Please join the San Jose State University School of Information (iSchool) on Thursday, February 26, 2026 for our annual Black History Month symposium celebrating Black Librarianship.  This free online symposium is presented in collaboration with the California Librarians Black Caucus (CLBC) and SJSU iSchool Black Student Library Collective (BSLC).

Click the following link to register for this FREE online symposium.  The link to the symposium will be emailed to you after you register.

https://sjsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fQMJCsYSQsSVfXGT2uycRQ#/registration

Black Librarianship: Celebrating Black Librarians

Thursday, February 26, 2026

10:00 am -12:00 pm PST

AGENDA

Welcome (10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Pacific Time)

●     Dr. Anthony Chow, PhD: Professor and Director, SJSU iSchool

●     Carolyn Norman: President, California Librarians Black Caucus (CLBC)

Moment of Silence for Dominique Dozier and Reverend Jesse L. Jackson

Opening Keynote Address (10:10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time)

●     Shawna Sherman, Manager for San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) African American Center.

Panel Discussion: Black Librarianship: Celebrating Black Librarians (11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Pacific Time)

Moderator:  Nichole Brown: Librarian II, Oakland Public Library and former Treasurer, California Library Association.

●     Shirley Coaston, Retired Head Academic Librarian, Laney College.

●     Michael-Wallace Davis Jr., Collection Development & Acquisitions Manager, Alameda County Library Collection Development

●     Reginald Constant, Public Services and Instruction Librarian, Laney College

●     Lisa Harris, Social Justice Services Library Manager, Alameda County Library

Concluding Remarks (11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time)