Borders and belonging : critical examinations of library approaches toward immigrants /

"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

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Ndumu, Ana (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Sacramento, CA : Library Juice Press, [2021]
Series:Series on critical race studies and multiculturalism in LIS.
Subjects:
Libraries and immigrants > United States.
Libraries and immigrants > Canada.
Libraries and minorities > United States.
Libraries and minorities > Canada.
Minority librarians > United States.
Minority librarians > Canada.
Bibliothèques et immigrants > États-Unis.
Bibliothèques et immigrants > Canada.
Bibliothèques et minorités > États-Unis.
Bibliothèques et minorités > Canada.
Bibliothécaires issus des minorités > États-Unis.
Bibliothécaires issus des minorités > Canada.
Libraries and immigrants.
Libraries and minorities.
Minority librarians.
Canada.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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