TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose This chapter presents an exploration of interrelated issues of diversity, poverty, race, and incarceration, as challenges for libraries and information professionals in certain communities.Methodology/approach Through the perspective of the author’s personal experiences in libraries, including a long career in prison librarianship, the chapter provides a cross-national and cross-cultural view of race and inclusion in libraries.Findings The chapter emphasizes the transformational impacts of libraries on their patrons, particularly in areas and situations of significant need, such as prison libraries.
VL  - 42
SN  - 978-1-78635-933-9, 978-1-78635-932-2/0065-2830
DO  - 10.1108/S0065-283020160000042008
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020160000042008
AU  - Shirley Glennor
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - In a Place of Monotony and Despair: A Library!
T2  - Celebrating the James Partridge Award: Essays Toward the Development of a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Field of Library and Information Science
T3  - Advances in Librarianship
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 77
EP  - 88
Y2  - 2024/09/21
ER  -