Title:
Serving the underserved : strategies for inclusive community engagement
Publication Date:
2025
Publication Information:
Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, 2025.
Physical Description:
vi, 242 pages ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9780838936528
Abstract:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
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.
Language:
English
