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Promoting African American Writers: Library Partnerships for Outreach, Programming, and Literacy

Promoting African American Writers: Library Partnerships for Outreach, Programming, and Literacy

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ISBN10: 1440870276
ISBN13: 9781440870279
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: Oct 11 2022
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.22 Depth: 9.23
Language: English

A welcome guide to promoting Black authors through library programming, laden with examples and advice from an experienced and dedicated practitioner. Especially recommended for outreach-minded MLIS students and early-career librarians. - Library Journal

Learn how to successfully develop diverse programming through reading books by African American authors and how to build strong partnerships among libraries, public organizations, and academic departments for multicultural outreach.

Promoting African American Writers is written for school, public, and academic librarians and other educators who are committed to developing programming that promotes reading of books by African American authors and books with multicultural themes. It is an outreach guide to be used by librarians, other educators, and community service advocates to develop educational programming that helps young people find their voices. It supports creativity and teaching of critical thinking skills to students through literature. It also includes:

- A variety of programming ideas for school, public, and academic libraries

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