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experience that each search would yield different bibliographic informa-
tion. My suspicions were confirmed; two of the three searches were great
disappointments, as the librarians in those cases (one from a public
library and one from a Health Sciences Library) elected to use a "broad
term" approach, using such subject headings as "African-American Studies,"
"African-History," "Negro-History," "Negro-Literature," "Ethnic-Studies."'
A reference librarian at the SUNY/Buffalo research library, however,
appeared to be more conversant with the computer and in addition to the
subject headings already mentioned, added some free play terms as "Negro-
Culture," "Use-Studies," "Library-Surveys," and "Reading-Habits."
Suddenly the computer began to retrieve a number of sources that
immediately had the aura of being more promising.
I began, once again, to methodically scan and search a number of
sources. Many of them suggested ideas and thoughts relevant to my topic,
for certainly the vast literature that was beginning to accumulate on
the problems of the bibliographic control of Afro-American literature
suggested the existence of specific physical and psychological barriers
endemical to their use.
II. Barriers to Afro-American Literature Use
Gatekeeping and Agenda Setting
Ann Allen Shockley instantly struck a responsive chord in terms
of my interest in the study of communication theory when she suggested
that much of the blame for the "invisibility" of Afro-American litera-
ture could be laid at the door of those publishers who function as I
gatekeepers, promoting the "status quo" and establishing the agenda
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Totten, Herman L. Bibliographical Control of Afro-American Literature, Volume 1: Papers Presented at a Conference, book, 1976; [Eugene, Oregon]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc31167/m1/14/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.