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Librarianship l Information Studies
2022 | softcover 56 pp | 8.5" x 11" $19.99 | Members: $17.99
Cultural Humility
ALA EDITIONS SPECIAL REPORTS David A. Hurley, Sarah R. Kostelecky, and Lori Townsend | PRINT: 978-0-8389-4988-7 Cultural humility is emerging as a preferred approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts within librarianship. At a time when library workers are critically examining their professional practices, cultural humility offers a potentially transformative framework of compassionate accountability. From this Special Report readers will
À learn why cultural humility offers an ideal approach for navigating the spontaneous interpersonal interactions in libraries, whether between patrons and staff or amongst staff members themselves;
À see the ways in which cultural humility can act as a powerful catalyst for community engagement;
À come to recognize how a culturally humble approach connects to DEI work by acknowledging the need for mindfulness in day-to-day interactions;
À reflect upon cultural humility’s limitations and the criticisms that some have leveled against it; and
À take away concrete tools for undertaking and continuing such work with patience and hope.
2021 | softcover 96 pp | 8.5" x 11" $24.99 | Members: $22.49
Narratives of (Dis)Enfranchisement: Reckoning with the History of Libraries and the Black and African American Experience
ALA EDITIONS SPECIAL REPORTS Tracey Overbey and Amanda L. Folk | PRINT: 978-0-8389-3737-2 This first Special Report in a two-volume set provides an overview of the historical exclusion of Black and African Americans from libraries and educational institutions in the US, also exploring the ways in which this legacy is manifest in our contemporary context. Inside, readers will
À learn the hidden history of Africa’s contributions to libraries and educational institutions, which are often omitted from K-12, higher education, and LIS curricula;
À engage with the racist legacies of libraries as well as contemporary scholarship related to Black and
African American users’ experiences with libraries;
À be introduced to frameworks and theories that can help to identify and unpack the role of race in librarianship and in library users’ experiences; and
À garner practical takeaways to bring to their own views and practice of librarianship.
2021 | softcover 192 pp | 7” x 10” $54.99 | Members: $49.49
Library Services and Incarceration: Recognizing Barriers, Strengthening Access
Jeanie Austin; Foreword by Kathleen de la Peña McCook | PRINT: 978-0-8389-4945-0 Austin’s important book powerfully advocates for rethinking the intersections between librarianship and carceral systems, pointing the way towards different possibilities. This clear-eyed text
À begins with an overview of the convergence of LIS and carceral systems, summarizing the ongoing work of incarcerated people and community members to gain more access to materials;
À examines the types of carceral institutions, including juvenile detention, immigration detention centers, and forms of electronic monitoring;
À draws from research into the information practices of incarcerated people as well as individual accounts;
À shares valuable case studies of library systems that provide both direct and indirect services;
À includes tips on approaching library management, creating procedures for challenges, ensuring patron privacy, and how to form partnerships; and
À discusses methods for supporting reentry through materials and programming.
2020 | softcover 192 pp | 6" x 9" $59.99 | Members: $53.99
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Library Services
Rebecca Tolley | PRINT: 978-0-8389-1981-1 Though originating in the fields of health and social services, trauma-informed care is a framework that holds great promise for application to library work. In this important book, Tolley brings these ideas into the library context. Library administrators, directors, and reference and user services staff will all benefit from learning
À the six key principles of trauma-informed care;
À discussion questions to promote a sense of psychological safety among library workers;
À suggested phrases that will help library staff demonstrate neutrality to patron ideas and views during information requests;
À advice on balancing free speech on campus with students’ need for safety;
À how appropriate furniture arrangement can help people suffering from PTSD feel safe; and
À guidance on creating safe zones for LGBTQIA+ children, teens, and adults.
2020 | softcover 136 pp | 6" x 9" $49.99 | Members: $44.99
Responding to Rapid Change in Libraries: A User Experience Approach
Callan Bignoli and Lauren Stara | PRINT: 978-0-8389-4835-4 Sustainability depends upon recommitting ourselves to our underlying values while fostering the improvements that change makes possible. Speaking directly to library directors, managers, administrators, and technology staff, in this book noted speakers and consultants Bignoli and Stara
À explore how to harness rapid change to provide more responsive, user-centered library service;
À address the ways in which libraries straddle the physical and the digital in areas such as service provision and collections, illuminating how they can be improved;
À present a comprehensive overview of library technologies as well as related team and change management advice, all grounded in user experience principles;
À show how the concepts of sustainability and flexibility apply to physical space planning and design; and
À provide guidance on problem solving and other leadership topics.
2018 | softcover 432 pp | 7" x 10" $72.00 | Members: $64.80
Kathleen de la Peña McCook and Jenny S. Bossaller; Foreword by Felton Thomas Jr.
PRINT: 978-0-8389-1506-6
“A peerless ambassador for public libraries, educating future professionals, current professionals in other parts of the field, and anyone else interested about the irreplaceable and irrepressible entities that are public libraries . . . Even as someone who has devoted my life to teaching about, researching, and advocating for public libraries, I was inspired and delighted reading this third
edition—a truly essential book.” —Library Quarterly Readers of this text will gain insight into every aspect of the public library, including
À statistics, standards, planning, evaluations, and results;
À legal issues, funding, and politics;
À organization, administration, and staffing;
À all facets of library technology, from structure and infrastructure to websites and makerspaces;
À adult services, youth services, and children’s services; and
À associations, state library agencies, and other professional organizations.
2022 | softcover 384 pp | 6" x 9" $79.99 | Members: $71.99
2018 | softcover 304 pp | 7" x 10" $74.99 | Members: $67.49
David Bawden and Lyn Robinson | PRINT: 978-1-78330-495-0
Praise for the first edition “Well written and easy to read . . . Scholars and academics who are serious about information
science as a discipline should not be without this book.” —Online Information Review Offering a global perspective, this book has proven itself to be the standard text for LIS students worldwide. The authors’ expert narrative guides readers through each of the essential building blocks of information science. Offering a concise introduction and expertly chosen further reading and resources, this newly updated text covers such critical topics as
À foundational concepts, theories, and historical perspectives;
À organizing and retrieving Information;
À information behavior, domain analysis, and digital literacies;
À technologies, digital libraries, and information management;
À information research methods and informetrics;
À changing contexts, including information society, publishing, e-science, and digital humanities; and
À the future of information science.
Academic Librarianship, Second Edition
G. Edward Evans and Stacey Greenwell | PRINT: 978-0-8389-1563-9
“The chapters are comprehensive and well written . . . VERDICT: A valuable resource for academic
library and information professionals, educators, and students.” —Library Journal In this timely exploration, Evans and Greenwell offer authoritative coverage of
À teaching faculty roles and the status of the academic librarian;
À governance and the growing tension on some campuses between faculty and administration;
À the balance between general education requirements and applied courses;
À collections, data management, digitization, and metadata;
À scholarly communication, plus alternative models such as open educational resources (OERs);
À providing quality service, and the role of user experience (UX) in assessment; and
À classrooms, common learning spaces, and other facilities.
Instructors adopting this textbook for a course may request supplementary case studies and PowerPoint slides by e-mailing editionsmarketing@ala.org.
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2022 | softcover 224 pp | 6” x 9” $86.99 | Members: $78.29
Digital Humanities: An Introduction for Librarians
Edited by Sally Chambers and Toma Tasovac
PRINT: 978-1-78330-129-4
This primer provides practical advice for embedding digital humanities activities into daily operations of cultural heritage institutions and engaging with the digital humanities community.
