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Cultural Humility In Libraries, David A. Hurley, Sarah Kostelecky, Lori Townsend
Cultural Humility In Libraries, David A. Hurley, Sarah Kostelecky, Lori Townsend
University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to introduce the idea of cultural humility, distinguish it from cultural competence, and argue that it has a role in librarianship. Design/methodology/approach: We use an interdisciplinary exploration of the concept of humility to understand what cultural humility means and how it differs from cultural competence and other approaches to intercultural communication in libraries.
Findings: Despite some reservations with the term itself, we find that a practice of cultural humility is more appropriate to front-line interactions in library contexts than cultural competence models.
Practical implications: Libraries looking to address issues in intercultural communication and …
I Am My Hair, And My Hair Is Me: #Blackgirlmagic In Lis, Teresa Y. Neely Phd
I Am My Hair, And My Hair Is Me: #Blackgirlmagic In Lis, Teresa Y. Neely Phd
University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications
Chapter 5 in Pushing the Margins: Women of Color and Intersectionality in LIS. Using intersectionality as a framework, this edited collection explores the experiences of women of color in library and information science (LIS). With roots in black feminism and critical race theory, intersectionality studies the ways in which multiple social and cultural identities impact individual experience. Libraries and archives idealistically portray themselves as egalitarian and neutral entities that provide information equally to everyone, yet these institutions often reflect and perpetuate societal racism, sexism, and additional forms of oppression. Women of color who work in LIS are often placed in …
The Jackie Robinson Of Library Science: Twenty Years Later, Teresa Y. Neely
The Jackie Robinson Of Library Science: Twenty Years Later, Teresa Y. Neely
University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications
This chapter is the 20 year follow-up to Neely’s 1996 chapter of the same name (Neely, 1996). She is still the only Black librarian in her current position and has been the only one at each of the three institutions where she’s worked. She writes about geographical isolation, personal loss, and the physical, spiritual, and emotional toll working and living in white spaces has taken.