ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION-SCIENCE - ISSUES OF RACE

Since the 1970s, most disciplines and schools of professional studies have developed their areas of curriculum, research, and theory constru ction by including race and ethnic studies. At the same time, library and information studies has lagged in providing a broader understandin g of race and librarianship. Although attempts have been made to fill the racial-understanding gap, most of the work is characterized as exc eptional/pioneer biography, with little attention given to broader soc ial constructs of race and racism. This article explores how library a nd information science education falls short in contributing to the li terature on race and racism. The current multicultural movement in lib rary science is to be addressed.