Natiba Guy-Clement introduces herself and connection to Schomburg
Natiba Guy-Clement introduces herself as Director of Special Collections at the Center for Brooklyn History. She shares that she started her career at the Schomburg Center as a library page over 25 years ago.
Good afternoon, everyone.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon.
My name is Nativa Guy-Clement, and I am the Director of Special Collections at the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
Thank you to members of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Relations, and the entire City Council,
for providing us with an opportunity today to celebrate, highlight, and advocate for the work that we do in preserving New York City's history.
I'd like to start today by saying how grateful I am to be here today to speak on behalf of the research collections and the work we do at the Center for Brooklyn History.
And to be doing that at a place that I started my career in research libraries over 25 years ago as a library page.
I was also a new immigrant to the U.S., a new Harlem resident, and a new student at Hunter College.
The introduction I received to research collections here at the Schomburg Center so many years ago has been carried with me throughout my career, which is a testament to the power and impact of research libraries and the collections that they steward.