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

• Autore: Cooke Nicole A.
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, California ; ; Denver, Colorado : , : Libraries Unlimited, , 2017; ©2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 pages)
• Disciplina: 027.6
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to diversity, inclusion and information services -- Developing cultural competence -- A sampling of diverse populations -- Services to diverse populations -- Managing diversity -- Becoming new storytellers: counter-storytelling in LIS -- Appendix 1: Sample syllabus -- Appendix 2: Sample assignments and exercises -- Appendix 3: Professional organizations, conferences, and initiatives related to diversity.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Information services to diverse populations
• ISBN: 1-4408-3461-X; 9781440834615
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150303703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library and information science text series.