Document Type

Book Section

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Library Juice Press

Publisher Location

Sacramento, CA

Book Title

Serving Hispanic, Latine, and Latinx Students in Academic Libraries

First page number:

27

Last page number:

59

Abstract

Even though colleges and universities across the United States are implementing strategies to market their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, students of color, specifically Latinx students, are graduating at a lesser rate than the national average (National Center for Education Statistics, 2019). In the academic librarian profession, only 6% of librarians are Latinx while 71% are white (Sweeney & Schonfeld, 2017). Academia and libraries are historically white, and this fact was recognized by many of the Latinx students who participated in a study conducted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), in the spring of 2020. During the study, the researchers asked Latinx students questions about their public and school library usage and their perception of the university and its library in relation to their identity. Latinx students knew that academia was not designed for them, and many of the participants discussed their assimilation to the predominant norms and culture of academia and libraries. This chapter outlines and analyzes themes developed from the 15 interviews and provides suggestions to better support Latinx students in academic libraries.

Controlled Subject

Academic libraries; Latin Americans; Diversity in higher education

Disciplines

Higher Education | Library and Information Science

File Format

pdf

File Size

1070 KB

Language

English

Rights

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