“ALA Chief Tracie Hall: Libraries Must Evolve To Meet Needs of More Diverse Suburbs”
From The Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago Newspaper):
Suburban libraries must diversify their resources, programming and staffing to better serve growing populations of blacks, Latinos and immigrants, says the first black woman to lead the American Library Association.
Tracie Hall, whose appointment as executive director of the nation’s oldest and largest library association takes effect Feb. 24, notes that libraries have to adapt to changes reflected in the “suburbanization of people of color.”
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Suburban libraries must diversify their resources, programming and staffing to better serve growing populations of blacks, Latinos and immigrants, says the first black woman to lead the American Library Association.
Tracie Hall, whose appointment as executive director of the nation’s oldest and largest library association takes effect Feb. 24, notes that libraries have to adapt to changes reflected in the “suburbanization of people of color.”
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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