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Title: INFORMATION 911


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  • INFORMATION 911!
  • Library Services for 21st Century Library Users
  • Tracie D. Hall
  • Dominican University
  • Graduate School of Library and
  • Information Science
  • thall_at_dom.edu
  • 708-524-6848

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Why has diversity become such a buzzword?
  • John D. Rockefeller once said
  • I will pay more for the ability to deal with
    people than for any ability under the sun.

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DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN DIVERSITY
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Libraries Everywhere are Coping with Change
Finlands Infobank Project
5
Immigration Patterns and Changing
Demographicsin the United States
6
Increased Migration is adding to the diversity
and multiculturalism in the US
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Trends Impacting 21st Century Library Services
  • Immigration
  • Growing Socio-economic gaps
  • Increasing segregation in public schools and
    rising high school drop-out rates/delayed,
    prolonged, or devalued college entrance and
    graduation
  • Language insularity
  • Aging of population/increase in individuals
    living w/disabilities
  • The rise of the New Sensualists
  • Self employment as compelling employment option
  • The paperless/papermore phenomena
  • Increased national and state rates of
    incarceration
  • Bowling alone phenomena and the refacing of
    urban, suburban, rural areas
  • Increased race/class polarities in the 21st
    century
  • The experience economy and the rise of the social
    sector
  • Balkanization and privatization of civic and
    social services
  • Affluent and resource/access rich emphasize
    value, transformation, customization, and
    interactivity

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Gaming and Social Networks have changed the way
young people think and play


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Assumptions and Values Voting

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Ideas for Improving Public Library Services to
Diverse Populations
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