Information Services to Diverse Populations by Nicole A Cooke

Information Services to Diverse Populations by Nicole A Cooke

This textbook and comprehensive resource introduces students to the contexts and situations that promote the development of empathy and build cultural competence, examines the research in the areas of diversity and social justice in librarianship, explains how social responsibility is a foundational value of librarianship, and identifies potential employment and networking opportunities related to diversity and social justice in librarianship.

Nicole A. Cooke is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and professor at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina. Her research and teaching interests include human information behavior (particularly in an online context), critical cultural information studies, and diversity and social justice in librarianship (with an emphasis on infusing them into LIS education and pedagogy). She was named a "Mover & Shaker" by Library Journal in 2007 and was the 2016 recipient of ALA's Equality Award and the 2017 Achievement in Library Diversity Research Award presented by ALA's Office for Diversity, Literacy & Outreach. She has edited and authored several books, including Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-Truth Era, The Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful, and the forthcoming textbook Foundations of Social Justice. Dr. Cooke was honored with the 2024 Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service in the profession of librarianship. She is also the editor of ALA Neal-Schuman's Critical Cultural Information Studies series.

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ISBN 13	9780838938669
ISBN 10	0838938663
Title	Information Services to Diverse Populations
Author	Nicole A Cooke
Series	Critical Cultural Information Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	ALA Neal-Schuman
Year published	2026-03-03
Number of pages	264
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