The PCC Library Director has selected the following materials for the current hot topics being discussed in Library Land. These are organized alphabetically.
Updated August 2024
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Creating an Inclusive Library:
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The critical work of being more inclusive and anti-racist in academic library teaching, collections, and community is even more important in today's social and political climate. Creating an Inclusive Library: Approaches for Increasing Engagement and Use with Students of Color explores the various methods used by librarians, archivists, and library workers to increase or enhance engagement with and use of library spaces, resources, services, and materials by students of color. Six themed sections provide an opportunity to further engage with issues affecting students of color and to take action to provide more just and equitable teaching and learning environments. Welcoming and Sense of Belonging Culturally Relevant Practices Building Representation and Inclusion Collaborations and Co-Creation Community Building and Engagement Fostering Diverse Student Employees The resources, strategies, and approaches in Creating an Inclusive Library can help all library workers engage with this vital work and build a community of support. As the nature of diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism work in higher education and academic libraries continues to evolve, it is ever more critical to continue this work, to be allies for those engaged in it, and to share how you are creating more inclusive and anti-racist spaces, materials, and services at your library.
Call Number: Z675.U5 C74 2024ISBN: 9798892556217 -
Curating Community Collections
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Begins where diversity audits end, informing and supporting academic, school, and public librarians in the quest to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion in a meaningful and sustainable manner throughout collections, policies, and practices. A primary question for many librarians, directors, and board members is how to evaluate diversity in a collection on an ongoing basis. Curating Community Collections provides librarians with the tools they need to understand the results of diversity audits and to formulate a reasonable, achievable plan for increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion not only in the collection itself, but also in library collection policies and practices. Information on ways to make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of a library's everyday workflow will help ensure the sustainability of these principles. Mary Schreiber and Wendy Bartlett teach readers how to increase the number of diverse materials in their collections and make them more discoverable to library patrons through the implementation of a community collections program. Stories from librarians around the United States and Canada who are auditing and improving the diversity of their collections add broad, scalable perspectives for libraries of any size, budget, and mission. Action steps provided at the end of each section offer a practical road map for all types of libraries to curate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community collection.
Call Number: Z687.S35 2024ISBN: 9781440880988Publication Date: 2024-02-22 -
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action
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All too often, in a hurried attempt to "catch up," diversity training can create division among staff or place undue burdens on a handful of employees. Instead, academic libraries need approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that position these priorities as ongoing institutional and professional goals. This book's model programs will help academic libraries do exactly that, sharing a variety of initiatives that possess clear goals, demonstrable outcomes, and reproducible strategies. Librarians, administrators, and directors will all benefit from the programs detailed inside, which include such topics as a university library's community of practice for interactions and learning around DEI; cultural competency training to create more welcoming instruction spaces; student workshops on literature searches that mitigate bias; overcoming the historic tendency to marginalize LGBTQ+ representation in archives; a curriculum and design workshop that moved from discussing social values to embedding them in actions; the founding of a library-led LGBT club for students at a rural community college; a liberal arts college's retention-boosting program for first-generation students; tailoring a collection and library services to the unique needs of student veterans; and a framework for moving from diversity to equity and inclusion, toward a goal of social justice.
Call Number: Z711.8.D577 2020ISBN: 9780838947593Publication Date: 2020 -
Library Services and Incarceration
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As part of our mission to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all library patrons, our profession needs to come to terms with the consequences of mass incarceration, which have saturated the everyday lives of people in the United States and heavily impacts Black, Indigenous, and people of color; LGBTQ people; and people who are in poverty. Jeanie Austin, a librarian with San Francisco Public Library's Jail and Reentry Services program, helms this important contribution to the discourse, providing tools applicable in a variety of settings. This text covers practical information about services in public and academic libraries, and libraries in juvenile detention centers, jails, and prisons, while contextualizing these services for LIS classrooms and interdisciplinary scholars. It powerfully advocates for rethinking the intersections between librarianship and carceral systems, pointing the way towards different possibilities. This clear-eyed text begins with an overview of the convergence of library and information science and carceral systems within the United States, summarizing histories of information access and control such as book banning, and the ongoing work of incarcerated people and community members to gain more access to materials; examines the range of carceral institutions and their forms, including juvenile detention, jails, immigration detention centers, adult prisons, and forms of electronic monitoring; draws from research into the information practices of incarcerated people as well as individual accounts to examine the importance of information access while incarcerated; shares valuable case studies of various library systems that are currently providing both direct and indirect services, including programming, book clubs, library spaces, roving book carts, and remote reference; provides guidance on collection development tools and processes; discusses methods for providing reentry support through library materials and programming, from customized signage and displays to raising public awareness of the realities of policing and incarceration; gives advice on supporting community groups and providing outreach to transitional housing; includes tips for building organizational support and getting started, with advice on approaching library management, creating procedures for challenges, ensuring patron privacy, and how to approach partners who are involved with overseeing the functioning of the carceral facility; and concludes with a set of next steps, recommended reading, and points of reflection.
