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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.

"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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