School Library Services in a Multicultural Society

This second volume in the "Best of KQ" series is an essential resource for school library media specialists as they seek to address the needs of students in an increasingly diverse, multicultural society.

According to the preface, 'in light of the growing multicultural population in the United States, twenty-first-century library services will require culturally competent librarians'.

For years AASL has been addressing cultural issues in its official journal, Knowledge Quest.

This collection brings together articles that touch on a wide variety of issues related to culture, including: School Library Services in a Multicultural Society: The Need for Cultural Competence - Patricia Montiel-Overall; Educating Students for Cross-Cultural Proficiency (Homepage column) - Debbie Abilock; Transforming the Hidden Curriculum: Gender and the Library Media Center - Hilary Crew; A Focus on Fathers: The Role of Males in Children's Literacy Development - Steven Herb and Sara Willoughby-Herb; and, Gender and Racial Bias in Juvenile Computer Books - Kay Bishop and Jennifer Bishop. It also brings together articles such as: Publishing Spanish-Language Books in the United States - Philip Lee; Multicultural Mosaic: A Family Book Club - Laurie Dias-Mitchell and Elizabeth Harris; Making Space for Diverse Adolescent Male Identities in School - Lance McCready; Knowledge: The Cornerstone to Ethnic Sensitivity (On My Mind column) - Taghreed Alqudsighabra; and, Improving Computer-Use Success for Students of Diverse Backgrounds - Lori S.

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