Unfinished business : race, equity, and diversity in library and information science education / edited by Maurice B. Wheeler.

"In the wake of the fiftieth anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, Unfinished Business: Race, Equity, and Diversity in Library and Information Science Education provides evidence that few, if any, library and information science (LIS) programs were ever integrat...

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Other Authors: Wheeler, Maurice B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Brown v. Board of Education and its effect on libraries and library and information science education : mapping and storytelling a historical journey fifty years in the making / Elizabeth Figa and Janet Macpherson
  • Evolving issues : racism, affirmative action, and diversity / DeEtta Jones
  • In union there is strength : library and information science educators and librarians' associations of color / Cora P. Dunkley and Kathleen de la Penã Mccook
  • ALA Spectrum Initiative : a student's view / Trina Holloway
  • Affirmative action : the role of LIS dean / Em Claire Knowles
  • Race-based financial aid : an overview / Susan Webreck Alman, Marva J. Bryant and Anne Steffans
  • Minority student recruitment in LIS education : new profiles for success / Teresa Y. Neely
  • A Web model of recruitment for LIS doctoral education : weaving in diversity / Laurie Bonnici and Kathleen Burnett
  • Creating opportunities and opening doors : recruiting and mentoring students of color / Loriene Roy
  • The effect of technology on library education and students at risk / Linda Schamber
  • Curriculum reform and diversity / Lorna Peterson
  • Communication and difficult topics in LIS education : teaching and learning about diversity in the classroom / Mark Winston
  • Faculty development and cultural diversity in teaching : LIS education's last frontier / Maurice B. Wheeler.