The new Government Resources on Anti-Racism library guide by the Kelley Center for Government Information, Data, and Geospatial Services at the Fondren Library is now fully operational online and ready for the public to explore. Under the supervision of the Government Information Coordinator, this LibGuide was created as part of the celebration of Black History Month by second year Ph.D. student Lauren Lovings-Gomez, who studies nineteenth-century transatlantic art and visual culture in the art history department at Rice University. The library research guide provides users with a plethora of links, tools, and resources related to Black innovators and inventors as well as anti-racism government research and news.
As part of the Kelley Student Center Staff, Lauren shares her experience at the library: “I was hired as a Level III Student Assistant at the Kelley Center to help create more educational resources. I've learned about LibGuides at the library in general, which I didn't even know about before I started. They are a great resource to begin research, especially in a subject area you may not be familiar with. For the Black History Month Government Resources on Anti-Racism LibGuide, I was really excited to highlight the upcoming Obama Portraits Tour coming to Houston. I also learned more about patents and Black American pantees in a great article you can find on the LibGuide titled "The Colorblind Patent System and Black Inventors"."