Asian American Librarians and Library Services : Activism, Collaborations, and Strategies.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Collections, Exhibits, and Resources -- 1 An Overview of Asian American Literary History -- 2 Diversity in Children's Books -- 3 We Need Diverse Librarians and Libraries -- 4 From Birth to Maturity -- 5 Asian American Law Librarians Caucus -- 6 Finding the Asian American in American Dance -- 7 South Asian American Digital Archive -- 8 Digitizing Asian American Collections -- 9 Inknography -- 10 On Executive Order 9066: The Japanese American Voices from the Inside Exhibition at Fresno State -- 11 "Unsettled/Resettled: Seattle's Hunt Hotel" Traveling Exhibit -- 12 Engagement and Outreach -- 13 Building the Vietnamese Language Collection at CSU Fullerton -- Part II: Services, Outreach, and Programming -- 14 Information as Praxis -- 15 Asian American Studies and the Association of Chinese Teachers Meet the Public Library -- 16 Talk Story -- 17 Dai Dai Xiang Chuan -- 18 Serving Our Communities -- 19 How Differing Perceptions of Librarianship in Asia and Other Factors Impact Asian Students' Expectations of Law Librarians in America -- 20 Supporting the Southeast Asian Student Success Program at California State University, Fresno -- 21 Expectations, Skepticism, and Language Barrier -- 22 Supporting Asian American Studies -- 23 Expatriate Japanese Families as Library Users -- 24 An Asian American Librarian's Experience on the Institutional Repository -- 25 Rethinking Academic Library Support for Students from South Korea -- 26 International Outreach Librarianship -- Part III: Leadership Experiences and Perspectives -- 27 Against the Odds -- 28 Recruiting a Diverse LIS Workforce -- 29 Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians -- 30 Library Administrative and Leadership Preparation -- 31 Going Beyond the Bamboo Ceiling -- 32 On Being a Hmong American Librarian.

33 A Career in Leadership -- 34 Doing the Work You Want Your Library Work to Do -- 35 The Imperative to Nurture Diversity -- 36 Creating an Infrastructure for Diversity Throughout the Organization -- 37 It's All in the Family -- 38 Chinese American Librarian Leadership -- 39 Minority among Minorities -- 40 Impactful Leadership -- 41 Leadership Perspectives from Mexico -- 42 Mentoring APA Library Leaders -- 43 The Life and Legacy of Dr. Lois Mai Chan in the LIS Field -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.

Library professionals and scholars share reflections, best practices, and strategies for building collections about and supporting the information needs of Asian American communities. It conveys the need for diversity in the LIS field, library programming, and resources to better reflect the experiences and needs of Asian Americans.

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