Hopeful visions, practical actions : cultural humility in library work

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"LIS educators and students, library directors, managers, frontline employees, and those who work behind the scenes all share how they are taking action and creating change. Thoughtfully addressing DEI issues related to policies, services, and programs, this collection's diverse chorus of voices will both enlighten and inspire. Cultural humility offers a renewing and transformative framework for navigating interpersonal interactions in libraries,...

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ISBN:

9780838938300

Description:

xxiii, 236 pages : illustration ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Foreword / Mark A. Puente
Acknowledgments
Introduction.
Part I. Origins: 1. "Time is a ship that never casts anchor": Indigenous adages in promoting cultural humility / Loriene Roy and Leisa Moorhouse
2. Redressing power imbalances in librarianship using cultural humility : a perspective from two Black librarians / Twanna Hodge and Xan Goodman
3. Getting past "approachability" : what cultural humility brings to library and information education / Lilliana Montoya and Sarah Polkinghorne.
Part II. Reflective practice: 4. Reflections on culturally humble practice in bibliography, scholarship, and readers' advisory : a case study / Michael Mungin
5. Cultural humility and evaluating books for young readers / Silvia Lin Hanick and Kelsey Keyes
6. Learn, act, connect : thriving as an international librarian and global citizen / Meggan Houlihan, Amanda Click, and Dina Meky
7. Cultural humility in instruction on health outreach projects : revising a course on the grant-writing process / Jarrod Irwin
Part III. Community: 8. Embedding Diné culture in individual and institutional cultural humility practices : a view from the tribal college library / Rhiannon Sorrell
9. Beyond late fees : eliminating access barriers for everyone / Carrie Valdes
10. Small changes make an impact : how access and metadata services teams address cultural humility / Melanie Bopp, Tricia Mackenzie, and Kimberley A. Edwards
11. Cultural Humility and Servant Leadership / Mark Emmons.
Part IV. Hopeful Visions
12. Knowing (un)knowings : cultural humility, the other(s), and theories of change / nicholae cline and Jorge R. López-McKnight
13. Cultural humility : a journey to radical self-love / Naghem Swade and Daniyom "Dani" Bekele.
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Index

LCCN:

2022035020

Control Number:

3302787

Other Authors:

Hurley, David A., editor
Kostelecky, Sarah R., editor
Townsend, Lori, editor

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