Man of the People

Abstract

Purpose

This chapter focuses on the importance of recruitment and education as primary means to improve the diversity and inclusiveness of information professions.

Methodology/approach

This chapter presents a personal narrative of the author’s career as a lens by which to examine changes in racial attitudes in the field.

Findings

Attention to recruiting people from diverse backgrounds and to making library and information science educational programs more inclusive are keys to improving the diversity of the profession.

Citation

Reese, G.L. (2016), "Man of the People", Celebrating the James Partridge Award: Essays Toward the Development of a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Field of Library and Information Science (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 42), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 107-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020160000042011