Cultural Humility in Library Work

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Explore the benefits of incorporating cultural humility into library practice, whether through interpersonal interactions or to inform and improve policies and procedures.

Cultural humility offers a renewing and transformative framework for navigating interpersonal interactions in libraries, whether between patrons and staff or staff members with one another. But what is cultural humility, and what does it look like in practice? Join the editors of Hopeful visions, practical actions: Cultural humility in library work, (ALA Editions 2023) as they define and explore the concept of cultural humility, its strengths and limitations, and strategies for applying more inclusive practices to library customer service, policies, and collection development.

Presented by: 

• David A. Hurley, Associate Professor, Discovery and Web Librarian, University Libraries, University of New Mexico
• Sarah R. Kostelecky, Program Coordinator (Indigenous Peoples), Policy, Training & Cooperative Programs Division, Library of Congress
• Lori Townsend, Associate Professor, Assessment Coordinator and Learning Services Librarian, University Libraries, University of New Mexico

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