Collection management for youth : equity, inclusion, and learning /
Hughes-Hassell, Sandra,
Collection management for youth : equity, inclusion, and learning / Sandra Hughes-Hassell. - Second edition. - xx, 164 pages : illustrations, forms ; 29 cm
Previously published under title: Collection management for youth: responding to the needs of learners.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theoretical foundations -- Strategies for learner-centered equitable collection management -- Tools for equity, inclusion, and learning.
"Hughes-Hassell provides models and tools for collection managers that will enable library staff who serve youth to put in place, demonstrate, and create learner-centered collections that are inclusive and provide equitable access to all youth"-- Library materials must be selected to support formal and informal learning environments that facilitate the development of multiple literacies. Unfortunately, diversity initiatives often focus on multiculturalism, rather than the economic, political, and social conditions of people of color, the LGBTQ community, disabled people, or immigrants. Hughes-Hassell provides models to help collection managers and library staff to develop a collection providing equitable access to all youth. A complex goal, but one which must be addressed. --
9780838947500 0838947506
2020000768
School libraries--Collection development.
Instructional materials centers--Collection development.
School librarian participation in curriculum planning.
Educational change.
Constructivism (Education)
Collection management for youth : equity, inclusion, and learning / Sandra Hughes-Hassell. - Second edition. - xx, 164 pages : illustrations, forms ; 29 cm
Previously published under title: Collection management for youth: responding to the needs of learners.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theoretical foundations -- Strategies for learner-centered equitable collection management -- Tools for equity, inclusion, and learning.
"Hughes-Hassell provides models and tools for collection managers that will enable library staff who serve youth to put in place, demonstrate, and create learner-centered collections that are inclusive and provide equitable access to all youth"-- Library materials must be selected to support formal and informal learning environments that facilitate the development of multiple literacies. Unfortunately, diversity initiatives often focus on multiculturalism, rather than the economic, political, and social conditions of people of color, the LGBTQ community, disabled people, or immigrants. Hughes-Hassell provides models to help collection managers and library staff to develop a collection providing equitable access to all youth. A complex goal, but one which must be addressed. --
9780838947500 0838947506
2020000768
School libraries--Collection development.
Instructional materials centers--Collection development.
School librarian participation in curriculum planning.
Educational change.
Constructivism (Education)