Library Schools and Diversity.pdf

Kathleen de la Peña McCook

Library Schools and Diversity.pdf

University of South Florida

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Abstract

DESPITE AN INTENSE commitment, the library and in-information profession has failed to truly diversify its ranks. We commented on this unfortunate fact more than three years ago in LJ (see Kathleen de la Pena McCook and Paula Geist, "Diversity Deferred: Where Are the Minority Librarians?" November 1, 1993, p. 35-38). During the past decade, the number of new minority graduates from programs accredited by the American Library Association (ALA) has grown from 178 (6.79% of total graduates) in 1985 to 434 (10.01%) in 1995. Still, all minorities but Asian/Pacific Islanders remain significantly underrepresented among 1995 graduates relative to their population at large.

Original language	American English
Journal	Library Journal
Volume	133
State	Published - Apr 1997

Keywords

librarians
minorities
diversity
library education

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Library and Information Science

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