Contact: Kathryn J. Deiss
ACRL Content Strategist
(312) 280-2529
kdeiss@ala.org
NEWS
For Immediate Release
May 26, 2009
CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the release of a new digital publication, “The Kaleidoscopic Concern” by Kaetrena D. Davis-Kendrick. This annotated bibliography on racial and ethnic diversity in librarianship focuses on new areas of study such as gender issues and white privilege with regard to racial minority and ethnic librarians. “The Kaleidoscopic Concern” is available on the ACRL Web site as a free downloadable digital publication at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/digital/.
Covering issues, concerns, goals and strategies surrounding the recruitment, retention and advancement of librarians of color, the work annotates more than 80 years of the profession’s earliest training initiatives and current best practices. The bibliography traces the evolution of the specific idea of affirmative action to the more nebulous concept of diversity in libraries. Books and book chapters, dissertations and theses, articles, poster sessions, presentations, reports from professional library associations and consortia and multimedia objects are annotated in “The Kaleidoscopic Concern.”
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ACRL is a division of the American Library Association, representing more than 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.