Multicultural Issues for Readers' Advisory Services

Abstract

A considerable amount of time and money has been spent debating the ultimate services to multicultural groups. So far, very few programs have been developed to integrate services to multicultural groups into the mainstream of librarianship. Many libraries have failed to create an awareness about the importance of information to multicultural groups. The tendency found among many librarians is either to remain silent or to excuse themselves by lack of funds. In addition to these tendencies, often the nonassertive outlook of librarians has led to a number of multicultural users remaining unaware of the sources of information that are available to them through the library.