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

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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Main Author: Cooke, Nicole A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : 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.
Electronic books.
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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