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Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals

Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Nicole CookeSeries:Library and Information Science TextPublish date:2016-12-12Pages:184
Language:EnglishPublisher:Libraries UnlimitedISBN-13:9781440834608ISBN-10:1440834601UPC:9781440834608Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Library & Information ScienceBook Topic:Administration & ManagementSize:9.90 x 6.90 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC6BC4T8B5

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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Libraries UnlimitedISBN-13:9781440834608ISBN-10:1440834601UPC:9781440834608Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Library & Information ScienceBook Topic:Administration & ManagementSize:9.90 x 6.90 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC6BC4T8B5
Nicole A. Cooke, PhD, MEd, MLS, is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an associate professor at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina.
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

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