William Gibbons

Reference Librarian | Associate Professor

Main Affiliation

Library

Building

North Academic Center

Office

2/204

Phone

(212) 650-7602

William Gibbons

Awards & Honors

wards 2022: I Love My Librarian Award

Education

MS, Library and Information Science, Pratt Institute (1998)
MS, Urban Policy Analysis, New School for Social Research (1993)
BA, Liberal Arts,  University of Michigan (1991)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Certificate in Archives & Records Management,  Graduate School of Information Science, Queens College (CUNY) (2006)
 

 

Publications

Book Chapters
Gibbons, W. (2020) 鈥淣at Holman: Mr. Basketball inventor of the modern game.鈥  City/Game: Basketball in New York, ed. William C. Rhoden, New York, NY: Rizzoli, forthcoming Feb, 2020 ()
Gibbons, W. (2010) (with Gordon Thompson) 鈥淜ansas.鈥  Black America A State by State Historical Encyclopedia  (Vol.1). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 2010, pp. 285-304
Gibbons, W. (2010) with Gordon Thompson) 鈥淢ontana.鈥  Black America A State by State Historical Encyclopedia (Vol. 1). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 2010, pp. 467-479
Gibbons, W. (2010) (with Gordon Thompson) 鈥淣orth Dakota.鈥 Black America A State by State Historical Encyclopedia (Vol. 2). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 2010, pp. 619-630
Gibbons, W. (2010) (with Gordon Thompson) 鈥淪outh Dakota.鈥  Black America A State by State Historical Encyclopedia Vol.2). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 2010, pp. 765-776
Gibbons, W. (2010)(with Gordon Thompson) 鈥淲yoming.鈥  Black America A State by State Historical Encyclopedia (Vol. 2). Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 2010, pp. 949-957

Peer-Reviewed Publications
Gibbons, W. (2014) (with Adrienne Petty & Sydney Van Nort equal contribution)  鈥淩evolutionary Times Revisited: Students鈥 Interpretations of t九色视频 Student Protest and Takeover of 1969鈥 History Teacher Vol. 47, no.4. 2014.  pp. 511-528
Gibbons, W. (2009) (with Sydney Van Nort). 鈥淢amie Phipps Clark: The 鈥極ther Half鈥 of the Legacy,鈥 Encounter Vol. 22 no.4, pp.28-32
Gibbons, W. (2007), "From the streets to academia: a librarian's guide to hip鈥恏op culture", Collection Building, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 119-126
Gibbons, W. (2006). 鈥淚s Basketball's Future Its Past?  Nat Holman's Lost Legacy,鈥 Encounter Vol. 19 no.3, pp.32-38

Other Scholarly Work (not peer/critically reviewed)
Gibbons, W. (2019) 鈥淗arlem Little League is still going strong after 30 years.鈥 Undefeated, 2019    

Gibbons, W. (2014) 鈥淩ed Scare, Red Stars: Blacklisted CCNY.鈥 Alumnus, October 2014, p10-11

 

Curated Exhibitions

鈥淐ity/Game: Basketball in New York,鈥 (February 2020) The Museum of the City of New York. (Advisor)
鈥淭he New York that Never Was,鈥  September-February, 2015 Cohen Library Atrium. (Co-curator)
鈥淩ed Scare Red Star: CCNY Blacklisted,鈥 February-May, 2013, Cohen Library Atrium. ( Co-curator)
鈥淟angston Hughes Festival: A Celebration of African American Writers,鈥  February 4 鈥 May 31, 2010 CCNY Archives & Special Collections. (Co-curator)
鈥淔ive Demands: The Student Protest and Takeover of 1969,鈥 May 4 鈥揙ctober 28, 2009, CCNY Cohen Library Atrium & Archives and Special Collections. (Co-curator)
鈥淭oward Humanity and Racial Justice: The Legacy of Dr. Kenneth B. Clark,鈥 January 20 - May 3, 2009, CCNY Cohen Library Atrium. (Co-curator)
鈥淗arlem 350,鈥 October 13, 2008 鈥 January 18, 2009, CCNY, Cohen Library Atrium. (Co-curator)
鈥淣at Holman: The Man, His Legacy, and CCNY,鈥 July 1 - December 30, 2005, CCNY Cohen Library Atrium. (Co-curator) ;  
鈥淐hanging Streetscapes: New Architecture and Open Space in Harlem,鈥 February 28-June 30, 2005, CCNY Cohen Library Atrium. (Co-curator)