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Notes From The Editors, Anne Hays
Notes From The Editors, Anne Hays
Urban Library Journal
The editorial notes for this issue.
Diversity And Cultural Competence In The Lis Classroom: A Curriculum Audit, Nicole A. Cooke, Jennifer A. Jacobs
Diversity And Cultural Competence In The Lis Classroom: A Curriculum Audit, Nicole A. Cooke, Jennifer A. Jacobs
Urban Library Journal
In a case study examining a library and information science graduate curriculum, 18 graduate students engaged in a comprehensive diversity audit of the School of Information Science curriculum. The diversity audit was a student-generated review of 108 syllabi and permitted students to engage in an action-learning project that benefited the school and allowed them, and the school’s faculty, to see first-hand why diversity and cultural competence are important facets of library and information science curricula.
In Review The Self As Subject: Autoethnographic Research Into Identity, Culture And Academic Librarianship, Lisa Finder
In Review The Self As Subject: Autoethnographic Research Into Identity, Culture And Academic Librarianship, Lisa Finder
Urban Library Journal
A review of the book, The Self as Subject: Autoethnographic Research into Identity, Culture and Academic Librarianship, by Anne-Marie Deitering, Robert Schroeder, and Richard Stoddart.
In Review: Fundamentals Of Library Supervision, Third Edition, David J. Williams
In Review: Fundamentals Of Library Supervision, Third Edition, David J. Williams
Urban Library Journal
A review of the book Fundamentals in Library Supervision, by Beth McNeil.
Resist: A Controversial Display And Reflections On The Academic Library’S Role In Promoting Discourse And Engagement, Stephanie Beene, Cindy Pierard
Resist: A Controversial Display And Reflections On The Academic Library’S Role In Promoting Discourse And Engagement, Stephanie Beene, Cindy Pierard
Urban Library Journal
Libraries engage communities in a variety of ways, including through exhibitions and displays. However, librarians may not always know how to promote critical discourse if controversy arises surrounding exhibits or displays. This article reflects on one academic library’s experience hosting a controversial display during a divisive political time for the library’s parent institution, its broader urban community, and the United States as a whole. The authors contextualize the display, created by a local art collective, against the backdrop of creative activism, and consider implications for library displays and exhibits within similar environments. Rather than retreating from controversy, libraries have an …
Play Time: Why Video Games Are Essential To Urban Academic Libraries, Christina Boyle
Play Time: Why Video Games Are Essential To Urban Academic Libraries, Christina Boyle
Urban Library Journal
Although there is still some hesitance to accept video games as valuable materials for academic library collections, there is a growing body of research which proves that they are highly beneficial to these institutions. The current conversation indicates that video games are useful to academic libraries, but there are no discussions of their essential role within urban library collections. In this paper, it is my contention that video games are not only advantageous to urban academic libraries, but are indisputably necessary as well. Video games are both effective community builders and catalysts for increased awareness and usage of library sources …