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Seeking to Understand - by Robin Brown & Scott Sheidlower (Paperback)

Seeking to Understand - by  Robin Brown & Scott Sheidlower (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Explores the wide range of issues faced by disabled librarians"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>While we are not unusual; we are not aberrant. We are disabled librarians. We work in libraries all over the country. Our differences are wide-ranging. We have the same genders, ethnicities and sexual preferences as the rest of the library community.</p><p><br></p><p>Some of us deal with mobility impairments. However, a large part of this community is dealing with invisible impairments.</p><p><br></p><p>This can be seen as not only academic research but also emancipatory research, since we seek to change the world. We would like to help create: </p><p><br></p><p>A renewed commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion;</p><p>Mass transit as an equity issue;</p><p>A resource guide for developing a culture of empathy in your library;</p><p>Why is Medicare for All an accessibility issue;</p><p>How to make job ads equitable.</p><p><br></p><p>Our hope is that this book will offer affirmation to anyone who is a disabled library worker. It is also intended to be a resource anyone who works with or supervises a disabled library worker.</p><p><br></p><p>Robin Brown is Associate Professor and Head of Public Services for the A. Philip Randolph Library of Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York [CUNY]. She has a MLS from Rutgers University (New Brunswick) and a MA in World History from Rutgers University (Newark). Her email is rbrown@bmcc.cuny.edu.</p><p><br></p><p>Scott Sheidlower is a Professor and head of circulation and the archivist in the library at York College of the City University of New York [CUNY] in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. He has an M.A. in Art History from NYU; an M.A. in Arts Administration, also from NYU; and an M.L.S. from Queens College/CUNY. He is co-author of Humor and Information Literacy: Practical Techniques for Library Instruction (Libraries Unlimited, 2011). He is also co-author of Engaging diverse learners: Teaching strategies for academic librarians (Libraries Unlimited, 2017). His e-mail is ssheidlower@york.cuny.edu.</p>

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