| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Series on critical race studies and multiculturalism in LIS ; number 4
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Series on critical race studies and multiculturalism in LIS.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword: Immigrants being, belonging and becoming : libraries undoing borders -- Introduction: Borders & belonging : critical examination of library approaches toward immigrants -- Uncovering problematic paradigms. Libraries and the Americanization crusade : a biographical and critical study of John Foster Carr -- Immigration, poverty and the (radical) people's library : the New York Public Library and radical education during the progressive era and the war on poverty -- Immigrant identities and knowledge (re)production in postcolonial academia -- We see you : increasing inclusion and empowerment of immigrants by liberating library workflows from institutional biases rooted in colonial frameworks -- Immigrant librarians speak out. Having our say : a collaborative dialogue on the complexities of being black immigrant librarians -- Through hardships to the stars : libraries as personal refuge and professional calling -- Entre Mundos y Fronteras : an exploration of linguistic visibility and value in libraries -- Library services to immigrants who identify as LGBTQ+ : an exploratory and critical study -- Taking action. Rupturing capitalist alienation : current debates on open borders as a catalyst for ethically-motivated information literacy -- Sorrow, fury, helplessness, and cynicism : an account of the Library of Congress subject heading "Illegal aliens" -- Honoring the past while embracing the future : meeting the needs of immigrants in the historically "All-American" central Virginia region -- "The library is a hub for democracy" : how a public library increases belonging for newcomer youth -- Reducing barriers and creating community dialogue through serious play. |
| Summary |
"Explores the role of libraries as both places of belonging as well as instruments of exclusion, xenophobia and assimilation for library users who are immigrants"--Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Libraries and immigrants -- United States.
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Libraries and immigrants. |
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United States. |
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Libraries and immigrants -- Canada.
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Canada. |
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Libraries and minorities -- United States.
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Libraries and minorities. |
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Libraries and minorities -- Canada.
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Minority librarians -- United States.
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Minority librarians. |
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Minority librarians -- Canada.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ndumu, Ana, editor.
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| Added Title |
Borders & belonging |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Borders and belonging. Sacramento, CA : Library Juice Press, 2021 9781634000826 (DLC) 2021003059 (OCoLC)1242017376 |
| ISBN |
9781634001304 (electronic book) |
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1634001303 (electronic book) |
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9781634000826 (electronic book) |
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163400082X (electronic book) |
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