Hopeful Visions, Practical Actions by David A. Hurley, Sarah ... - 9781783306336

Facet Publishing

Hopeful Visions, Practical ActionsCultural Humility in Library Work\nAuthor(s): David A. Hurley, Sarah R. Kostelecky, Lori Townsend\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Facet Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: Facet Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781783306336, 978-1783306336\nSynopsis\nCultural humility offers a renewing and transformative framework for navigating interpersonal interactions in libraries, whether between patrons and staff or staff members with one another. It foregrounds a practice of critical self-reflection and commitment to recognizing and redressing structural inequities and problematic power imbalances. This collection, the first book-length treatment of this approach in libraries, gathers contributors from across the field to demonstrate how cultural humility can change the way we work and make lasting impacts on diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries. This book's chapters explore such topics as\n\n how Indigenous adages can be tools for reflection and guidance in dev.