ERIC Number: EJ1467060
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Apr
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0748-5786
EISSN: EISSN-2328-2967
Available Date: 2025-04-09
More than "Multiculturalism": Thoughts on Immigrant-Related Course Content across ALA-Accredited LIS Programs
Ana Ndumu; Connie Siebold
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, v66 n2 p195-202 2025
The authors reflect on the nature of North American LIS instruction on immigrant outreach and highlight a sample of LIS master's-degree courses that provide exclusive attention to immigrants' information realities. Findings from a content analysis of available master's LIS course syllabi indicate that service to immigrants is subsumed predominantly within instruction on diversity and multiculturalism, which suggests that there is little dedicated focus on immigrants' intersectional identities, political and immigration environments, or lived experiences. The authors recommend concerted and collective curricular design.
Descriptors: Library Education, Immigrants, Cultural Pluralism, Course Content, Masters Programs, Access to Information, Library Services, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North America
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