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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library and information science text seriesPublisher: Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xiii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781440834608
  • 1440834601
Subject(s):
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.
Summary: 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.
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Filling a gap in the existing library and information science literature, this book consolidates recent research and best practices to address the need for diversity and social justice in the training and education of LIS professionals.

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.

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.

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.

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