Hankins, Rebecca

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• Fictional Islam: A Literary Review and Comparative Essay on Islam in Science Fiction and Fantasy

  Hankins, Rebecca (Essex, England : North East London Polytechnic, January 7, 2010)

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  Description:	This article was published in Foundation 105: Spring 2009 issue. I have their permission to post this article.
  URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/92404

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  Foundation-Fictional Islam article.pdf   (19.17Mb)
• Countering the Master Narrative: Muslims and Islam in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Comics

  Hankins, Rebecca; Hankins, Rebecca (April 15, 2010)

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  Description:	Science Fiction Symposium
  URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/92227

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  Rebecca Hankins-Sci fi symposium manuscript-1.doc   (56.32Kb)

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• Art in Special Collections: Latino and African American Fine Art and Photography Collections in Academic Institutions

  Hankins, Rebecca; Juarez, Miguel (Art Libraries Society of North America, May 15, 2010)

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  Abstract:

  Often university libraries or archive/special collections house large fine art and photographic collections by African American and Latino artists. These collections are frequently hidden due to inadequate funding to promote them, minimal exhibit space, insufficient staffing with requisite exhibition and curatorial expertise, and/or diminished cataloging or digital priority. This article seeks to address the concerns and issues that affect this lack of exposure within academic special collections in both large and small institutions. The intent is to highlight successful strategies that can be used by other repositories seeking to diversify their art and photography holdings.

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  http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/90986

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• Meeting Our Users Where They Conference: A Texas A&M Model to Support Librarian Attendance at Subject-Specific Conferences

  Seeger, Christina; Wan, Gary; Hankins, Rebecca; Melgoza, Pauline (Public Services Quarterly, April 1, 2009)

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  Abstract:	Today’s academic librarian is frequently called upon to function as a subject specialist, with or without advanced degrees in other disciplines. One method of monitoring trends within a given field is to study its literature; another is to attend conferences in the discipline. Discipline-specific conference attendance by academic librarians provides opportunities to interact with faculty in their disciplines that result in an increased communication with faculty, improved reference expertise, and more focused collection development. This paper describes the Texas A&M University Libraries’ support for conference attendance and examples of the resulting benefits.
  Description:	Copyright Holder, 2009: This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of 'Copyright Holder' for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Public Services Quarterly, Volume 5 Issue 2, April 2009. doi:10.1080/15228950902837541 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228950902837541)
  URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/86481

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• Oral History, Civil Rights and the Archival Role

  Hankins, Rebecca (Dr. Clyde Robertson; New Orleans Public Schools, July 19, 2004)

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  Abstract:	The years 2003 to 2006 will witness the anniversaries of many of the events that represent the Modern Civil Rights Movement. With the 50th anniversary celebration of the historic Brown v Board decision, the court order to desegregate the Boston Public schools in 1974 and the ensuing convulsions it caused. Couple with this the city of Birmingham, Alabama having experienced its most violent period of civil right activities during the 1950s and 60s, which many of those organizations and institutions in Birmingham will be commemorating from 2004 to 2006. The March on Washington and the 100th anniversary of the publication of W.E.B. DuBois’s Souls of Black Folks behind us, this is an appropriate subject for our series. This issue of Africa Rising will chronicle how those professionals called archivist, charged with collecting, preserving, and making these important resources available to the public, view their role in this endeavor. This issue will show how oral histories have become a central component in the ongoing struggle to document, revise, and append the stories of the Modern Civil Rights Movement.
  Description:	This paper has been revised from its original version presented at the 2004 International Oral History Association Conference in Rome, Italy.
  URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/86480

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  louisiana weekly.doc   (50.17Kb)