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Diversity & Social Justice Reading List

The following list is taken from a Diversity and Social Justice Reading List compiled by Nicole A. Cooke for the ARL IRDW Advisory Group – Fall 2017, and is used with permission. The resources in this list focus on DEI and social justice issues within libraries and LIS.

Note: This list is no longer being maintained; it is kept here for mainly archival reasons. May 2023, svg

Books

Information Services to Diverse Populations by Nicole A. Cooke
Call Number: Z711.8 C66 2017
ISBN: 9781440834608
Publication Date: 2016-12-12
Teaching for Justice by Nicole A. Cooke (Editor)
Call Number: Z668 T375 2017
ISBN: 9781634000178
Publication Date: 2016-06-01
Where Are All the Librarians of Color? The Experiences of People of Color in Academia by Rebecca Hankins (Editor); Miguel Juarez (Editor)
Call Number: Z682.4 M56 W48 2015
ISBN: 9781936117833
Publication Date: 2016-01-20
Questioning Library Neutrality by Alison Lewis (Editor)
Call Number: Z716.4 Q47 2008
ISBN: 9780977861774
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Progressive Community Action by Bharat Mehra (Editor); Kevin Rioux (Editor)
Call Number: Z665 P96 2016
ISBN: 9781936117659
Publication Date: 2015-12-01
Topographies of Whiteness by Gina Schlesselman-Tarango (Editor)
Call Number: Z716.4 T65x 2017
ISBN: 9781634000222
Publication Date: 2017-04-30

Selected Articles & Chapters - from DSJR

Selected readings from: Diversity and Social Justice Reading List compiled by Nicole A. Cooke for the ARL IRDW Advisory Group; used by permission

