School library services in a multicultural society
By: edited by Patricia Montiel-Overall and Donald C. Adcock ; featuring Introductions by Patricia Montiel-Overall.
Contributors: Montiel-Overall, Patricia.; Adcock, Donald C.
Series: Best of KQ series -- 2008
Publisher: American Association of School Librarians
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9780838984963
Subjects: School libraries -- Services to minorities -- United States; Instructional materials centers -- Services to minorities -- United States; Multiculturalism -- United States
Other titles: Knowledge quest.
Notes: Includes articles originally published in Knowledge quest (KQ) over the past ten years.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: School library services in a multicultural society : the need for cultural competence / Patricia Montiel-Overall; title: Educating students for cross-cultural proficiency (homepage column) / Debbie Abilock; title: Transforming the hidden curriculum : gender and the library media center / Hilary Crew; title: A focus on fathers : the role of males in children's literacy development / Steven Herb and Sara Willoughby-Herb; title: Gender and racial bias in juvenile computer books / Kay Bishop and Jennifer Bishop; title: Reading matter(s) : publishing Spanish-language books in the United States / Philip Lee; title: The once and future book : Multicultural Mosaic, a family book club / Laurie Dias-Mitchell and Elizabeth Harris; title: Making space for diverse adolescent male identities in school / Lance McCready; title: Knowledge : the cornerstone to ethnic sensitivity / Taghreed Alqudsi-ghabra; title: Improving computer-use success for students of diverse backgrounds / Lori S. Mestre.