Supporting Diversity and Inclusivity Through Library Humanities Initiatives

FAIN: RJ-274067-20

Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK 74078-1016)
Mary A. Larson (Project Director: May 2020 to November 2021)

Continued employment of two full-time postdoctoral scholars at the Edmon Low Library at Oklahoma State University, who are working on humanities research projects for the public.

The Edmon Low Library at Oklahoma State University is requesting funding to retain and hire staff to support scholarly research in a variety of humanities initiatives that have been impacted by COVID-19 and the resulting budgetary issues. Initiatives include staff and graduate students working on multiple oral history projects, a research faculty member focusing on promoting the collection of historian Angie Debo and making it more easily available to the public, a faculty member helping educate faculty and students on digital humanities methodologies as well as providing visual resources expertise for the Architecture Library, a librarian providing cultural expertise for the Architecture Library, and a graduate student helping make materials in the recently acquired Zarrow Art Collection more easily searchable by the public. The Library is also proposing the purchase of equipment that will enhance teleworking capabilities and also support remote oral history recording.