Information services to diverse populations : developing culturally competent library professionals / Nicole A. Cooke.
"The development of cultural competency skills and social awareness benefits LIS students, their future employers, and the library profession at large--not to mention library customers and society as a whole. This textbook and comprehensive resource introduces students to the contexts and situa...
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| Access Note: | Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, California :
Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
[2017]
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| Series: | Library and information science text series.
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| Summary: | "The development of cultural competency skills and social awareness benefits LIS students, their future employers, and the library profession at large--not to mention library customers and society as a whole. This textbook and comprehensive resource 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, and identifies potential employment and networking opportunities related to diversity and social justice in librarianship. A valuable book for students in graduate library and information science programs as well as LIS practitioners and researchers interested in knowing more about the topic of diversity in the profession, Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals addresses the political, social, economic, and technological divides among library patrons, covers transformative library services, and discusses outreach and services to diverse populations as well as how to evaluate such services, among many other topics. Appendices containing suggestions for exercises and assignments as well as lists of related library organizations and readings in related literature provide readers with additional resources"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 166 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781440834615 144083461X |
| Access: | Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff. |