Unfinished Business

Race, Equity and Diversity in Library and Information Science Education
Herausgeber: Wheeler, Maurice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

50 years ago, the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision catalyzed the integration of schools. However, Wheeler provides compelling evidence that few, if any Library and Information Science programs were ever integrated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780810850453
• ISBN-10: 0810850451
• Artikelnr.: 21086952

Autorenporträt

Maurice B. Wheeler is Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Sciences at the University of North Texas. He has been professionally active in the area of cultural diversity and leadership development for over 15 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 Part I:Environmental and External Forces
Chapter 3 1 Library and Information Science Education: Mapping and Storytelling a
Historical Journey Fifty Years in the Making
Chapter 4 2 Evolving Issues: Racism, Affirmative Action, and Diversity
Chapter 5 3 In Union There Is Strength: Library and Information Science
Educators and Librarians' Associations of Color
Chapter 6 4 The ALA Spectrum Initiative: A Student's View
Chapter 7 5 Affirmative Action: The Role of the LIS Dean
Chapter 8 6 Race-Based Financial Aid: An Overview
Part 9 Part II: Student Recruitment
Chapter 10 7 Minority Student Recruitment in LIS Education: New Profiles
for Success
Chapter 11 8 A Web Model of Recruitment for LIS Doctoral Education: Weaving
in Diversity
Chapter 12 9 Creating Opportunities and Opening Doors: Recruiting and
Mentoring Students of Color
Part 13 Part III: Faculty and Curriculum Issues
Chapter 14 10 The Effect of Technology on Library Education and Students at
Risk
Chapter 15 11 Curriculum Reform and Diversity
Chapter 16 12 Communication and Difficult Topics in LIS Education: Teaching
and Learning about Diversity in the Classroom
Chapter 17 13 Faculty Development and Cultural Diversity in Teaching: LIS
Education's Last Frontier
Part 18 Index
Part 19 About the Contributors