BlackPast.org is a web-based reference center that is dedicated primarily to the understanding of African-American history and Afro-Caribbean history and the history of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry. In 2011, the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association included it in its list of the 25 Best Free Reference Websites of the Year.[1] According to BlackPast.org, the website has a global audience of about two million visitors per year from more than 100 nations. In 2009, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Brazil, and Germany ranked as the top five countries, after the United States, for visitors to the site.[2] A 2008 website review described it as easily navigable and well organized but also as containing omissions among some features and as a work in progress.[3] By 2009, the organization was selected by New York Public Library reference librarians as one of the top 25 hybrid print and electronic resources for the year.[4]
- ^ "25 Best Free Reference Websites of 2011", American Library Association Reference and User Services Association.
- ^ "History of BlackPast.org (2004– )", BlackPast.org.
- ^ Barclay Key, "Website Review: BlackPast.org: Remembered and Reclaimed Archived August 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine," The Journal of American History 96:3 (2009), pp. 950–951.
- ^ "Hybrid Print and Electronic Resources for 2009", Best of Reference, New York Library Association Reference & Adult Services Section.