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Diversity Publications (1999-2004)

Papers, articles, and other research by library faculty and staff that have advanced the University's diversity agenda:

Atwill, Jade, Rebecca Bichel, Kathy Fescemyer, and Daniel C. Mack.
"Asia: Yesterday and Today."
Exhibit in Pattee Library exhibit area and Diversity Studies Room, November 1, 2001 through January 4, 2002.

Doborish, Gerry, and John Riddle,
"Finding diversity and multicultural information at Penn State Fayette Library."
In-house publication. 8/28/2001.

Fidishun, Dolores.
"Education and Instruction Issues in Women's Studies Librarianship and Other Interdisciplinary Fields."
American Library Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL, July 10, 2000.

Fidishun, Dolores.
"Listening to Our Side: Computer Training Issues of Middle-age and Older Women."
Women's Studies Quarterly. Dec. 2001.

Fidishun, Dolores.
"Mentoring Women in Library Computer Training."
American Library Association Annual Conference, Poster Session. New Orleans, LA, June 26, 1999.

Fidishun, Dolores.
"Mentors, Computers and On the Job Training: How Do Women Really Learn Technology."
Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual International Conference, Denver, CO. October 25-28, 2000.

Fidishun, Dolores.
"People Servers vs. Information Providers: The Impact of Service Orientation on Technology Training."
Information Technology and Libraries. March 2001.

Fidishun, Dolores.
"Women, Computers and Women's Studies Libraries: Where are we now?"
International Journal of Women's Studies. (in press).

Klimczyk, Linda.
"Separate but (UnEqual)? A Critical Investigation of Disabled Adults' Access to Online Education."
Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) 2001 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Mack, Daniel.
"Recent reference sources in Islam: building a core collection."
Reference & User Services Quarterly 40.2 (Winter 2000): 121-5.

Musser, Linda.
"Effective retention strategies for diverse employees."
Journal of library administration (in press).

Musser, Linda.
"Retention of a diverse staff."
Paper presented at Diversity Now! Conference, Austin, TX, April 2000.

Musser, Linda.
"Setting Goals for Diversity."
Interview (June/July 2001): 2 (in-house publication).

Musser, Linda.
"What we say and what we reward: valuing employees through recognition programs."
Library administration and management 15.2 (Spring 2001): 85-90.

Novotny, Eric.
"Library Services to Immigrants: The Debate in the Library Literature, 1900 – 1920, and a Chicago Case Study," Reference & User Services Quarterly  42.4 (Summer 2003): 342 - 352.

Pisciotta, Henry.
"The Avery monument: the elevation of race in public sculpture and the Republican party," in Making and remaking Pennsylvania's civil war, William Blair and William Pencak, editors.
University Park: Penn State University Press, 2001, 103-295.

Wright, Carol.
"Sexual orientation: career selection and workplace issues,"
in Diversity in America: visions of the future - real issues about real people, edited by Edgar Farmer, 2004.

Young, Courtney L.
"Brown v. Board of Education: 50 Years."
Exhibit in the Diversity Studies Room, 109 Pattee Library, January 5- March 1, 2004.

Young, Courtney L.
"Diversity in Action at Penn State Libraries."
American Library Association Annual Conference. ALA Diversity Fair.
Chicago Il., June 2005 (Poster Session).

Young, Courtney L.
"Interdisciplinary Studies" in Magazines for Libraries . 12 th ed., pp. 578-579.
Cheryl Laguardia, editor. New York: Bowker (2004).