TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooke,Nicole A.
TI  - Information services to diverse populations: developing culturally competent library professionals 
T2  - Library and information science text series
SN  - 9781440834608
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Santa Barbara, California, Denver, Colorado
PB  - Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
KW  - Libraries and minorities
KW  - United States
KW  - Minorities in library science
KW  - Recruiting
KW  - Multicultural services librarians
KW  - Employment
KW  - Libraries and society
KW  - Libraries and community
KW  - Cultural competence
KW  - Diversity in the workplace
KW  - Social justice
KW  - Library schools
KW  - Curricula
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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, and identifies potential employment and networking opportunities related to diversity and social justice in librarianship. A 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
ER  -