Conducting a Diversity Audit in an Academic Library on the Psychology, Non-Fiction Collection
In Brief Over the course of a year, I conducted a diversity audit of part of the general nonfiction collection, specifically the psychology section (BFs)... Read More
Forming and Sustaining a Community of Practice for Volunteer-Based EDI Work
In Brief At the Diverse BookFinder (DBF), we work to move the diverse books discussion beyond increasing the number of books (see Aronson et al.)... Read More
Are we walking the talk? A snapshot of how academic LIS journals are (or aren’t) enacting disciplinary values
By Rachel Borchardt, Symphony Bruce, Amanda Click, and Charlotte Roh In Brief The academic library field claims to value social responsibility, open access, equity, diversity,... Read More
Racing to the Crossroads of Scholarly Communication and Democracy: But Who Are We Leaving Behind?
In Brief Scholarly communication has tremendous potential to help build and sustain a democratic society. Nevertheless, in our race to the crossroads of scholarly communication... Read More
Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
In Brief Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries... Read More
The Quest for Diversity in Library Staffing: From Awareness to Action
by Jennifer Vinopal The work of diversity in libraries begins at the crossroad where superiority, inaction, and denial become intolerable. – Sandra Ríos Balderrama, “This... Read More
Why Diversity Matters: A Roundtable Discussion on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Librarianship
In Brief: After presenting together at ACRL 2015 to share research we conducted on race, identity, and diversity in academic librarianship, we reconvene panelists Ione... Read More
Soliciting Performance, Hiding Bias: Whiteness and Librarianship
Image by Flickr user tweng (CC BY-SA 2.0) In Brief: Despite the growing body of research on our professional demographics and multi-year diversity initiatives, librarianship... Read More
Making a New Table: Intersectional Librarianship
In Brief: When librarians discuss the lack of underrepresented populations in librarianship, the solutions suggested most often are recruitment and awareness. But these discussions focus... Read More