A Multicultural Library: Strategies for the Twenty-First Century

Demographic trends indicate that the economy will be dependent on the contributions of minorities and women because they will comprise 50 percent of the workforce. Library schools and institutions of higher education must be prepared to meet this demand of an increasingly multicultural population. However, minorities are still underrepresented in librarianship. Therefore, colleges and universities must be committed to affirmative action initiatives and the recruitment and retention of minority library students, and to mentoring, networking, and providing job opportunities.