Library Professional Organizations Tour "CRAASH in Focus" Exhibition

Tour participants and Hunter College Librarians. Photo: Kaleena Kam.

On Wednesday, October 1, Cooperman Library welcomed library professionals from seven institutions for a guided viewing of CRAASH in Focus: Revitalizing Asian American Studies. Organized by the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Northeast Chapter, Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) Northeast Chapter, the New York Public Library Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NYPL AANHPI) Resource Group, and the Hunter College Libraries, the tour highlighted Asian American experiences at Hunter drawing out their reflections in the Libraries’ collection.

The event also included a visit to the Archives & Special Collections with Archivist Philip Swan. While in the reading room, participants had the opportunity to engage hands-on with student publications, institutional records, and other materials selected by the librarians documenting the vibrance of Asian American student organizing at the College. The event was led by the exhibition’s curators Mee-Len Hom, Allison Ransom, and Lily Susman with Research Services Librarian Dorian Onifer. Photographs by Kaleena Kam.

Tour participants viewed the exhibition mounted in the Cooperman Library display cases and visited the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Photo: Kaleena Kam.