Reducing Barriers and Creating Community Dialogue Through Serious Play / Amanda Chin, Diane Lopez, and Ricardo Gomez. Introduction: Borders & Belonging: Critical Examination of Library Approaches toward Immigrants / Ana Ndumu -- Uncovering Problematic Paradigms -- Libraries and the Americanization Crusade: A Biographical and Critical Study of John Foster Carr / Ana Ndumu and C. Kimmie Ramnine -- Immigration, Poverty and the (Radical) People's Library: The New York Public Library and Radical Education during the Progressive Era and the War on Poverty / Kate Adler -- Immigrant Identities and Knowledge (Re)Production in Postcolonial Academia / Eungjung Choi -- We See You: Increasing Inclusion and Empowerment of Immigrants by Liberating Library Workflows from Institutional Biases Rooted in Colonial Frameworks / May Chan and Jorge Cardenas -- Immigrant Librarians Speak Out -- Having our Say: A Collaborative Dialogue on the Complexities of Being Black Immigrant Librarians / Simone Clunie, Kelsa Bartley Quan Hem, and Pearl Adzei-Stonnes -- Through Hardships to the Stars: Libraries as Personal Refuge and Professional Calling / Anita Kazmierczak-Hoffman -- Entre Mundos y Fronteras: An Exploration of Linguistic Visibility and Value in Libraries / Denisse Solis and Jesus Espinoza -- Library services to immigrants who identify as LGBTQ+: An exploratory and critical study / Michelle P. Green and Kristina A. Clement -- Taking Action -- Rupturing Capitalist Alienation: Current Debates on Open Borders as a Catalyst for Ethically-Motivated Information Literacy / Dominique Taylor -- Sorrow, Fury, Helplessness, and Cynicism: An Account of the Library of Congress Subject Heading "Illegal aliens" / Jill Baron and Tina Gross -- Honoring the Past while Embracing the Future: Meeting the Needs of Immigrants in the Historically "All-American" Central Virginia Region / Cristina D. Ramirez -- "The Library is a Hub for Democracy": How a Public Library Increases Belonging for Newcomer Youth / Sophia Rodriguez, Homa Naficy, and Mary Beth Russo -- Reducing Barriers and Creating Community Dialogue Through Serious Play / Amanda Chin, Diane Lopez, and Ricardo Gomez.
Summary:
"Borders and Belonging explores the role of libraries as both places of belonging as well as instruments of exclusion, xenophobia and assimilation for library users who are immigrants"-- Provided by publisher
Series:
Series on critical race studies and multiculturalism in LIS ; number 4
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