Diversity, Social Justice, and the Future of Libraries

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Main Authors:	Morales, Myrna, Knowles, Em Claire, Bourg, Chris
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Social Justice Academic Libraries Librarians Ethnic Diversity Racial Differences Equal Opportunities (Jobs) Library Administration Library Services Resource Allocation Libraries Individual Characteristics College Bound Students Standards Library Materials
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author	Morales, Myrna Knowles, Em Claire Bourg, Chris
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contents	Diversity, Social Justice, and the Future of Libraries Morales, Myrna Knowles, Em Claire Bourg, Chris Social Justice Academic Libraries Librarians Ethnic Diversity Racial Differences Equal Opportunities (Jobs) Library Administration Library Services Resource Allocation Libraries Individual Characteristics College Bound Students Standards Library Materials In this essay, we embrace a vision of the future of academic libraries where librarians confront and creatively address the lack of racial and ethnic diversity within our profession and actively pursue a social justice agenda within our libraries and in the communities we serve. This future requires that we acknowledge that many of our current practices reinforce existing structures of inequity and privilege, and that we leverage our services and resources to support, document, and encourage diversity and social justice efforts within librarianship and society.
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spellingShingle	Diversity, Social Justice, and the Future of Libraries Morales, Myrna Knowles, Em Claire Bourg, Chris Social Justice Academic Libraries Librarians Ethnic Diversity Racial Differences Equal Opportunities (Jobs) Library Administration Library Services Resource Allocation Libraries Individual Characteristics College Bound Students Standards Library Materials Diversity, Social Justice, and the Future of Libraries Morales, Myrna Knowles, Em Claire Bourg, Chris Social Justice Academic Libraries Librarians Ethnic Diversity Racial Differences Equal Opportunities (Jobs) Library Administration Library Services Resource Allocation Libraries Individual Characteristics College Bound Students Standards Library Materials In this essay, we embrace a vision of the future of academic libraries where librarians confront and creatively address the lack of racial and ethnic diversity within our profession and actively pursue a social justice agenda within our libraries and in the communities we serve. This future requires that we acknowledge that many of our current practices reinforce existing structures of inequity and privilege, and that we leverage our services and resources to support, document, and encourage diversity and social justice efforts within librarianship and society.
title	Diversity, Social Justice, and the Future of Libraries
topic	Social Justice Academic Libraries Librarians Ethnic Diversity Racial Differences Equal Opportunities (Jobs) Library Administration Library Services Resource Allocation Libraries Individual Characteristics College Bound Students Standards Library Materials
url	https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1038262