| Collection Development Subjects by Librarian in charge | |||
| Leslie Kelly | Asita Albert | Sofia Birden | Gray Area - Sofia? |
|---|---|---|---|
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Agriculture (S's) Geography (G) Nursing (R's) Sciences (Q's) Technology (T's) |
Language & Literature (P-PT) History (E, F, C's, D's) Philosophy (B-BD) Psychology (BF-BJ) Religion (BL-BX) Young Adult Literature Comic books/Manga/Graphic Nov |
Art (N's) Anthropology (GN) Folklore (GR) Education (L's) Music (M's) Business (H-HJ) Sociology (HM-HX) Curriculum Collection Juvenile Materials Reference |
Military/Navel Sciences (U's, V's) Other |
Multiculturism defined: the multicultural literature we identify is about race, ethnicity, class, and gender that are considered culturally different from the "white Anglo-Saxon" group in the United States. Multiculturalism will not extend to stories about animals unless within the context of a fable or folk tale about a different "human" race or ethnic group. In addition, for our purposes, disabilities and books in other languages do not constitute multiculturalism. They are diverse, but unless they specifically relate a story about another's culture, race, ethnicity, class, or gender they will not be labeled Multicultural.
Examples: a book about a Jewish boy who is blind and shows us how he "sees" the world from a blind person's perspective: Not Multicultural
Examples: a book about a blind Jewish boy who shows us the day in the life of a Jewish family: Multicultural
Examples: a counting book in Spanish: not Multicultural
Examples: a book where a spanish girl counts things in her spanish town showing us the kinds of things she grows up with that might be different than what we see in the states: Multicultural