The 21st-century Black librarian in America
Subtitle: issues and challenges
By: edited by Andrew P. Jackson, Julius Jefferson Jr., Akilah Nosahkere
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780810882454; 9780810882461
Subjects: African Americans and libraries; African American librarians
Other titles: Twenty-first century Black librarian in America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Information literacy instruction in K-12 education : what does the research say about success in the 21st century? / Siliva Lloyd; title: Inequality of resources in school libraries in the 21st century / Joyce F. Ndiaye; title: Challenges as a Black school librarian in the 21st century : why I choose to stay / Angela Washington-Blair; title: The "qualified" Black librarian / Barbara Montgomery; title: The charge and challenge of the Black school library media specialist / Ayodele Ojumu; title: Swimming against the tide : library media specialists in urban schools / Karen Lemmons and Andre Taylor; title: Winning the future with 21st century school libraries / Gloria J. Reaves; title: Meeting the needs of the African American students in the school media program / Pauletta Brown Bracy; title: What does Black public librarianship look like in the proverbial information age? / Linda Bannerman-Martin and Sandra Michele Echols; title: Servant librarianship and the importance of African Americans mentors / Rhea Brown-Lawson; title: Becoming a leader within the library profession / Rose Dawson Timmons; title: Making the grade : an African American library director in a majority community / Jos N. Holman; title: Designing and promoting public library services for teens of color without losing one's sanity / Syntychia Kendrick-Samuel; title: Adultism : discrimination by another name / Tamara Stewart; title: Public libraries in the 21st century / Lucille Cole Thomas; title: National and international challenges of Black librarianship / Ruth M. Jackson, Ph.D; title: Academic art librarianship and the Black librarian / Deirdre D. Spencer; title: Managing HBCU academic libraries during economic recession : challenges and expectations for Black library deans and directors / Felix Unaeze; title: Managing the academic library : the role of the Black librarian leader in three different institutional environments / Dr. Theresa S. Byrd; title: Not just a drop in the bucket : Black instructional librarians teaching for academic success / Lisa A. Ellis; title: Medical libraries, information technology and the African American librarian / Ellie Bushhousen; title: Achievements of selected 21st century African American health sciences librarians / LaVentra E. Danquah; title: Why did I become a special librarian? / Phyllis Hodges; title: The Southern California Library : opening the doors to the next L.A. / Michele Welsing; title: The dark but good side of diversity in corporate libraries / Brendan Thompson; title: We need some color up in here : educating and recruiting minority librarians in Indiana / Michele Fenton and Deloice Holliday; title: A charge to keep I have / Steven Booth; title: Massachusetts Black Librarians Network, Inc. : commitments and challenges to our 21st century presence / Em Claire Knowles; title: Going the distance : supporting African America library and information science students / Angel K. Washington Durr; title: African American faculty in LIS : unresolved issues in a new era / Maurice B. Wheeler, Ph.D; title: Technology skills for the 21st century / Fantasia Thorne; title: Archival and digital music challenges with historically black college and university (HBCU) libraries / Gladys Smiley-Bell and Harvey J. Stokes, Ph.D; title: Web 2.0 in libraries / Jennifer W. Baxmeyer; title: From MARC to MARS : the impact of technology on librarianship / Allene Farmer Hayes; title: HBCU library alliance : preserving our culture / Ira Revels; title: The Black body at the reference desk : critical race theory and Black librarianship / Tracie D. Hall; title: Diversity in librarianship : is there a color line? / Cheryl L. Branche; title: Beyond the spectrum : examining library recruitment of Blacks in the new millennium / RaShauna Brannon and Jahala Simuel; title: Exploring the generational transfer of tacit and explicit librarianship knowledge / Johnnie O. Dent and Valeda Dent Goodman; title: Your world outside the library / Carol Nurse; title: The 21st century Black librarian : renewing our commitment to liberation and cultural activism / Taneya D. Gethers; title: Dismiss the stereotypes! : combating racism and continuing our progress / Margaret J. Gibson; title: Walking in the footsteps of giants : my journey in public libraries / Emily Guss; title: In retrospect and forward : issues facing Black librarians / Binnie Tate Wilkin; title: E.J. Josey : the internationalist / Mary and Herb Biblo; title: A soldier in E.J. Josey's army / Linda Saylor-Marchant; title: Pay it forward for Effie Lee Morris : a tribute / Satia Orange.