Serving the underserved : strategies for inclusive community engagement /
edited by Catharine Bomhold ; afterword by Nicole A. Cooke and Aisha Johnson.
- 242 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Library without Walls / Catharine Bomhold -- Intersectionality and Identity / Fobazi Ettarh and Catharine Bomhold -- Refugee, Immigrant, and International Communities / Ana Ndumu and Helen V. Chou -- Rural or Geographically Isolated Communities / Bharat Mehra -- People Experiencing Homelessness / Julie Hersberger -- People with Physical Disabilities / Paul T. Jaeger and Morgan Adle -- People with Mental Health Disabilities / JJ Pionke -- Neurodiversity, Libraries, and Information / Carrie Scott Banks and Barbara Klipper -- LGBTQIA+ Youth / Vanessa Kitzie -- Libraries' Engagement with Older Adults / Nicole Dalmer -- The Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated / Jeanie Austin and Emily Jacobson -- Creating Hostile Environments: The History of Marginalized Communities in Libraries / Aisha Johnson, Nicole Cooke, Joseph Winberry, LaTesha Velez, and Tessa Campbell -- Afterword. Getting Our Own Houses in Order / by Aisha Johnson, and Nicole Cooke -- Appendix. Online Resources for Serving the Underserved / by Catharine Bomhold.
"Focusing on needs and services outside the library walls, this book outlines a fresh approach to how libraries can think about and effectively reach underserved populations, utilizing strategies for identifying information needs where underserved populations are and learning about many successful services, programs, and partnerships"--
9780838936528
2024023774
Libraries and minorities--United States. Libraries and community--Inclusive Libraries and community--United States--Case studies. Libraries and minorities--United States--Case studies.