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"""The value of cultural humility--that is, the emphasis on understanding that our own positionalities and personal experiences are not universal--is a quality that makes cultural humility particularly important to adapt within a library and archives setting ... [This report's] conclusion reiterates a fundamental tenet of cultural humility that is echoed throughout the report: that a central goal of cultural humility is to build and maintain positive relationships that actively seek to reduce harm and resist power imbalances. A particularly helpful closing note that the authors offer is that despite best efforts and energies to implement cultural humility at an individual level, if people in power choose not to join us, 'we move on to find other partners, leaving the door open for them to learn and grow' (p. 39). This stance leaves room for an essential component of cultural humility--that of experiencing the great joy that diverse perspectives offer us. Given the often defeating, uphill battle of implementing cultural humility frameworks into organizations with dominant perspectives, I find this endnote to be of critical importance."" -- The American Archivist"

"""This report provides a succinct, clear and practicable approach to reducing personal and structural harm in our libraries. Many libraries are already making great steps towards improving cultural practices, but the focus on cultural competence could be contributing to slow progress amongst staff and some upper-level management. The importance of reducing structural barriers to library use and access cannot be overstated ... I would consider this recommended reading for all information professionals at every level and in every type of library."" -- Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association ""The value of cultural humility--that is, the emphasis on understanding that our own positionalities and personal experiences are not universal--is a quality that makes cultural humility particularly important to adapt within a library and archives setting ... [This report's] conclusion reiterates a fundamental tenet of cultural humility that is echoed throughout the report: that a central goal of cultural humility is to build and maintain positive relationships that actively seek to reduce harm and resist power imbalances. A particularly helpful closing note that the authors offer is that despite best efforts and energies to implement cultural humility at an individual level, if people in power choose not to join us, 'we move on to find other partners, leaving the door open for them to learn and grow' (p. 39). This stance leaves room for an essential component of cultural humility--that of experiencing the great joy that diverse perspectives offer us. Given the often defeating, uphill battle of implementing cultural humility frameworks into organizations with dominant perspectives, I find this endnote to be of critical importance."" -- The American Archivist"

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David A. Hurley is the Web and Discovery Librarian for the University Libraries. In addition to cultural humility, he writes and presents on search, reference services, and information literacy. He was previously the director of the Diné College libraries on the Navajo Nation, chief of the library development bureau at the New Mexico State Library, and branch and digital services manager for the public library of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. With Sarah R. Kostelecky and Paulita Aguilar, David co-edited ""Sharing Knowledge and Smashing Stereotypes: Representing Native American, First Nation, and Indigenous Realities in Library Collections,"" a special double issue of the journal Collection Management. Sarah R. Kostelecky is the Director of Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication (DISC) for University of New Mexico Libraries. Her research focuses on outreach efforts to underrepresented communities, diversity in academic libraries and library collections, and Native American language resources. Previously at UNM, Sarah has served as the Education Librarian and Access Services Librarian in the Indigenous Nations Library Program (INLP). She earned both her MA in Information Resources and Library Science and BA in Sociology from the University of Arizona. Prior to working at UNM Libraries, Sarah was the Library Director at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, NM, the premiere educational institution for contemporary Native American arts and cultures. Along with David A. Hurley and Paulita Aguilar, she co-edited ""Sharing Knowledge and Smashing Stereotypes: Representing Native American, First Nation, and Indigenous Realities in Library Collections,"" a special double issue of the journal Collection Management. Sarah has enjoyed working in a variety of libraries including university, public, tribal college, and museum. She is a member of Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico. Lori Townsend is the Learning Services Coordinator and Engineering Librarian for the University of New Mexico Libraries. Her research interests include threshold concepts and information literacy, academic librarians of color and cultural humility. Lori holds a BA in history from the University of New Mexico and an MLIS from San Jose State University. Before coming to UNM, she worked as the Electronic Collections Librarian at California State University, East Bay from 2005-2010. She is co-author, along with Amy R. Hofer and Silvia Lin Hanick, of the book Transforming Information Literacy Instruction: Threshold Concepts in Theory and Practice (Libraries Unlimited, 2018); she and Silvia Lin Hanick are Series Editors for the just-launched Libraries Unlimited Series on Teaching Information Literacy Today. Lori is a member of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley.

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