Information Services to Diverse Populations: Developing Culturally Competent Library Professionals

This latest work by Cooke (assistant professor, MS/LIS program director, Graduate Sch. of Library & Information Science, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; coeditor, Teaching for Justice Implementing Social Justice in the LIS Classroom) is a fitting capstone to an extensive career focusing on diversity and inclusion. Here, she highlights her expertise in the area of diversity within librarianship. Chapters address the theory and practice of serving a variety of populations. The work is organized as an ongoing discussion, beginning with an overview, moving through a sampling of populations and services, and ending with practical advice on how to serve an array of clientele. The focus is not just on patrons, however. Cooke is keen to include the LIS profession as a whole within the diverse populations upon which this book is based.