We Here
We Here is on a mission to provide a safe and supportive community for people who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color in library and information science professions.
we world — our work
Learn in Community
(be)coming together in study
We Together
Reimagining mentorship for mutual growth and liberation
Literature that nourishes us
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PROJECT NEWS ~
PROJECT NEWS ~
Dream-Shaping Our Community is a three-year project funded by the Mellon Foundation that aims to expand on some of the work We Here is already doing and give us the space to explore new ideas.
PROGRAM NEWS ~
PROGRAM NEWS ~
We Reads Monthly Mixes: February 2024
Each month We Reads will collect the bops that have been keeping them going across the past month.
Want the Reads?
Check out We Reads’ Annual Winter Drop
Our Shop —
Our shop is where you can get We Here merch, register for Community School events, and submit a job to our member only job board.
Need an Information Professional?
Share your job opportunity with We Here’s private communities of over 4,000 information professionals worldwide. The skills of information professionals can extend well beyond the traditional library and archives spaces.
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How the Community Feels
“We Here is the reason why I’m still here and feel that I belong in this profession.”
— Treshani Perera, Academic Librarian, We Here member.
“I can’t think of no other equivalent in the professional world.”
— Alex Gil, We Here member.
“We Here keeps me in librarianship; it is the community that benefits me most in my professional development.”
— First-gen Asian American academic librarian, We Here member.