Information services to diverse populations : developing culturally competent library professionals /

Information services to diverse populations : developing culturally competent library professionals / Nicole A. Cooke.

This textbook introduces students to the contexts and situations that promote the development of empathy and build cultural competence, examines the research in the areas of diversity and social justice in librarianship, explains how social responsibility is a foundational value of librarianship, an...

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Main Author: Cooke, Nicole A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Series:Library and information science text series.
Subjects:
Libraries and minorities.
Libraries and minorities > United States.
Minorities in library science > Recruiting.
Multicultural services librarians > Employment.
Libraries and society.
Libraries and community.
Cultural competence.
Diversity in the workplace.
Social justice.
Library schools > Curricula.
Diversity.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to diversity, inclusion and information services
  • Developing cultural competence
  • A sampling of diverse populations
  • Services to diverse populations
  • Managing diversity
  • Counter-storytelling in LIS: A call to action
  • Appendix 1: Sample syllabus : Information Services to Diverse Populations (Fall 2015)
  • Appendix 2: Sample assignments and exercises
  • Appendix 3: Professional organizations, conferences, and initiatives related to diversity.

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