Librarians Serving Diverse Populations

Challenges & Opportunities
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8389-8512-0
Verlag: American Library Association

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: ACRL Publications in Librarianship

Librarians Serving Diverse Populations (PIL #62) is a qualitative and quantitative assessment and research study of the paths and experiences of librarians whose duties include serving diverse cultures. Through surveys, interviews, and evaluation of documents, the author explores issues and challenges raised by the results of the research study. Mestre provides recommendations for improvements to curricula and training at Library Schools, for libraries seeking someone to fill positions such as diversity librarian positions, for follow-up training and support after librarians are hired and for how to strengthen diversity efforts. Also included are two chapters that provide guidance for getting started as a liaison for diversity and cross-cultural efforts in academic libraries. This book is the first such research study in academic librarianship.

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Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Lori Mestre is Associate Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also Head of the Undergraduate Library and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She received her M.L.S. at the University of South Florida and her doctorate in Language, Culture and Curriculum at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.