Heroes and Holidays: The Status of Diversity Initiatives at Liberal Arts College Libraries

Gilbert, Julie

doi:10.5860/crl.77.4.520

Cited by 15 publications

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“…Collaborating with colleagues from other departments significantly increased the potency of the messages I needed to deliver when I was the only one who had knowledge of reported incidents. This experience echoes that of other librarians collaborating within their institutions on DEI initiatives, as shown in Gilbert’s (2016) research and reported by individual librarians (Love, 2007; Switzer, 2008; Edwards, 2010; Leadley and Ryan, 2015).…”

Section: Advancing and Maintaining An Inclusive Campus Climatesupporting

confidence: 73%

An academic digital library advancing an equitable and inclusive educational environment

Macchia

2020

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Purpose At an academic digital library of a graduate business school in Berlin, Germany, the librarian reflects on the “new normal” following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with its increased faculty and student engagement with digital resources and heightened awareness of and activity in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Design/methodology/approach This paper details the concepts and practices of an academic library that is a center for information resources and services, as well as a contact point for DEI advocacy and student conflict mediation. The librarian is the only information professional at the school, and this is a reflective essay written from her perspective. Findings This case study suggests that a librarian cross-trained as a conflict mediator or coach can offer both information literacy and support services to further the development of an inclusive campus environment. Educators in both roles build students’ competence and confidence, focus on their achievements and progress and contribute to their sense of belonging. Combining these activities in a central institution builds on the strengths of both disciplines and is consistent with inclusion as a core principle of librarianship. Originality/value The findings will be useful for librarians wishing to expand their existing mandate to provide inclusive information access and services to include DEI initiatives.

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Section: Advancing and Maintaining An Inclusive Campus Climatesupporting

confidence: 73%

An academic digital library advancing an equitable and inclusive educational environment

Macchia

2020

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“…This report acknowledges the robust and various conversations about diversity reflected in demographic professional representation, 3 holdings, 4 and mission and values statements 5 at academic and public libraries and archives. 6 In this report, and given the thematic emphases of the LVEHC, the authors consider diversity especially in terms of race, ethnicity, and histories of migration.…”

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Community-Based Digital Archives to Support Diversifying Campuses and Enhance Community Involvement

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2021

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This installment of "Reports from the Field" demonstrates how the building of communitybased digital archives in academic libraries can support campus diversity initiatives and spur greater engagement with community concerns. As college campuses rapidly become more diverse along racial and ethnic lines, social issues concerning race and ethnicity arise frequently both on campus and in the surrounding communities. These issues create an opportunity for academic libraries to build digital archives that reflect the voices of community members and for students and professors to engage with these materials in their learning and research. As a result, the curriculum and research possibilities of educational institutions can more clearly reflect the diversity in and around them. This report describes a multiyear, multi-institutional effort to build community-based digital archives. Through the creation of such archives, the academic library becomes pivotal in helping colleges and communities engage with one another in reciprocally beneficial ways.Public libraries have much to teach academic libraries regarding community involvement and inclusion.

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“…A reliance on noble rhetoric and opaque organizational objectives that fail to gain traction tends to be commonplace with DEIA initiatives. Too often, the research indicates that many individuals verbalize the will to engage in meaningful DEIA work (Leslie et al 2021) yet fail to operationalize DEIA efforts beyond celebrating (often dead) heroes and holidays (Gilbert 2016). The work of DEIA must not stop with verbal expressions.…”

Section: Foregrounding Franklin's Quote To Create the "Frank-lin Model Of Deia"mentioning

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Well Done Is Better than Well Said

Hudson-Ward¹

2021

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Heralding Benjamin Franklin as a model for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) can be viewed as peculiar as it sounds. Without question, Franklin's personal and professional histories as a past slaveholder, alleged womanizer, and bully are problematic. Yet, the messiness of Franklin's life with all of its inherent complications and his transformation into a champion for the oppressed makes him a ripe subject for ongoing study. Moreover, Franklin's life example can help us formulate a roadmap for how we too can evolve and transform in our thinking, allyship, and approaches to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

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Heroes and Holidays: The Status of Diversity Initiatives at Liberal Arts College Libraries

Cited by 15 publications

References 12 publications

An academic digital library advancing an equitable and inclusive educational environment

An academic digital library advancing an equitable and inclusive educational environment

Community-Based Digital Archives to Support Diversifying Campuses and Enhance Community Involvement

Well Done Is Better than Well Said

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