Moving Beyond Whiteness in North American Academic Libraries
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Jody Nyasha Warner
Over the last half a century, North American universities have become diverse institutions with multicultural students and programmes in Women's studies, Black/African studies, regional studies and gay/lesbian/transgender studies. Academic libraries have responded to these changes and today most have policies or programmes in place to support diversity goals. Despite this good start, a closer examination of common collection, service and cataloguing practices reveals that libraries still have a significant way to go before becoming fully inclusive institutions. Using African studies as a case example this article considers current academic library practices which are problematic, or lacking, in terms of moving beyond whiteness. Top down commitment and an allocation of financial and staff resources are needed for academic libraries to shed lingering vestiges of eurocentricism and move forward towards meaningful cultural inclusivity.
© 2001 by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Defining the Object of Study: Actants in Library and Information Science
- Visual Displays of Information: A Conceptual Taxonomy
- Designing Interfaces for Distributed Electronic Collections: The Lessons of Traditional Librarianship
- Searching Intention and Information Outcome: A Case Study of Digital Health Information
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