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Diversity, equity, and inclusion in action : planning, leadership, and programming / edited by Christine Bombaro.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: xxi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780838947593
  • 083894759X
Subject(s):
Contents:
Moving from diversity to equity and inclusion with social justice as the goal -- Diversity, equity, and inclusion as action -- Diversity from the inside out -- That's just the way it is -- Mitigating implicit bias in reference service and literature searching -- Creating an inclusive teaching and learning program for academic libraries -- Reconstructing history -- Student veterans on campus -- How librarians can improve first-generation student retention through outreach, immersion, and partnerships -- Interns, inclusion, and iteration.
Summary: "This book offers thought-provoking ideas and actionable advice from librarians who have implemented replicable and scalable initiatives that have helped their institutions understand and address issues surrounding the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 027.63 D618 Available 33111010414734
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

All too often, in a hurried attempt to "catch up," diversity training can create division among staff or place undue burdens on a handful of employees. Instead, academic libraries need approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that position these priorities as ongoing institutional and professional goals. This book's model programs will help academic libraries do exactly that, sharing a variety of initiatives that possess clear goals, demonstrable outcomes, and reproducible strategies. Librarians, administrators, and directors will all benefit from the programs detailed inside, which include such topics as

a university library's community of practice for interactions and learning around DEI; cultural competency training to create more welcoming instruction spaces; student workshops on literature searches that mitigate bias; overcoming the historic tendency to marginalize LGBTQ+ representation in archives; a curriculum and design workshop that moved from discussing social values to embedding them in actions; the founding of a library-led LGBT club for students at a rural community college; a liberal arts college's retention-boosting program for first-generation students; tailoring a collection and library services to the unique needs of student veterans; and a framework for moving from diversity to equity and inclusion, toward a goal of social justice.

"This book offers thought-provoking ideas and actionable advice from librarians who have implemented replicable and scalable initiatives that have helped their institutions understand and address issues surrounding the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Moving from diversity to equity and inclusion with social justice as the goal -- Diversity, equity, and inclusion as action -- Diversity from the inside out -- That's just the way it is -- Mitigating implicit bias in reference service and literature searching -- Creating an inclusive teaching and learning program for academic libraries -- Reconstructing history -- Student veterans on campus -- How librarians can improve first-generation student retention through outreach, immersion, and partnerships -- Interns, inclusion, and iteration.

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