From their inception, special collections and archives have memorialized the lives of people in power, serving as a tool to preserve the status quo and perpetuate systemic oppression.
 
From Interrogation to Integration: Centering Social Justice in Special Collections, Archives, and Preservation collects case studies, research projects, lesson plans, stories, practical strategies, color illustrations, and accessible, low-cost solutions from authors who have grappled directly with the legacy of harm present in their own institutions. The volume is organized into five themes: 

• Research
• Description
• Preservation and Access
• Outreach
• Instruction

 Centering social justice in our daily practice and tasks is a form of resistance against external pressures. From Interrogation to Integration contributes to ongoing efforts to create a more inclusive, diverse, just, and equitable profession while acknowledging both the scale and complexity of that work.

Kim Hoffman is the digital curation and preservation librarian at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. In this role, she is responsible for developing and implementing practices to support the long-term preservation and authenticity of the library’s digital collections. Previously, she served as the preservation librarian at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she was a past co-chair of the Libraries’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. She received her MS in library and information science and her MA in museum studies from Syracuse University, where she also earned a certificate of advanced studies in cultural heritage preservation. Her research interests include centering diversity, equity, and inclusion in library preservation work. She holds volunteer positions in the American Institute for Conservation (AIC), the National Heritage Responders (NHR), and the American Library Association (ALA).
 
Rachel Makarowski is the special collections librarian at Miami University in Oxford, OH. In her position, she is responsible for many of the functions for special collections, including instruction, outreach, reference, cataloging, curation, and collection management. She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with an MLS, specializing in rare book and manuscript librarianship, and worked in numerous positions at the Lilly Library. She previously worked at the Rare Book School during her time as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia. Her research interests focus on teaching with primary sources, labor organization, and social justice efforts in the field of special collections and archives. She has actively volunteered in a number of professional organizations, including the Rare Book and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Collective.
 

Contents
Introduction
 
Part I: Research
Chapter 1. What is Underrepresentation and Why Does it Matter for the University of Illinois Archives?
Jessica Ballard-Lawrence
 
Chapter 2. Unreal Cartographies, Real Justice: Countermapping Fictional Worlds
Shelby Hebert and Jeremy Brett
 
Chapter 3. “Uncovering the Diverse History of Massachusetts Eye and Ear”: A Case Study
Vanessa Formato
 
Chapter 4. Archivists Leading the Reckoning: Confronting Slavery and its Legacies at the University of Maryland
Douglas McElrath and Joni Floyd
 
Chapter 5. Forging Connections for Improved Accessibility: Brownsville and the “Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva’s Black History” Project
Ian Post
 
Part II: Description
Chapter 6. Learning Together: Cultural Competency in Archives
Amy Berish, Katie Martin, and Darren Young
 
Chapter 7. What’s in a Name?: Redressing and Repairing Archival Descriptions of Marginalized Identities in Special Collections
Tyler Goldberger
 
Chapter 8. Forging Justice with a Small Team: A Model for Sustainable Critical Cataloging and Reparative Description for Libraries and Archives
Marian Matyn, Melissa James, and Laura Thompson
 
Part III: Preservation and Access
Chapter 9. There Will Be Roadblocks/There will be Clearer Paths: Caring for Collections, Communities and Each Other Reflecting on Rapid Response Collecting Efforts Following the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
Ann C. Kearney
 
Chapter 10. Captioning Voca for Enhanced Public Access
Sarah Kortemeier, Julie Swarstad Johnson, and Leela Denver
 
Chapter 11. Promoting Equity in Computer Music using Preservation and Archiving Practices
Andi Ogier and Hollis Wittman
 
Part IV: Outreach
Chapter 12. Rack of Eye: Managing Implicit Bias in Legacy Collections at the Steamship Historical Society
Astrid Drew and Aimee Bachari
 
Chapter 13. Amplifying Diverse Voices at Ohio Northern University
Matt Francis
 
Chapter 14. Amp Up Your Archives! Amplifying the Student Voice in the University Archives
Valencia Johnson
 
Chapter 15. Restoring Trust: Archives as Places of Healing
Dr. Ashley Todd-Diaz and Felicity Knox
 
Chapter 16. Making Space for New Voices: Storied Books at the University of Florida
Dr. Neil Weijer and Dr. Bridget Bihm-Manuel
 
Part V: Instruction
Chapter 17. Primary Source Instruction as a Social Justice Pathway
Erica Donnis and Faith Yacubian
 
Chapter 18. The Personal Archive Assignment: Creating Meaning and Working Toward Well-Being
Dr. Krista Grensavitch and Abigail Nye
 
Chapter 19. Disrupting the Dominant Narrative: Practicing Critical Pedagogy in Cultural Heritage Settings
Anna Franz
 
Chapter 20. Interrogating the Sacred and Special: Engaging Students in Diversifying Special Collections
Sharon L. Albert and Susan Falciani Maldonado
 
Chapter 21
Small Steps, Big Impact: Practical DEI Considerations When Teaching with Primary Sources
Kathleen Monahan and Katherine Fox
 
Chapter 22
Grand Challenge in the Archives: Exploring Bias through Experiential Learning
K. Walton Morse
 
Chapter 23
Teaching the History of the Holocaust in the University at Buffalo Libraries’ University Archives
Shu Wan
 
ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS