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Celebrating the James Partridge Award: Essays Toward the Development of a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Field of Library and Information Science
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Volume
42
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-2830201742
ISBN electronic:
978-1-78635-932-2
ISBN print:
978-1-78635-933-9
Series ISSN:
0065-2830
Publication date:
2016
Book Chapter

Man of the People

By
Greg L. Reese
Greg L. Reese
East Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Greg L. Reese
East Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH, USA
Copyright © 2017 Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020160000042011
  • Published:
    2016
Copyright © 2017 Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2017
Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract

Purpose

This chapter focuses on the importance of recruitment and education as primary means to improve the diversity and inclusiveness of information professions.

Methodology/approach

This chapter presents a personal narrative of the author’s career as a lens by which to examine changes in racial attitudes in the field.

Findings

Attention to recruiting people from diverse backgrounds and to making library and information science educational programs more inclusive are keys to improving the diversity of the profession.

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