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A School-Library-Centered Community Information Resource Sharing Model And Its Impact On Cultural Life Of Rural Communities In China, Wenjie Zhou, Elaine X. Dong, Tim J. Zou
A School-Library-Centered Community Information Resource Sharing Model And Its Impact On Cultural Life Of Rural Communities In China, Wenjie Zhou, Elaine X. Dong, Tim J. Zou
University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper provides a case study of the rural library programs sponsored by the Evergreen Education Foundation (EEF) and identifies the vital role of school libraries in improving local residents’ access to information and enriching their cultural life. It analyzes the data collected from user surveys of one high school library and one book station from two library clusters in underdeveloped rural Tianzhu and Tongwei counties in Gansu Province of western China to assess the impact and effectiveness of a schoollibrary- centered community information resource sharing model developed and implemented by China Evergreen Rural Library Service Stations (CERLS). A total …
Connecting Diversity To Management: Further Insights, Tim Zou, La Loria Konata
Connecting Diversity To Management: Further Insights, Tim Zou, La Loria Konata
University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations
It has long been noted that libraries need more diversity in the professional ranks. This situation is now critical with baby boomers soon to retire leaving millennials, who are more racially and ethnically diverse, as the next majority population. The profession will need to recruit a more significant number of millennials to the profession if libraries are to resemble the communities they serve. To get an idea of the current status of management diversity in libraries, managers/supervisors of ARL libraries—in states that contain the highest number of minorities in population—were randomly selected for a survey. Participants in ARL’s LCDP were …