Developing Library Collections for Today's Young Adults: Ensuring Inclusion and Access - Hardcover

by Amy S. Pattee (Author)

With a dual focus on access and diversity, this book includes timely and necessary guidance for librarians seeking to diversify their collections with material that reflects racial, ethnic, and gender diversity as well as the experiences of individuals with disabilities.

Author Biography

Amy Pattee is an associate professor of Library and Information Science at Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts. There, she teaches in the university's School of Library and Information Science and in its programs in Children's Literature. Prior to becoming a professor, Amy worked as a youth services librarians in Burlington County and Ocean County, New Jersey.