Through providing access to information, libraries have a key role in opening eyes and broadening horizons.<\/p>\n
In schools, they can complement classroom work by promoting wider reading. In universities, they make it possible for students to build up a deeper, wider idea of the state of knowledge in their fields. Beyond, they enable people to discover \u2013 and even escape to \u2013 new worlds.<\/p>\n
Crucially, they have a key potential role in helping readers explore and enjoy the diversity of their communities, their countries, and the world as a whole.<\/p>\n
This of course doesn\u2019t just stop at information itself, but also the activities and opportunities that can be built on top of this, using spaces and staff support.<\/p>\n
Importantly, there is the possibility to make people aware of perspectives and experiences that they may not have thought of, and to celebrate this diversity.<\/p>\n
Through this, libraries can help achieve the goals of the International Day of Cultural Diversity, marked last Saturday!<\/p>\n
So for our 91st<\/sup> 10-Minute International Librarian exercise, think how you can promote cultural diversity.<\/p>\n How can you best work with those bringing these different perspectives and experiences in order to share these?<\/p>\n What ideas do you have for giving users the opportunity to try something different, stepping outside of what they know and embracing difference?<\/p>\n How can you present this as a positive, as something that brings benefits to individuals and groups alike?<\/p>\n To start, there are lots of great ideas in IFLA\u2019s Multicultural Library Manifesto<\/a>, and its accompanying toolkit<\/a>. You can also take a look at our blog for the International Day of Cultural Diversity<\/a>, which explores indicators of the impact of diversity on development!<\/p>\n Let us know your ideas in the comments below.<\/p>\n Good luck!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This idea relates to the\u00a0IFLA Strategy<\/a>! <\/strong>Key Initiative 2.3: Develop standards, guidelines, and other materials that foster best professional practice<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n As we publish more ideas, you will be able to view these using the\u00a0#10MinuteInternationalLibrarian<\/a>\u00a0tag on this blog, and of course on IFLA\u2019s\u00a0Ideas Store<\/a>! Do also share your ideas in the comments box below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Through providing access to information, libraries have a key role in opening eyes and broadening horizons. In schools, they can complement classroom work by promoting wider reading. In universities, they make it possible for students to build up a deeper, wider idea of the state of knowledge in their fields. Beyond, they enable people to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":810,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26868,33360,26292,36370],"class_list":["post-3387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-10minuteinternationallibrarian","tag-diversity","tag-inclusion","tag-inclusivity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3388,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387\/revisions\/3388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}