Seeking to Know Sikhs Resources about Sikhism at the James E. Shepard Memorial Library Triangle Research Libraries Network Annual Meeting July 15, 2015 Presenting: Danielle Colbert-Lewis, Reference Librarian, NCCU Hafsa Murad, Information Literacy Librarian, NCCU Jamillah Scott-Branch, Head Reference Librarian, NCCU Karen Grimwood, Head Librarian, Curriculum Materials Center, NCCU

Introduction In November 2014 the Duke University Libraries hosted the Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute (SCI). At the SCI the NCCU J.E.S.M. Library and NCCU Departments of History, and English and Modern Languages collaborated on a project titled: Presenting Positive Information about Sikhism Beyond the Textbook. This collaboration lead to the creation of a LibGuide titled Resources About Sikhism and Sikh Americans. Currently, this is the first dedicated LibGuide that presents online, print and social media sources about Sikhism.

Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute The Scholarly Communication Institute (SCI) aims to bring together groups of scholars, information scientists, librarians, publishers, technologists, and others from both inside and outside academia to articulate and begin to address needs and opportunities in the domain of scholarly communications. trianglesci.org Participants encouraged to think about how new technologies have radically changed how scholars get access to information, analyze it, transform it into knowledge, share insights, influence policy, and contribute to broader understandings and uses of the issues they study and including creators, contributors, collaborators, and audiences beyond the academy. From the Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute: trianglesci.org

Research Process Collaborative Research: James E. Shepard Memorial Library Curriculum Materials Center Department of History Department of Language and Literature Goals Created from SCI for 2015 (Prezi) NC Council for the Social Studies ALA Poster Presentation TRLN Annual Meeting NCLA Poster Presentation National Council for the Social Studies

Resources About Sikhism LibGuide

Partnerships Children’s book author Parveen Kaur Dhillon

Organizational Partnerships Sikh Gurdwara in San Jose, CA Sikh Gurudwara of North Carolina Durham, NC

Future Plans Continue to coordinate resources for LibGuide Create a print resource guide for libraries Create lesson plan (K-12 and/or one shot) Create a pop-up exhibit for National Library Week Seek out more opportunities and partnerships Submit a proposal to the Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy