Portal to the Black Experience

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Acknowledgments

Early Consultation

Dure the early conceptual stages of this project we received invaluable consultation and early direction from Leah Prescott (Law Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Special Collections at Georgetown University Law Center), Daniel Pitti (Associate Director Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia), Kathy Wisser (Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Archives/History Dual Degree Program, Simmons College), Daniel Chudnov (Director of Scholarly Technology, George Washington University), Karim Boughida (Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Content Management, George Washington University) and Beacher Wiggins (Director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access, Library of Congress).


Institutional Support

We are especially grateful to and for the full support and encouragement that we have received from Dr. Howard Dodson (former Director), Dr. Arthuree Wright (former Associate Director), and Rhea Ballard-Thrower (Executive Director) of the Central Libraries Group at Howard University. Additionally, we are most appreciative of the help we have received from Thomas Joy, Yasmin Smith and Chukwuka Iroabuchi of Howard University’s Research Administrative Services.


Creation of the Prototype

With respect to the creation of the search portal, a number of individuals have given generously of their time and expertise.

Architecture and Design

Ash Sehgal, Open Source Contributor

Washington Research Library

Jim Austin, (former) Director, Information Technology

Consortium

Don Gourley, Director of Information Technology

Kurt Nordstrom, Applications Support Engineer

Aaron Krebeck, Digital Services Librarian

Ian Hardy, DevOps Engineer

Georgetown University Law Center

Leah Prescott, Law Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Special Collections

Dawn Blanchard DESIGN

Dawn Blanchard, Senior web and graphic designer



Data contributors
VNS Group, Inc.

Vesselina Stoytcheva, President & CEO

University of Chicago

Larisa Walsh, Monographic cataloger, University of Regenstein Library

OCLC Research

Eric R. Childress, Consulting Project Manager

Schomburg Center for Research
in Black Culture

Steven G. Fullwood, Assistant, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

The District of Columbia Public Library

Kim Zablud, Assistant Director of Public Services

Oxford University Press

Robert Repino, Editor (The Oxford African American Studies Center Online Database)

Howard University logo

Institute of Museum and Library Services

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