Can you add to these lists?
Who We Are: gender, orientation, cultural background,
religion, language, dialects, accents, environment (city, rural,
etc.), family structure
How we move about: walk, run, drive, passenger in
vehicle, bus, taxi, car, airplane, train, horse, balloon,
bicycle. wheelchair, skiing, snowshoes, at the conference: Gale
bus?, alternate routes because of traffic, weather
How we feel: moods, wellness, likes, dislikes,
our senses of taste and smell, colors we wear ... .
What we do: our careers: librarian, information
scientist, engineer, architect, doctor, lawyer,
entrepreneur/businessman, writer, mountain climber, ice cream
taster ...
Our librarian/information science careers: cataloging,
acquisitions, collection development, public services, reference,
storyteller, public relations, circulation, children's, library
media specialist, young adults, adults, special libraries,
public, school, archives, government documents, rare books,
graphic artist, web designer, systems librarian, corporate
intelligence/database searching, administrator/director ...
What we enjoy doing for recreation: reading, writing,
swimming, ice skating, tap dancing, parachute jumping, [water]
skiing,
mountain climbing, shopping ...
How we do it: handedness, various forms of
communication, language, with assistive
technology?
Reading
Audrey Gorman. "Diversity Isn't Just About Race, Language, or
Culture." American Libraries, v. 31, no. 2, February
2000, p. 32.
Ellen Perlow. "ASCLA's Century Scholarship on ALISE Agenda."
Interface [ASCLA Newsletter],
v. 22, no. 2, Summer 2000, p. 6.
Ellen Perlow. "Say It Right! People First!" [Letter to
Editor]. Cognotes [2000
American Library Association Annual Meeting-Chicago
Newspaper], issue 4, Tuesday, July 11, 2000, p. 8. Also online
at:
http://www.ala.org/events/ac2000/cognotes/tuesday12.html.
Ellen Perlow. "Celebrating a New Century that Celebrates
Diversity." Interface [ASCLA Newsletter], v. 22, no. 3,
Fall 2000, p. 3-4.
Ellen Perlow. "Scholars and Differabilities." [Letter].
American Libraries, v. 31, no. 10, November 2000, p. 30.
Website: Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation:
http://www.hellofriend.org/
