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Overview
Discover ways to raise staff awareness regarding diversity!Managing Multiculturalism and Diversity In the Library: Principals and Issues for Administrators is an academic guide to diversity issues such as affirmative action, career development of minorities in the library science profession, racism, and scholarship solutions to increase the diversity of people in the library and information science profession. From this manual, you will gain a deeper understanding of diversity and its implementation in your library. Scholarly and poignant, this book is recommended to academics, administrators, library professionals, and students who want to improve the diversity of libraries and the profession of library information science.
In Managing Multiculturalism and Diversity In the Library, you will explore the continued need to keep diversity growing in our libraries as a learning tool to boost the creativity and broaden the knowledge base of libraries as a whole. This informative guide provides you with studies on the diversification efforts of Australia, Canada, China, and the United Kingdom, showing you how each nation differently defines diversity, yet values diversity with an agenda that accepts and encourages cultural differences. You will find suggestions on how to bring in the talents of traditionally excluded groups into your library and examine affirmative action and its dismantling from different angles.
Managing Multiculturalism and Diversity In the Library illustrates the importance of cultural diversity in contrast to a melting pot that does not allow for distinct flavors. Some pertinent areas of diversity that you will read about are:
- raising staff awareness of diversity through training seminars
- a diversity program focused closely on your library’s missions and strategic plans
- integrating diversity into every aspect of the library activities
- looking to colleges and universities as the leaders of cross-cultural understanding
- American Library Association and the diversity agenda
Managing Multiculturalism and Diversity In the Library is an enlightening and helpful resource to foster multicultural understanding and to plan a diversity agenda that is right for your library organization. From this book, you will find many interesting and informative methods on creating a culturally pluralistic library.
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Editorials
Reviewer: Diane L. Sotak, BS, MLS(University of Oregon)
Description: This is a sweeping collection of essays of a multifaceted consideration of diversity in the library setting and the profession.
Purpose: The editor of this timely and thoughtful book seeks to further discussion of diversity by employing various contexts (societal, political, educational, professional, international, interpersonal) to lay out the climates and issues that influence the realization of multiculturalism in libraries. The contributors are experienced professional librarians, library administrators, and library and information science educators.
Audience: The primary audience is people associated with the library profession, particularly those in academic settings. However, those wishing to increase their understanding of workplace diversity will find aspects of the content instructive. The editor is a faculty member of the Rutgers University School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies and has been a diversity consultant with the Association of Research Libraries.
Features: The essay contributors define diversity and present background on affirmative action policies, initiatives started by professional organizations and libraries, and international perspectives. There is also analysis of multicultural curricula, the gender and racial composition of top management within academic libraries, and the issue of equal access to information technologies. This is rounded out with practical approaches, such as starting diversity dialogue groups and undertaking systematic change efforts to create multicultural organizations. There is some repetition of the political and professional contexts among the essays. The notes and references for each chapter are a useful mix of print and web-based resources.
Assessment: This is unlike other books on diversity in the library profession, in which the focus is restricted to collection development, provision of services, or recruitment. While these essays may seem disparate, a broader understanding of diversity in our society emerges. With this book the editor moves workplace diversity discussions to a deeper level.
Diane L. Sotak
This is a sweeping collection of essays of a multifaceted consideration of diversity in the library setting and the profession. The editor of this timely and thoughtful book seeks to further discussion of diversity by employing various contexts (societal, political, educational, professional, international, interpersonal) to lay out the climates and issues that influence the realization of multiculturalism in libraries. The contributors are experienced professional librarians, library administrators, and library and information science educators. The primary audience is people associated with the library profession, particularly those in academic settings. However, those wishing to increase their understanding of workplace diversity will find aspects of the content instructive. The editor is a faculty member of the Rutgers University School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies and has been a diversity consultant with the Association of Research Libraries. The essay contributors define diversity and present background on affirmative action policies, initiatives started by professional organizations and libraries, and international perspectives. There is also analysis of multicultural curricula, the gender and racial composition of top management within academic libraries, and the issue of equal access to information technologies. This is rounded out with practical approaches, such as starting diversity dialogue groups and undertaking systematic change efforts to create multicultural organizations. There is some repetition of the political and professional contexts among the essays. The notes and references for each chapter are a useful mix of print and web-basedresources. This is unlike other books on diversity in the library profession, in which the focus is restricted to collection development, provision of services, or recruitment. While these essays may seem disparate, a broader understanding of diversity in our society emerges. With this book the editor moves workplace diversity discussions to a deeper level.Winston (library management and reference services, Rutgers U.) presents 12 papers which address such diversity issues as affirmative action, career development of minorities in library science profession, and scholarship solutions to increase diversity in libraries. While focusing on the United States, diversification efforts in Australia, Canada, China, and the United Kingdom are examined. Included are discussions of the role of training seminars, linking programs to college and university institutions, and the efforts of the American Library Association towards diversity. Also published as the , vol. 27, nos. 1/2. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
4 Stars! from Doody