Advancing cultural competency in library and information science
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MONTAGUE, Rae-Anne (2013) Advancing cultural competency in library and information science. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2013 - Singapore - Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities in Session 125 - Education and Training with Library Services to Multicultural Populations and Indigenous Matters Special Interest Group.
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Abstract
Advancing cultural competency in library and information science
Libraries, Schools of Library and Information Science (LIS), and LIS Professional Associations are committed to incorporating multicultural perspectives and promoting cultural competency. These efforts are guided by the creation of mission statements, strategic plans, and diversity standards--and evaluated by metrics such as learning outcomes and retention. This paper explores three aspects of this larger process within LIS education: program- and course-based components and guiding models. Identification of methods employed to infuse cultural competency into LIS programs is based on an examination of approaches used at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which offers both campus and online programs. This is complemented by discussion of how cultural competency may be emphasized within graduate LIS courses based on a review of syllabi such as Local, Regional and Global Intersections in Library and Information Science. An analysis of varied strategies and circumstances needed to evoke cultural competency in LIS education including consideration of limitations, dealing with unexpected tensions, and challenges that arise as a result of shifting paradigms is also shared.Fomentando las competencias culturales en Biblioteconomía y Documentación
Las bibliotecas, escuelas de Biblioteconomía y Documentación (ByD) y asociaciones profesionales de ByD están comprometidas a incorporar perspectivas multiculturales y promover la competencia cultural. Estos esfuerzos están guiados por la creación de declaraciones de misión, planes estratégicos y estándares de diversidad, y evaluados mediante métricas como retención de alumnos y resultados de aprendizaje. Este trabajo explora tres aspectos de este proceso más grande como parte de la educación en ByD: componentes y modelos rectores basados en programas y asignaturas. La identificación de los métodos empleados para infundir la competencia cultural en programas de ByD se basa en un examen de los métodos utilizados en el de la Escuela de posgrado en Biblioteconomía y Documentación de la Universidad de Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), que ofrece programas tanto presenciales como en línea. Esto se complementa con la discusión de cómo se podría hacer hincapié en las competencias culturales dentro de posgrados en ByD, basándose en un análisis de programas de asignaturas del tipo “Intersecciones locales, regionales y globales en Biblioteconomía y Documentación. También se comparte un análisis de estrategias varias y las circunstancias necesarias para suscitar competencia cultural en la educación en ByD, incluida la consideración de las limitaciones, el tratar con tensiones inesperadas y desafíos que surgen como resultado de cambios de paradigmas.Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | ||||||
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Conference details: | IFLA WLIC 2013 - Singapore - Future Libraries: Infinite PossibilitiesSession 125 - Indigenous knowledge and multiculturalism in LIS education and library training: Infinite possibilities - Education and Training with Library Services to Multicultural Populations and Indigenous Matters Special Interest GroupTrack 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy |
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Divisions: | Division 3 Library Services > Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section Division 3 Library Services > Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section > Indigenous Matters Special Interest Group Division 4 Support of the Profession > Education and Training Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cultural Competency, Diversity, LIS Education, Professional Education | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2013 09:36 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2017 08:53 | ||||||
URI: | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/274 |
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