Hopeful Visions, Practical Actions : Cultural Humility in Library Work / edited by Sarah R. Kostelecky, Lori Townsend, and David A. Hurley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kostelecky, Sarah R., editor.

Townsend, Lori, editor.

Hurley, David A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries and minorities--United States.

Libraries and minorities.

Race awareness--United States.

Race awareness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : ALA Editions, [2023]

Summary:

Cultural humility offers a renewing and transformative framework for navigating interpersonal interactions in libraries, whether between patrons and staff or staff members with one another. It foregrounds a practice of critical self-reflection and commitment to recognizing and redressing structural inequities and problematic power imbalances. This collection, the first book-length treatment of this approach in libraries, gathers contributors from across the field to demonstrate how cultural humility can change the way we work and make lasting impacts on diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries. This book's chapters explore such topics as how Indigenous adages can be tools for reflection and guidance in developing cultural humility; the experiences of two Black librarians who are using cultural humility to change the profession; new perspectives on core concepts of customer service; rethinking policies and practices in libraries both large and small; using cultural humility in approaching collection development and creating resource guides; what cultural humility can look like for a tribal librarian working in a tribal college library; and reflecting on cultural humility itself and where it is going.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: Origins

Ch. 1. "Time Is a Ship That Never Casts Anchor"

Ch. 2. Redressing Power Imbalances in Librarianship Using Cultural Humility

Ch. 3. Getting Past "Approachability"

PART II: Reflective Practice

Ch. 4. Reflections on Culturally Humble Practice in Bibliography, Scholarship,and Readers' Advisory

Ch. 5. Cultural Humility and Evaluating Books for Young Readers

Ch. 6. Learn, Act, Connect

Ch. 7. Cultural Humility in Instruction onHealth Outreach Projects

PART III: COMMUNITY

Ch. 8. Embedding Diné Culturein Individual and Institutional Cultural Humility Practices

Ch. 9. Beyond Late Fees

Ch. 10. Small Changes Make an Impact

Ch. 11. Cultural Humility and Servant Leadership

PART IV: Hopeful Visions

Ch. 12. Knowing (un)Knowings

Ch. 13. Cultural Humility

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780838949801

0838949800

OCLC:

1394121559