Notable African American Librarians of the Past: E. J. Josey

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School of Information Sciences professor emeritus and nationally known civil rights advocate for minority librarians E. J. taught courses such as Academic Librarianship and Libraries in Society and served on the SIS faculty from 1986 to 1995, when he retired. He continued to support the school in a number of capacities, including as its Minority Concerns Council adviser and as leader of the SIS affirmative action committee, which in 2001 was awarded the Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Award.