New Ways of Teaching Library Service to Immigrant Communities

Authors

Ana Ndumu, University of Maryland
Michele Villagran, San Jose State UniversityFollow

Publication Date

10-9-2020

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Title

Association for Library and Information Science Education: ALISE 2020 Conference Proceedings

Abstract

Outreach to immigrant communities is a long-standing aspect of United States (U.S.) library service. This area of library and information science (LIS) practice is vital given that immigration continues to dominate policy and public discourse. There is a need to advance U.S.- based LIS education so that new library professionals are aware of the sociopolitical implications of engagement with immigrant communities. We introduce a framework to guide instruction on best practices for outreach to immigrant communities within LIS courses. Then we describe how the framework will also inform a self-paced course to welcome immigrant populations into the LIS professions. By calling for deeper, humanizing pedagogy, this paper aligns with the 2020 ALISE Conference theme of "Transforming LIS Education in an Interconnected World." Though based on the U.S. context, the framework is applicable to other countries.

Keywords

education programs/schools, pedagogy, inclusion, representation, specific populations:immigrants, library and information science

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Recommended Citation

Ana Ndumu and Michele Villagran. "New Ways of Teaching Library Service to Immigrant Communities" Association for Library and Information Science Education: ALISE 2020 Conference Proceedings (2020).