Asian American Librarians and Library Services

Activism, Collaborations, and Strategies
Herausgeber: Clarke, Janet Hyunju; Tong, Monnee; Pun, Raymond

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Produktbeschreibung

Library professionals and scholars share reflections, best practices, and strategies for building collections about and supporting the information needs of Asian American communities. It conveys the need for diversity in the LIS field, library programming, and resources to better reflect the experiences and needs of Asian Americans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9781442274921
• ISBN-10: 1442274921
• Artikelnr.: 48700515

Autorenporträt

Janet Hyunju Clarke is Associate Dean for Research & User Engagement at Stony Brook University Libraries. She is a past-president of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (2015-2016). Raymond Pun is the first year student success librarian at Fresno State. He is an ALA Emerging Leader (2014), the Library Journal's Mover and Shaker (2012), SLA's Rising Star (2016), and a recipient of SLA's Achievement in Academic Business Librarianship (2015). Monnee Tong is the Manager of the Pauline Foster Teen Center and IDEA Lab at the San Diego Central Library. Her work with the IDEA Lab Tech Team Internship was recognized by YALSA as an example of how libraries are re-envisioning teen services, and she was named an ALA Emerging Leader in 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Asset Mapping: Asian Pacific American Librarianship by Dr. Clara
M. Chu Introduction by Janet Hyunju Clarke, Raymond Pun, and Monnee Tong
Part I: Collections, Exhibits and Resources Chapter 1: An Overview of Asian
American Literary History by Janet Hyunju Clarke Chapter 2: Diversity in
Children's Books: Interview with Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen Chapter 3: We Need
Diverse Librarians and Libraries: The Asian/Pacific American Librarians
Association's Past, Present, and Future by Michelle J. Lee Chapter 4: From
Birth to Maturity: The Chinese American Librarians Association by Sai Deng
Chapter 5: Asian American Law Librarians Caucus: A Jewel in the Crown by
Alex Xiaomeng Zhang Chapter 6: Finding the Asian American in American Dance
by Arlene Yu Chapter 7: South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA):
Interview with Samip Mallick Chapter 8: Digitizing Asian American
Collections: Interview with Giao Luong Baker Chapter 9: Inknography: A
Digital Oral History Collection of Tattooed Asian Americans Challenging the
Model Minority Stereotype by Jessea Kanoelani-Ramos Young Chapter 10: On
9066 Japanese American Internment Exhibit at Fresno State: Interview with
Tammy Lau and Julie Renee Moore Chapter 11: "Unsettled ~ Resettled:
Seattle's Hunt Hotel" Travel Exhibit: Interview with Azusa Tanaka Chapter
12: Engagement and Outreach: South Asian Oral History Project at the
University of Washington Libraries by Deepa Banerjee Chapter 13: Building
the Vietnamese Language Collection at CSU Fullerton: Interview with Moon
Kim Part II: Services, Outreach and Programming Chapter 14: Information as
Praxis: Collaborative Strategies between Campus and Community by Todd Honma
Chapter 15: Asian American Studies and The Association of Chinese Teachers
Meets the Public Library: A Multi-Partner Approach to Planning APIA
Programs by Jerry Dear Chapter 16: Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing
Culture to Create a Family Literacy Program by Lessa Pelayo-Lozada Chapter
17: Dai Dai Xiang Chuan: Bridging Generations, a Bag at a Time, a Program
That Celebrates APA Heritage by Dora Ho Chapter 18: Serving Our
Communities: Interview with Lynn Nguyen Chapter 19: How Differing
Perceptions of Librarianship in Asia & Other Factors Impact Asian Students'
Expectations of Law Librarians in America by Avery Le Chapter 20:
Supporting Southeast Asian Student Success Program at California State
University, Fresno: A Librarian's Involvement and Collaboration by Hiromi
Kubo Chapter 21: Expectations, Skepticism and Language Barrier: A Brief
Journey by Anna Yang Chapter 22: Supporting Asian American Studies:
Interview with Sine Hwang Jensen Chapter 23: Expatriate Japanese Families
as Library Users: A Csae Study in a College Town Community in the United
States by Ryuta Komaki, Fukuji Imai and Yukinori Okabe Chapter 24: An Asian
American Librarian's Experience on Promoting the Institutional Repository
by Tiewei Liu Chapter 25: Rethinking Academic Library Support for Students
from South Korea - Experiences from a Public College by Kathryn
Johns-Masten and Tina Chan Chapter 26: International Outreach
Librarianship: Interview with John Hickok Part III: Leadership Experiences
and Perspectives Chapter 27: Against the Odds: Reflections on Asian
American Identity and Multicultural, Shared Leadership in Academic
Libraries by Adriene Lim Chapter 28: Recruiting a Diverse LIS Workforce:
Interview with Cynthia del Rosario Chapter 29: Minnesota Institute for
Early Career Librarians: Cultivating APA Library Leaders Through Reflection
and Peer Mentorship by Simon Lee, Cynthia Mari Orozco and Michael Qiu
Chapter 30: Library Administrative and Leadership Preparation: An Asian
American Perspective by Binh P. Le Chapter 31: Going Beyond the Bamboo
Ceiling: Issues and Challenges for Asian Pacific American Patrons and
Librarians by Lisa Chow and Sandra Sajonas Chapter 32: On Being a Hmong
American Librarian: Interview with Vang Vang Chapter 33: A Career in
Leadership: Interview with Haipeng Li Chapter 34: Doing the Work You Want
Your Library Work To Do: Reflections of an Academic Librarian by gerardo
"gary" colmenar Chapter 35: The Imperative to Nurture Diversity: Interview
with Miriam Tuliao Chapter 36: Creating an Infrastructure for Diversity
Throughout the Organization: Interview with Sandy Wee Chapter 37: It's All
in the Family: Interview with Regina Gong and Dao Rong Gong Chapter 38:
Chinese-American Librarian Leadership: Interview with Dr. Lian Ruan Chapter
39: Minority among Minorities: A Japanese Librarian at a Historically Black
College or University (HBCU) by Chieko Sato Hutchison and Elizabeth Jean
Brumfield Chapter 40: Impactful Leadership: Interview with Xuemao Wang
Chapter 41: Leadership Perspectives from Mexico: Interview with Dr. Jesus
Lau Chapter 42: Mentoring APA Library Leaders: Interview with Patricia
"Patty" Wong Chapter 43: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Lois Mai Chan in the
LIS Field: Interview with Raymond Pun and Monnee Tong