Description: Providing a clear and comprehensive survey of the landscape of diversity in librarianship as a profession and service, this updated text is an important orientation tool for LIS students and current library workers alike.
Review Quotes:
"At a time when libraries, librarians, and equitable access to information are increasingly under attack, Dr. Nicole A. Cooke offers not only a powerful defense of the profession but a visionary roadmap for its future. Information Services to Diverse Populations challenges library professionals to move beyond performative commitments to diversity and toward the practice of competent humility--a lifelong process of reflection, learning, and action. Drawing on the wisdom of scholars, educators, and liberation thinkers, including Octavia Butler, Dr. Ruha Benjamin, and Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley, Cooke invites readers to examine their work through four lenses of liberation and provides a practical framework for building library services that truly center the needs of marginalized communities. As a therapist and bibliotherapist, I deeply appreciate her recognition that access to stories, information, and community resources can be transformative and life-affirming. This second edition is both an urgent call to action and a generous guide for professionals committed to creating more just, inclusive, and liberatory institutions."
-- Emely Rumble, LCSW, author of Bibliotherapy in the Bronx