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Racial and ethnic diversity in academic libraries : multicultural issues / Deborah A. Curry, Susan Griswold Blandy, Lynne M. Martin, editors.

Contributor(s): Curry, Deborah A | Blandy, Susan Griswold, 1938- | Martin, Lynne M
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Haworth Press, [1994]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 374 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1560246561 (acidfree paper)Subject(s): Academic libraries -- United States -- Congresses | Libraries and minorities -- United States -- Congresses | Multiculturalism -- United States -- Congresses | Minorities -- Employment -- United States -- Congresses | Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Minorities -- CongressesDDC classification: 027.7/089 LOC classification: Z675.U5 | R12 1994Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-349) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: defining diversity, asking questions / Deborah A. Curry, Susan Griswold Blandy, Lynne M. Martin -- State of diversity / E.J. Josey -- Your responsibilities would include... / Kappa Waugh -- Mentoring, networking and supervision: parallelogram, vortex, or merging point? / Mary N. Hernandez -- Teaching the practitioners: one professor's attempt at library education and sensitivity to multicultural diversity / Lorna Peterson -- Communicating across cultures for reference librarians who supervise / Heather Blenkinsopp -- Student employees and the academic library's multicultural mission / C. Martin Rosen ... [et al.] -- Significance of a minority reference internship program / Mary G. Wrighten -- Instruction and identity: diversity in library classes and collections / Christine Oka, Cheryl LaGuardia, Adan Griego -- Instructional responses to the presence and potential of diversity: toward expert collaboration / Mary M. Huston -- Valuing diversity: students helping students / Blanche E. Judd, Michael J. McLane, Nancy Seale Osborne -- Addressing the special needs of international students in interlibrary loan: some considerations / Suzanne Irving -- What to do until the expert comes: dealing with demands for multicultural, international information now / Susan Griswold Blandy -- African-American reference books and the reviewing media / Thomas Weissinger --
Building racially diverse collections: an afrocentric approach / Glendora Johnson-Cooper -- Accessing ethnic group information on CD-ROM: the case of southeast Asians / Christina E. Carter -- Joining us today... / Kappa Waugh -- Multicultural studies collection enhancement group: a model for preemptive collection development in a small academic library / Steve McKinzie -- Coalition building to build collections / Anne Page Mosby -- Special libraries and diversity: ethical considerations / Mary L. Strife -- Culture keepers: cataloging the afrocentric way / Kathleen E. Bethel -- Subject access to diversity materials: the Library of Congress subject heading shortfall / Karen A. Nuckolls -- Looking at the mirror: reflections on researching the recruitment of minority librarians to the profession in LISA and Library literature on CD-ROM / Lynne M. Martin, Barbara J. Via -- Discourse and discord: voices from an academic library / Rafaela Castro, Richard Chabran -- I'm sure you'll like it here... / Kappa Waugh -- Your worries ain't like mine: African American librarians and the pervasiveness of racism, prejudice and discrimination in academe / Deborah A. Curry -- Electronic resources for cultures of the world / Gladys Smiley Bell -- Racial and ethnic diversity: an eclectic bibliography / Susan Griswold Blandy, Deborah A. Curry, Lynne M. Martin.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Professional Professional John Bulow Campbell Library Professional Z675.U5 R12 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903015051

"Essays for this volume were solicited via pertinent listservs on the Internet, at state amd national conferences, as well as through individual contacts..."--P. 2.

"Has also been published as the Reference librarian, numbers 45/46 1994"--Verso title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-349) and index.

Introduction: defining diversity, asking questions / Deborah A. Curry, Susan Griswold Blandy, Lynne M. Martin -- State of diversity / E.J. Josey -- Your responsibilities would include... / Kappa Waugh -- Mentoring, networking and supervision: parallelogram, vortex, or merging point? / Mary N. Hernandez -- Teaching the practitioners: one professor's attempt at library education and sensitivity to multicultural diversity / Lorna Peterson -- Communicating across cultures for reference librarians who supervise / Heather Blenkinsopp -- Student employees and the academic library's multicultural mission / C. Martin Rosen ... [et al.] -- Significance of a minority reference internship program / Mary G. Wrighten -- Instruction and identity: diversity in library classes and collections / Christine Oka, Cheryl LaGuardia, Adan Griego -- Instructional responses to the presence and potential of diversity: toward expert collaboration / Mary M. Huston -- Valuing diversity: students helping students / Blanche E. Judd, Michael J. McLane, Nancy Seale Osborne -- Addressing the special needs of international students in interlibrary loan: some considerations / Suzanne Irving -- What to do until the expert comes: dealing with demands for multicultural, international information now / Susan Griswold Blandy -- African-American reference books and the reviewing media / Thomas Weissinger --

Building racially diverse collections: an afrocentric approach / Glendora Johnson-Cooper -- Accessing ethnic group information on CD-ROM: the case of southeast Asians / Christina E. Carter -- Joining us today... / Kappa Waugh -- Multicultural studies collection enhancement group: a model for preemptive collection development in a small academic library / Steve McKinzie -- Coalition building to build collections / Anne Page Mosby -- Special libraries and diversity: ethical considerations / Mary L. Strife -- Culture keepers: cataloging the afrocentric way / Kathleen E. Bethel -- Subject access to diversity materials: the Library of Congress subject heading shortfall / Karen A. Nuckolls -- Looking at the mirror: reflections on researching the recruitment of minority librarians to the profession in LISA and Library literature on CD-ROM / Lynne M. Martin, Barbara J. Via -- Discourse and discord: voices from an academic library / Rafaela Castro, Richard Chabran -- I'm sure you'll like it here... / Kappa Waugh -- Your worries ain't like mine: African American librarians and the pervasiveness of racism, prejudice and discrimination in academe / Deborah A. Curry -- Electronic resources for cultures of the world / Gladys Smiley Bell -- Racial and ethnic diversity: an eclectic bibliography / Susan Griswold Blandy, Deborah A. Curry, Lynne M. Martin.

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