Result: Preparing Future Librarians to Effectively Serve Their Communities

Title:
Preparing Future Librarians to Effectively Serve Their Communities
Authors:
JAEGER, Paul T, BERTOT, John Carlo, SUBRAMANIAM, Mega
Source:
Diversity and Library and Information Science EducationThe Library quarterly (Chicago, IL). 83(3):243-248
Publisher Information:
Chicago, Il: University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Publication Year:
2013
Physical Description:
print, 1/2 p
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Documentation, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences et techniques communes, Sciences and techniques of general use, Sciences de l'information. Documentation, Information science. Documentation, Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques. Etude d'ensemble, Library and information science. General aspects, Etudes d'utilisateurs et d'utilisation. Besoins d'information, Use and user studies. Information needs, Sciences de l'information et de la communication, Information and communication sciences, Bibliothécaire, Librarian, Bibliotecario, Communauté, Community, Comunidad, Perspective, Perspectiva
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
College of Information Studies and Access Center at the University of Maryland, United States
ISSN:
0024-2519
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=27746574
Rights:
Copyright 2015 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Sciences of information and communication. Documentation

FRANCIS
Accession Number:
edscal.27746574
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

The field of library and information science (LIS) continues to struggle with the issue of diversity and inclusion. As we are perpetually working to increase racial and gender diversity in the profession, the definition of diversity continues to broaden to include socioeconomic status, education, language, literacy, age, sexual orientation, ability, geography, and much more. It is disheartening that the composition of our profession does not reflect the diverse patrons and communities that we serve. In preparing the next generation of librarians, LIS programs need to be able to groom culturally competent librarians who can serve these broadening communities. In this article, we urge LIS programs to develop the audacity and desire to experiment with their programs and saturate LIS education with elements of diversity and inclusion. We call for more dialogue in the form of symposia, panels, and discussions that will transform our LIS programs to be relevant to our communities.