Academic libraries advancing transnational feminism
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This paper discusses a successful example of how academic libraries can support the global women’s
rights movement and impact social change. The recent collaboration between the Margery Somers
Foster Center of the Rutgers’ University Libraries and the Center for Women’s Global Leadership
(CWGL) and the Women’s and Gender Studies Department, both of the School of Arts and Sciences,
resulted in the creation of the “CWGL Poster Collection,” an open-access portal providing access to
approximately 300 posters, with corresponding metadata, published by women’s rights organizations
worldwide and housed at CWGL. and housed at CWGL. The posters chronicle twenty years of
transnational women’s activism and advocacy, while also documenting the visual culture of the global
women’s movement. The “CWGL Poster Collection” resides digitally in RUcore, Rutgers Community
Repository, where its content will be preserved for future generations.
Esta ponencia plantea un ejemplo con resultados positivos de cómo las bibliotecas académicas pueden apoyar el movimiento mundial por los derechos de la mujer y lograr el cambio social. La reciente colaboración entre el Centro Margery Somers Foster de las Bibliotecas de la Rutgers University, el Center for Women’s Global Leadership (Centro para el Liderazgo Mundial de la Mujer) (CWGL, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Women’s and Gender Studies Department (Departamento de Estudios sobre la Mujer y el Género) —tanto de la Facultad de Arte como de la Facultad de Ciencias— determinó la creación de la “CWGL Poster Collection” (Colección de Afiches del CWGL), un portal de acceso gratuito a aproximadamente 300 afiches, con los metadatos correspondientes, publicados por organizaciones que defienden los derechos de la mujer de todo el mundo y exhibidos en el CWGL. Los afiches muestran veinte años de activismo y defensa transnacionales de la mujer y, también, documentan la cultura visual del movimiento feminista global. La “Colección de Afiches del CWGL” se encuentra en formato digital en RUcore, Repositorio de la
Esta ponencia plantea un ejemplo con resultados positivos de cómo las bibliotecas académicas pueden apoyar el movimiento mundial por los derechos de la mujer y lograr el cambio social. La reciente colaboración entre el Centro Margery Somers Foster de las Bibliotecas de la Rutgers University, el Center for Women’s Global Leadership (Centro para el Liderazgo Mundial de la Mujer) (CWGL, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Women’s and Gender Studies Department (Departamento de Estudios sobre la Mujer y el Género) —tanto de la Facultad de Arte como de la Facultad de Ciencias— determinó la creación de la “CWGL Poster Collection” (Colección de Afiches del CWGL), un portal de acceso gratuito a aproximadamente 300 afiches, con los metadatos correspondientes, publicados por organizaciones que defienden los derechos de la mujer de todo el mundo y exhibidos en el CWGL. Los afiches muestran veinte años de activismo y defensa transnacionales de la mujer y, también, documentan la cultura visual del movimiento feminista global. La “Colección de Afiches del CWGL” se encuentra en formato digital en RUcore, Repositorio de la
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