LIBR 275-10
Library Services for Racially and
Ethnically Diverse Communities
Summer 2012 Outline and Readings
Dr. Ziming Liu
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Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV
*Note: required readings
Part I. Background/Issues
*Caidi, N.; Allard, D. (2005). Social inclusion of newcomers to Canada: An information problem? Library and Information Science Research, 27(3), 302-324.
*Courtney, N. (2001). Barbarians at the gates; A half-century of unaffiliated users in academic libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 27(6): 473-480.
Center for Policy Development. (1990). Adrift in a sea of change: California's public libraries struggle to meet the information needs of multicultural communities. Sacramento, CA: Distributed by California State Library Foundation.
Cunningham, A. (2004). Global and local support dimensions for emerging community languages. Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services, 17,113-124.
*Freiband, S. J. (1992). Multicultural issues and concerns in library education. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 33(4): 287-294.
Nance-Mitchell, V. E. (1996). A multicultural library: Strategies for the twenty-first century. College & Research Libraries, 57(5): 405-413.
Neely, T. & Lee-Smeltzer, K. (2001). Diversity now: People, collections, and services in academic libraries. Haworth Press, Inc.
*Shen, L. (2002). The dilemma of urban library service for the homeless.
Current Studies in Librarianship, 26(1/2), 77-83.
*Stern, S. (1991). Ethnic libraries and librarianship in the United States: Models and prospects. Advances in librarianship, 15, 77-102.
Zielinska, M. F.; Kirkwood, F. T. eds. (1992). Multicultural librarianship: An international handbook. Munchen; New York: K.G. Saur.
Part II. Groups
- Ethnic Groups
*Agosto, D. E. (2001). Bridging the culture gap: Ten steps toward a more multicultural youth library. Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 14(3): 38-41.
Guerena, S. ed. (2000). Latino librarianship: A handbook for professionals (2nd edition). Jefferson, NC: MacFarland.
Josey, E.J. & DeLoach, M. (2000). Handbook of black librarianship. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. - Disabled
Rubin, R. J. (2001). Planning for library services to people with disabilities. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
*Walling, L. L. (2001). Public libraries and people with mental retardation. Public Libraries, 40(2): 115-120. - Elderly
Chatman, E. A. (1992). The information world of retired women. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
- Low Income Families
*Armstrong, A. L.; Lord, C., & Zelter, J. (2000). Information needs of low-income residents in south King county. Public Libraries, 39(6): 330-335.
Chatman, E. A. (1995). Knowledge gap, information-seeking and the poor. The Reference Librarian, 49-50, 135-145.
*Gehner, J. (2005). Poverty, poor people, and our priorities. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 45(2), 117-121.*Herberger, J. (2005). The homeless and information needs and services. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44(3), 199-202.
*Mooko, N. P. (2005). The information behaviors of rural women in Botswana. Library and Information Science Research, 27(1), 115-127.
*Spink, A.; Cole, C. (2001). Information and poverty: Information seeking channels used by African American low-income household. Library and Information Science Research, 23, 45-65.
*Venturella, K. M. ed. (1998). Poor people and library services. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. --History and theory of information poverty (p. 16-28) --Libraries and poverty (p. 29-34).
- ESL: Foreign Students
*Asher, C., Case, E., and Zhong, Y. (2009, May). Serving generation 1.5: Academic library use and students from non-English-speaking households. College & Research Libraries, 70(3), 258-272.
DiMartino, D.; Ferns, W. J.; Swacker, S. (1995). CD-ROM search techniques of novice end-users: Is the English-as-a-second-language student at a disadvantage? College & Research Libraries, 56 (1), 46-59.
*Hughes, H. (2005). Actions and Reactions: Exploring International Students' Use of Online Information Resources. Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 36(4), 169-179.
*Liu, Z. (1993). Difficulties and characteristics of students from foreign countries in using American Libraries. College & Research Libraries, 54 (1), 25-31. - Immigrants
Burke, S. K. (2008). Use of Public Libraries by Immigrants. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 48(2), 164-174.
Dali, K. (2004). Reading by Russian-speaking immigrants in Toronto: Use of public libraries, bookstores, and home book collections. International Information and Library Review, 36(4), 341-366.
*Hoffert, B. (1994). Dragon dancers and Eastern Westerners: Serving the Asian American community. Library Journal, July, 42-45.
*Jensen, B. (2002). Service to day laborers: A job libraries have left undone. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 41(3): 228-233.
Orellana, M., Dorner,L., & Pulido, L.(2003). Accessing assets: Immigrant youth's work as family translators or "para-phrasers." Social Problems, 50(4), 505-524.
Part III: Services/Programs
(collection development; bibliographic instruction; reference; recruitment)
*Cichanowicz, E.; Chen, N. (2004). Planning for multilingual chat reference service in a suburban public library system. The Reference Librarian. 85, 115-126.
*Clay, E. S. (2006). They don't look like me: Library multicultural awareness and issues. Virginia Libraries, 52(4), 10 - 14.
*Collins, L.N., Howard, F, and Miraflor, A. (2009). Addressing the needs of the homeless: A San Jose Library partnership approach. The Reference Librarian, 50(1), 109-116.
*Fish, J. (1992). Responding to cultural diversity: A library in transition. Wilson Library Bulletin, 34-37 (Feb, 1992).
*Friedman, A. (2006). Defining images: Redefining outreach to new Americans. Virginia Libraries, 52(2), 31-33.
*Gavier, M.J. & Scobey, S.E. (2001). Enhancing and promoting library services to attract diverse populations. Colorado Libraries, 27(4), 12-15.
*Gomez, M. (2000). Who Is Most Qualified to Serve Our Ethnic-Minority Communities? American Libraries, 31(11), 39-41.
*Marquis, S. (2003). Collections and services for the Spanish-speaking: Issues and resources. Public Libraries, 42(2), 106-12.
*Scarborough, K. (1991). Collections for emerging majority. Library Journal, 44-47 (6/15/91)
Shipman, J., Daly, D., Henry, J. (2004). Partnering with the community: A women’s health network for multicultural communities. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 8(4), 27-39.
Shirley, G. (2003). Correctional libraries, library standards, and diversity. Journal of Correctional Education, 54 (2), 70-74.
*Venturella, K. M. ed. (1998). Poor people and library services. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. --The Free Library of Philadelphia technology demonstration project (p. 80-90)
Part IV: Impact of New IT
*Howland, J. S. (1998). The 'digital divide': are we becoming a world of technological 'haves' and 'have-nots'? The Electronic Library, 16 (5): 287-288.
*Moe, T. (2004). Bridging the “digital divide” in the Colorado Libraries. Public Libraries, 43(4), 227-232.
Plotnikoff, D. (1998). "Digital divide" growing wider (Study: computer, Internet use spreads, but so do gaps between haves, and have-nots). San Jose Mercury News (07/28/1998).
*Summary report of the 1996 forum on library and information services policy on impact of information technology and special programming on library services to special populations. http://www.nclis.gov/libraries/forum96.html