Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall

Health sciences librarianship has historically benefited from avoiding critical conversations around the role of race in the profession, reflected through a select few number of articles on the topic. The purpose of this study was to add to this body of literature and apply a critical librarianship...

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Autor principal:	Aidy Weeks
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2021
Materias:	history of health sciences librarianship historical revisionism whiteness in lis critical race theory critical librarianship library leaders mla jmla integration Bibliography. Library science. Information resources Z Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f43969dac0e24159830d6062e5e260192021-11-22T20:41:00ZProving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall1536-50501558-943910.5195/jmla.2021.1261https://doaj.org/article/f43969dac0e24159830d6062e5e260192021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/1261https://doaj.org/toc/1536-5050https://doaj.org/toc/1558-9439Health sciences librarianship has historically benefited from avoiding critical conversations around the role of race in the profession, reflected through a select few number of articles on the topic. The purpose of this study was to add to this body of literature and apply a critical librarianship framework on the early scholarly record of health sciences librarianship and the legacy of integration within the Medical Library Association (MLA). Three Southern medical works and the integration views of Mary Louise Marshall, the longest-serving president of MLA from 1941 to 1946, were thematically and textually analyzed to redress the profession’s long-standing legacy with Whiteness and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) representation. In reframing the historic past of MLA both through Marshall’s works and her views, the goal is to acknowledge ways in which the profession has impeded progress and present steps to remedy appropriate outreach for the future.Aidy WeeksUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgharticlehistory of health sciences librarianshiphistorical revisionismwhiteness in liscritical race theorycritical librarianshiplibrary leadersmlajmlaintegrationBibliography. Library science. Information resourcesZMedicineRENJournal of the Medical Library Association, Vol 109, Iss 4 (2021)
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description	Health sciences librarianship has historically benefited from avoiding critical conversations around the role of race in the profession, reflected through a select few number of articles on the topic. The purpose of this study was to add to this body of literature and apply a critical librarianship framework on the early scholarly record of health sciences librarianship and the legacy of integration within the Medical Library Association (MLA). Three Southern medical works and the integration views of Mary Louise Marshall, the longest-serving president of MLA from 1941 to 1946, were thematically and textually analyzed to redress the profession’s long-standing legacy with Whiteness and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) representation. In reframing the historic past of MLA both through Marshall’s works and her views, the goal is to acknowledge ways in which the profession has impeded progress and present steps to remedy appropriate outreach for the future.
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Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall

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