Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians

Oral Histories from Canada
Herausgeber: Lee, Deborah; Kumaran, Mahalakshmi

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, the first of its kind in Canada, is a collection of chapters from Aboriginal and visible minority librarians, working in Canada, speaking about the challenges they face in their profession; their strategies to overcome challenges; the support they have received; their professional fulfillment; and their contributions to the profession.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781442236813
• ISBN-10: 1442236817
• Artikelnr.: 40581833

Autorenporträt

Edited by Deborah Lee and Mahalakshmi Kumaran

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Dr. Lotsee Patterson Introduction Deborah Lee and Maha Kumaran
Chapter 1: Building Libraries One Book At a Time Suzy Bear Chapter 2:
Reflections on my Experience in Manitoba as a Visible Minority Librarian: A
Personal Perspective and Review of Future Challenges for Visible Minority
Librarians Dr. Ganga B. Dakshinamurti Chapter 3: Proud to be a Filipino
Librarian Erie Maestro Chapter 4: Challenges and Successes of a Tribal
College Librarian Mary Weasel Fat Chapter 5: From China to Canada:
Experiences of a College Librarian in the Canadian Prairies Lillian Li
Chapter 6: A Métis Librarian Autobiography Jim Bruce Chapter 7: The Toronto
Public Library: A Personal Reflection on the 2010 Diversity Initiative
Suzanne Fernando Chapter 8: Not a Mônîyâw Librarian Jessie Loyer Chapter 9:
Diversity Pathways in Librarianship: Some of the Challenges Faced and
Lessons learned as a Canadian-born Chinese Male Librarian Allan Cho Chapter
10: Observations of a New Immigrant Library Professional: Career Journey
from India to Canada via the Netherlands Arvind Shrivatsava Chapter 11:
Finding the Right Fit: An Aboriginal Librarian's Quest at Library and
Archives Canada Dale Blake Chapter 12: Becoming the Rhizome: Empowering
Librarians and Archivists of Colour Kelly E. Lau Chapter 13: Indigenous
Peoples' New Canoe Camille Callison Chapter 14: A Minority Librarian's
Journey: Challenges and Issues along the Way Aditi Gupta Chapter 15:
Academic Inquiries at an Aboriginal Reference Desk During Canada's Truth
and Reconciliation Commission's B.C. National Event Kim Lawson Chapter 16:
The Immigrant Librarian: Challenges Big and Small Maha Kumaran Chapter 17:
The Right Place at the Right Time: Synchronicity and Indigenous
Librarianship Deborah Lee Chapter 18: From Recruitment to Tenure: A
Reflection on Race and Culture in a Canadian Academic Library Nora
Majekodunmi Index About the Contributors