
• Complete application for the SJ4A scholarship program, including program essays, and submit through UA SLATE: https://slate.ua.edu/apply/ (Spring 2023 application forthcoming)
CONTACT For more information, please contact Dr. Bharat Mehra (205-348-5259; bmehra at ua.edu<mailto:bmehra at ua.edu>) or Dr. Robert Riter (205-348-6232; rbriter at ua.edu<mailto:rbriter at ua.edu>), SLIS, UA.

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.

Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ph.D.
Interim Director & Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor
School of Library & Information Studies
The University of Alabama
7035 Gorgas Library
Box 870252
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Office 205-348-1518 | Fax 205-348-3746
jcnaidoo at slis.ua.edu<mailto:jcnaidoo at slis.ua.edu> | https://slis.ua.edu | http://jcnaidoo.people.ua.edu/

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Bharat Mehra, Ph. D.

Book Series Editor, Advances in Librarianship(Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing)

Professor & EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice

School of Library and Information Studies

University of Alabama

502 Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library

711 Capstone Drive

Tuscaloosa AL 35487.

Phone: (205) 348-5259 (o). Email: bmehra at ua.edu<mailto:bmehra at ua.edu>. URL: https://bmehra.people.ua.edu/.

Spotlight:

GRANTS

1.Civic Engagement for Racial Justice in Public Libraries (RJ at PL). Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG-L)– FY 2022 Guidelines(Implementation – Project Type), August 2022 – July 2025 (University of Alabama and Chicago State University) [PI: B. Mehra. Co-PI: K. Black]. [LG-252354-OLS-22].https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-252354-ols-22. Project website: http://civicengagement4racialjustice.ua.edu.

2.Training of Community-Embedded Social Justice Archivists” (SJ4A). Institute of Museum and Library Services, Laura Bush 21stCentury 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]. https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-252356-ols-22. Project website: http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/.

3.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 21stCentury 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]. https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-252310-ols-22.

PUBLICATIONS

(1) Mehra, B. (2022). Toward an Impact-Driven Framework to Operationalize Social Justice and Implement ICT4D in the Field of Information. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24693<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>.

(2) Mehra, B. (editor). (2022).Social Justice Design and Implementation in Library and Information Science. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Social-Justice-Design-and-Implementation-in-Library-and-Information-Science/Mehra/p/book/9780367653828<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>.

(3) Mehra, B. (2021a). Libraries Reclaiming “Social Justice Warriors” during “Miss Rona’s” Global Pandemic Crises. The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy 91(4), 385-401.https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/715919.

(4) Mehra, B. (2021b). Enough Crocodile Tears! Libraries Moving Beyond Performative Antiracist Politics.The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy 91(2): 137-149.https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/713046.

(5) Lopez, M. Elena, Mehra, B., and Caspe, M. (eds.). (2021).A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. https://products.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A6302P<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fproducts.abc-clio.com%2FABC-CLIOCorporate%2Fproduct.aspx%3Fpc%3DA6302P&data=05%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7Cb3dd8912976d4f0a600608da8949852d%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637973246117879287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JGj5rHj1AQJJ56qlXNvjWkaRulyoCHa%2FVqA%2BY4KDBLw%3D&reserved=0>.

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