Witte, S., Latham, D. & Gross, M. (eds.) Literacy Engagement Through Peritextual Analysis. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2019. 178 pp. ISBN: 978 0 8389 1768 8. £48.50.
Harris, L. E. Licensing Digital Content: a practical guide for librarians. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2018. 180 pp. ISBN: 978 0 8389 1630 8. £54.50.
Handy advice for diversity and inclusion in school libraries
IT is important that children and young people “see” themselves in the books they read and a school library has a signifi cant role to play in this by ensuring that its collection is diverse and inclusive.
Section one introduces
diff erent types of diversity including social class, sexu- ality, gender, mental health, educational needs, religion and race, with tips on what to look for in books. Section two explains how you can create a diverse approach to library stock and services by considering your users and policies as well as suggestions of where to purchase stock. Section three covers reading development and has a calendar of annual cultural events that can be used to provide a varied programme of displays and activities.
The case studies listed in section four are a range of projects that have been used to encourage wider thinking about diversity.
The last two sections feature organisations that promote diversity as well as powerful stories from au- thors, librarians and people working in organisations. These discuss what diversi- ty means to them and detail an activity that could be used in school libraries to promote diverse books. Although aimed at school librarians, this guideline
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The complexities of records, archives, information and data
Hope, J. Voice And Vision – essential issues around diversity and inclusion for school libraries. (SLA Guidelines.) Swindon: SLA, 2018. ISBN: 978 1 9112 2211 8. £13.50 (£9 to SLA members).
would be valuable to those working with the general public as the issues of diver- sity and inclusion are not of course confi ned to children or young people.
I would have liked to have seen more organisations listed but it is a useful intro- duction with some excellent ideas for exploration.
Barbara Band School Library Consultant
THIS thought-provok- ing book explores the concepts of records and archives alongside infor- mation and data. Many in the LIS profession see a clear distinction between records and information but they would probably also acknowledge that there is a great deal of overlap between them. Are the dif- ferences between records and information more important than similari- ties? Are records simply containers of information or types of information? Can we defi ne records in terms of information? Are records just sources of information? The author looks at the history of records and record keeping and places them in the context of the digital environment. He then scrutinises information and the emergence of infor- mation culture focusing on the relationship between informa- tion and records. Moving on to data, he probes the impact of data sciences on our perception of records management. It is not uncommon to view records management as an element of information man- agement. This work argues, per- haps somewhat controversially, that record keeping cannot be seen as a subset of informa- tion management and cannot be contained in it. The author believes that records are not solely classes of information but they are created as expressions of social actions and therefore they have their own specifi c
Yeo, G. Records, Information and Data: exploring the role of record-keeping in an information culture. London: Facet Publishing, 2018. 224 pp. ISBN: 978 1 7833 0226 0. £69.95, £55.95 to CILIP members.
place in society. Records management is
diff erent from information management despite both disciplines overlapping prac- tices and concerns. Failure to acknowledge the diff erence can lead to misunderstandings and inappropriate management of both records and information. This book demonstrates that the relationship between records and information is complex and escapes narrow defi nitions. It may be appealing to readers who see records and information as virtually indis- tinguishable and also to those who believe they are unique and distinct concepts. It has been written principally for records managers and archivists but it may be of interest to the wider information profession.
Margaret I. Katny London
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