Call Number: Z675.P8 A94 2022ISBN: 9780838949450Publication Date: 2022 -
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Library Services
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We are only now coming to terms with how common trauma really is; a landmark Kaiser study that surveyed patients receiving physicals found that almost two-thirds had experienced at least one form of abuse, neglect, or other trauma as a child. Though originating in the fields of health and social services, trauma-informed care is a framework that holds great promise for application to library work. Empathetic service, positive patron encounters, and a more trusting workplace are only a few of the benefits that this approach offers. In this important book Tolley, experienced in both academic and public libraries, brings these ideas into the library context. Library administrators, directors, and reference and user services staff will all benefit from learning the six key principles of trauma-informed care; characteristics of a trusting and transparent library organization, plus discussion questions to promote a sense of psychological safety among library workers; how certain language and labels can undermine mutuality, with suggested phrases that will help library staff demonstrate neutrality to patron ideas and views during information requests; delivery models that empower patrons; advice on balancing free speech on campus with students' need for safety; how appropriate furniture arrangement can help people suffering from PTSD feel safe; guidance on creating safe zones for LGBTQIA+ children, teens, and adults; and self-assessment tools to support change toward trauma-responsive library services.
Call Number: Z711.92.S6T65 2020ISBN: 9780838919811Publication Date: 2020
Artificial Intelligence
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The AI Productivity Blueprint
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Work Smarter, Not Harder--10x Your Efficiency with AI in Just 30 Days! What if you could reclaim hours of your time each week, automate repetitive tasks, and finally focus on the work that truly matters? Welcome to The AI Productivity Blueprint--your step-by-step guide to integrating AI into your workflow for maximum efficiency and less stress. Whether you're a professional, entrepreneur, or busy individual, this book will teach you how to leverage AI-powered tools to save time, streamline tasks, and boost your output like never before. What You'll Learn Inside: ✅ AI for Time Management & Focus - Use AI to schedule, prioritize, and block distractions. ✅ Automate Repetitive Tasks - Let AI handle emails, meeting notes, and admin work. ✅ Boost Creativity & Content Creation - Generate blog posts, reports, and marketing content in minutes. ✅ Smarter Decision-Making - Use AI for research, summaries, and business insights. ✅ AI for Work-Life Balance - Optimize wellness, reduce stress, and improve focus with AI-powered self-care. ✅ Avoid AI Pitfalls - Learn ethical AI use, avoid over-reliance, and keep human judgment in decision-making. What Makes This Book Different? 🔥 A 30-Day AI Productivity Plan - Implement AI into your routine with a structured, action-based approach. 🔥 Real-World Case Studies - See how AI has transformed businesses and workflows. 🔥 Bonus Templates & Worksheets - Get AI automation checklists, productivity trackers, and goal-setting templates. You don't need to be tech-savvy to take advantage of AI--you just need the right roadmap. This book gives you the blueprint to work faster, smarter, and more efficiently with AI. 💡 Ready to transform the way you work? Grab your copy today and unlock AI-powered productivity! 🚀
Call Number: T58.5.R4 2025ISBN: 9798312519570 -
Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence
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This authoritative reference work will provide readers with a complete overview of artificial intelligence (AI), including its historic development and current status, existing and projected AI applications, and present and potential future impact on the United States and the world. Some people believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize modern life in ways that improve human existence. Others say that the promise of AI is overblown. Still others contend that AI applications could pose a grave threat to the economic security of millions of people by taking their jobs and otherwise rendering them "obsolete"--or, even worse, that AI could actually spell the end of the human race. This volume will help users understand the reasons AI development has both spirited defenders and alarmed critics; explain theories and innovations like Moore's Law, mindcloning, and Technological Singularity that drive AI research and debate; and give readers the information they need to make their own informed judgment about the promise and peril of this technology. All of this coverage is presented using language and terminology accessible to a lay audience.
Call Number: Reference - Q334.2.E64 2021ISBN: 9781440853265Publication Date: 2021 -
The Rise of AI:
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Librarians are uniquely positioned to rise to the challenge that artificial intelligence (AI) presents to the field. Libraries and their like have existed for millennia; they progress with society, altering and adapting their services to meet the information needs of their communities. The Rise of AI collects projects, collaborations, and future uses from academic librarians who have begun to embrace AI in their work. In three parts--User Services, Collections and Discovery, and Toward Future Applications--it explores: machine translation creating incubation spaces robotics combining information literacy initiatives with AI literacy fostering partnerships with other on-campus groups integrating AI technology into collections to enhance discoverability using AI to refine metadata for images, articles, and theses machine learning The Rise of AI introduces implications and applications of artificial intelligence in academic libraries and hopes to provoke conversations and inspire new ways of engaging with the technology. As the discussion surrounding ethics, bias, and privacy in AI continues to grow, librarians will be called to make informed decisions and position themselves as leaders in this discourse.
Call Number: Z675.U5 R57 2022ISBN: 9780838939116Publication Date: 2022
Library Workers' Rights and Compensation
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Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces
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Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces expands the 'dysfunctional' concept in the professional and academic LIS discourse by exposing the internal problematics of libraries, especially at the social and organizational level. Including contributions written by LIS professionals and scholars, the book demonstrates that although many libraries do well at attending to users and managing external information they often fail at taking care of their own employees and addressing internal workplace issues. Acadia and the contributing authors explore the problem of dysfunctional libraries so that the LIS profession can come to terms with the systemic dysfunction in their institutions and begin solution-oriented and change-positive progress toward new and sustainable functionality. The book analyses the dysfunctional nature of modern libraries, while simultaneously proposing solutions to reduce and alleviate dysfunction. The book will also be essential reading for librarians and LIS students currently working or preparing to work in public, college, and university libraries.
Call Number: Z682.2.U5 L525 2023ISBN: 9780367747091
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