The Reckoning Initiative at the University Libraries

A Guide to Conscious Editing

 

A guide compiling the practices library staff have refined as they update, edit and create new archival finding aids.

21-Day Racial Equity Challenge

 

Racial equity syllabus focused on libraries and archives. Developed for our staff’s internal 21-day racial equity challenge, but with broad relevance for library and archival work.

Campus Monuments and Buildings

 

Resources, research guides, and exhibits related to the history and controversy of Carolina’s built environment, including the 1913 Confederate monument.

Community-Driven Archives

 

Mellon-grant-funded project to support historically underrepresented history keepers in telling, sharing, and preserving their stories.

Conscious Editing

 

Library-wide effort to correct injustices in the way language is used in archives and special collections. Includes link to conscious editing guide.

IDEA Action Grants

 

Internally-funded program to support inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility work by University Libraries staff.

IDEA Council

 

Council leading library efforts in inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.

On the books: Jim Crow and Algorithms of Resistance

 

Text-mining project to discover Jim Crow laws in NC between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement (1865-1968).

Staff Development

 

Call to action challenging library staff to engage, act, and reflect on race and racial equity in our lives and in our work.