School Library Services in a Multicultural Society

According to the preface, "in light of the growing multicultural population in the United States, twenty-first-century library services will require culturally competent librarians." For years AASL has been addressing cultural issues in its official journal, "Knowledge Quest". Th...

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Published inAmerican Association of School Librarians
Main Authors Montiel-Overall, Patricia, Ed, Adcock, Donald C., Ed
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published American Association of School Librarians 2009
Subjects
Cultural Literacy
Cultural Pluralism
Ethnicity
Family Relationship
Gender Bias
Gender Issues
Hidden Curriculum
Information Technology
Language Usage
Library Services
Literacy
School Libraries
United States
United States
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Summary:According to the preface, "in light of the growing multicultural population in the United States, twenty-first-century library services will require culturally competent librarians." For years AASL has been addressing cultural issues in its official journal, "Knowledge Quest". This collection brings together articles that touch on a wide variety of issues related to culture, including: (1) cultural literacy; (2) ethnicity; (3) gender; (4) family; (5) language; and (6) technology. The nine articles from "Knowledge Quest", beginning with a column from long-time "Knowledge Quest" editor Debbie Abilock, are accompanied by new material from Patricia Montiel-Overall, Assistant Professor at the School of Information and Library Science Resources at the University of Arizona. This book contains the following: (1) Preface; (2) Introduction by Patricia Montiel-Overall; (3) School Library Services in a Multicultural Society: The Need for Cultural Competence (Patricia Montiel-Overall); (4) Educating Students for Cross-Cultural Proficiency (Homepage column) (Debbie Abilock); (5) Transforming the Hidden Curriculum: Gender and the Library Media Center (Hilary Crew); (6) A Focus on Fathers: The Role of Males in Children's Literacy Development (Steven Herb and Sara Willoughby-Herb); (7) Gender and Racial Bias in Juvenile Computer Books (Kay Bishop and Jennifer Bishop); (8) Publishing Spanish-Language Books in the United States (Philip Lee); (9) Multicultural Mosaic: A Family Book Club (Laurie Dias Mitchell and Elizabeth Harris); (10) Making Space for Diverse Adolescent Male Identities in School (Lance McCready); (11) Knowledge: The Cornerstone to Ethnic Sensitivity (On My Mind column) (Taghreed Alqudsi-ghabra); and (12) Improving Computer-Use Success for Students of Diverse Backgrounds (Lori S. Mestre).
ISBN:0838984967
9780838984963