Research Catalog

Title

Achieving diversity : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians / edited by Barbara I. Dewey, Loretta Parham.

Publication

New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Dewey, Barbara I.
• Parham, Loretta.

Description

x, 245 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Series Statement

How-to-do it manuals for librarians ; no. 140

Uniform Title

How-to-do-it manuals for libraries no. 140.

Subject

• Libraries and minorities
• Minority librarians > Recruiting
• Libraries > Minorities
• Academic libraries > Services to minorities
• Multiculturalism
• Diversity in the workplace
• Libraries and minorities > United States > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-211) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Assessing your library's diversity and organizational climate / by Jane Williams -- Make diversity a goal through strategic planning / by Rhea Ballard-Thrower and Grace M. Mills -- Best practices for placing diversity at the center of your library / by Tracie D. Hall -- Practical strategies for building a library diversity program / by Molly Royse -- Diversity in libraries : a Canadian perspective / by Ganga B. Dakshinamurti -- Creating a diverse library staff / by Hannelore B. Rader -- Fostering diversity in recruitment, staffing, and retention / by Emma Bradford Perry -- Diversity and recruiting practices : how LIS schools and practitioners work together / by Jametoria Burton and W. Michael Havener -- Diversity and research libraries : the CIRLA Fellows Program / by Irene M. Hoffman -- Reaching high school students : sowing the seeds of librarianship / by Jessica Kayongo, LeRoy LaFleur, and Ira Revels --
• Diversity and the digital divide at an HBCU : the University of Maryland Eastern Shore / by Sharon D. Brooks ... [et al.] -- Developing approaches for working with diverse user populations / by Deloice G. Holliday -- Tips and practices for quality library user services in a diverse environment / by Justina O. Osa -- Making peer research advisors a reality at NCSU Libraries / by Laura Blessing, Karen M. Brown Letarte, and Amy VanScoy -- Special collections as an integral part of a library's diversity initiative / by Tomaro I. Taylor and Lorel K. Reinstrom -- The past is never dead, it's not even past : the role of the Department of Archives and Special Collections during the "Open Doors" commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of integration at the University of Mississippi / by Jennifer Aronson and Jennifer Ford -- The HBCU Library Alliance and SOLINET : partners in inclusion / by Loretta Parham, Janice R. Franklin, and Kate Nevins --
• The Diversity Librarians' Network / by Kawanna Bright, Jayati Chaudhuri, and Maud Mundava -- Final thoughts on diversity in libraries / by Loretta Parham -- Celebrating diversity in libraries : a selected bibliography / by Molly Royse -- Samples of successful diversity documents.

ISBN

1555705545 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006003072

OCLC

63703792

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library