Racial Microaggressions in Academic Libraries, by Jaena Alabi
Full cite: (2015). Racial Microaggressions in Academic Libraries: Results of a Survey of Minority and Non-minority Librarians. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41(1), 47–53. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009913331400192X?via%3Dihub
On Community, Justice, and Libraries
Full Cite: Buschman, J., & Warner, D. A. (2016). On Community, Justice, and Libraries. The Library Quarterly, 86(1), 10-24.
Teaching to Dismantle White Supremacy in Archives
Full Cite: Caswell, M. (2017). Teaching to Dismantle White Supremacy in Archives. The Library Quarterly, 87(3), 222-235.
A Critical Dialogue: Faculty of Color in Library and Information Science
Full Cite: Ceja Alcalá, J., Colón-Aguirre, M., Cooke, N. A., & Stewart, B. (2017). A critical dialogue: Faculty of color in library and information science. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 13(2).
Social justice as topic and tool: An attempt to transform a LIS curriculum and culture.
Full Cite: Cooke, N. A., Sweeney, M. E., and Noble, S. U. (2016). Social justice as topic and tool: An attempt to transform a LIS curriculum and culture. The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, 86(1), 107-124.
Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice
Full Cite: Cooke, N. A. (2016b). Counter-storytelling in the LIS curriculum. In P. T. Jaeger, U. Gorham, and N. Greene Taylor (Eds.), Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice (Advances in Librarianship series, Volume 41) (pp. 331-348). Emerald Group Publishing.
Libraries creating sustainable services during community crisis: Documenting Ferguson
Full Cite: Foster, M. J., Foster, M. J., Evans, M. R., & Evans, M. R. (2016). Libraries creating sustainable services during community crisis: Documenting Ferguson. Library Management, 37(6/7), 352-362.
Stop Speaking For Us: Women-of-Color Bloggers, White Appropriation, and What Librarians Can Do About It
Full Cite: Glassman, Julia. Stop Speaking For Us: Women-of-Color Bloggers, White Appropriation, and What Librarians Can Do About It. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies 8.1 (2012).
Race & Place: A Personal Account of Unequal Access
Full Cite: Hall, T. D. (2007). Race and place: A personal account of unequal access. American Libraries, 38(2), 30-33.
White librarianship in blackface: Diversity initiatives in LIS
Full cite: Hathcock, A. (2015). White librarianship in blackface: Diversity initiatives in LIS. In the Library with the Lead Pipe.
The virtuous circle revisited: Injecting diversity, inclusion, rights, justice, and equity into LIS from education to advocacy
Full Cite: Jaeger, P. T., Cooke, N. A., Feltis, C., Hamiel, M., Jardine, F., & Shilton, K. (2015). The virtuous circle revisited: Injecting diversity, inclusion, rights, justice, and equity into LIS from education to advocacy. The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, 85(2), 150-171.
Diversity, Inclusion, and Library and Information Science: An Ongoing Imperative (or Why We Still Desperately Need to Have Discussions about Diversity and Inclusion)
Full cite: Jaeger, P. T., Sarin, L. C., & Peterson, K. J. (2015). Diversity, Inclusion, and Library and Information Science: An Ongoing Imperative (or Why We Still Desperately Need to Have Discussions about Diversity and Inclusion). Library Quarterly, 85(2), 127-132.
Why diversity in American libraries
Full cite: Josey, E. J., & Abdullahi, I. (2002). Why diversity in American libraries. Library Management, 23(1/2), 10-16.
Improving services for patrons with print disabilities at public libraries
Full cite: Lazar, J., & Briggs, I. (2015). Improving services for patrons with print disabilities at public libraries. The Library Quarterly, 85(2), 172-184.
Toward a multicultural American public library history
Full cite: Malone, C. K. (2000). Toward a multicultural American public library history. Libraries & Culture, 35, 77-87.
White privilege and male privilege
Full Cite: McIntosh, P. (2010). White privilege and male privilege. The teacher in American society: A critical anthology, 29-36.
Progressive LGBTQ reference: Coming out in the 21st century
Full cite: Mehra, B., & Braquet, D. (2011). Progressive LGBTQ reference: Coming out in the 21st century. Reference Services Review, 39(3), 401-422.
A practical framework for social justice research in the information professions
Full cite: Mehra, B., Albright, K. S., & Rioux, K. (2006). A practical framework for social justice research in the information professions. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 43(1), 1-10.
Radical reference: Socially responsible librarianship collaborating with community
Full cite: Morrone, M., & Friedman, L. (2009). Radical reference: Socially responsible librarianship collaborating with community. The Reference Librarian, 50(4), 371-396.
The power to name: Representation in library catalogs
Full cite: Olson, H. A. (2001). The power to name: Representation in library catalogs. Signs, 26(3), 639-668.
Cultural competence: A conceptual framework for library and information science professionals
Full cite: Overall, P. M. (2009). Cultural competence: A conceptual framework for library and information science professionals. The Library Quarterly, 79(2), 175-204.
Unequal legacies: Race and multiculturalism in the LIS curriculum
Full cite: Pawley, C. (2006). Unequal legacies: Race and multiculturalism in the LIS curriculum. Library Quarterly, 76, 149–168.
Critical directions for archival approaches to social justice
Full cite: Punzalan, R. L., & Caswell, M. (2016). Critical directions for archival approaches to social justice. The Library Quarterly, 86(1), 25-42.
Inflexible Bodies: Metadata for Transgender Identities
Full cite: Roberto, K. R. (2011). Inflexible Bodies: Metadata for Transgender Identities. Journal of Information Ethics, 20(2), 56-64.
Critical Reflection on Librarianship and Human Rights: A Book and Continuing Endeavor
Full cite: Samek, T. (2016). Critical Reflection on Librarianship and Human Rights: A Book and Continuing Endeavor. In Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice (pp. 245-263). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
The Legacy of Lady Bountiful: White Women in the Library
Full cite: Schlesselman-Tarango, G. (2016). The Legacy of Lady Bountiful: White Women in the Library. Library Trends, 64(4), 667-686.
“I’m Not a Social Worker”: An Information Service Model for Working with Patrons in Crisis
Full cite: Westbrook, L. (2015). “I’m Not a Social Worker”: An Information Service Model for Working with Patrons in Crisis. The Library Quarterly, 85(1), 6-25.
The quest for diversity in library staffing: from awareness to action
Full cite: Vinopal, J. (2016). The quest for diversity in library staffing: from awareness to action. In the Library with the Lead Pipe, 13.

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