Open AccessInternational service and cross-cultural engagement: Preserving and documenting the Peace Corps experience
Author(s) -
Patricia A. Wand
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.79.4.180
Subject(s) - grassroots , service (business) , political science , public relations , sociology , law , politics , business , marketing
After 56 years in operation and 500,000 or so service years offered collectively by 230,000 Peace Corps volunteers, there are many stories to tell and much data to record about Peace Corps. Who is collecting those stories and recording that data? Who is documenting the cross-cultural interactions among Peace Corps Volunteers and the communities they serve? And who is assessing the impact of those grassroots encounters?