When hundreds of students entered College Library in December 2014 for a silent die-in protest, it not only brought the Black Lives Matter movement to the University of Wisconsin campus, it also informed an emerging “beyond neutral” practice at the library.
That movement recognizes the social justice role of libraries, a reflection of the way in which society as a whole is looking at systemic privilege of some groups, said Carrie Kruse, director of College Library, located in Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St.
Kruse will make a presentation on the die-in and its aftermath Friday at the Lake Superior Library Symposium in Duluth, MN.