Improving Diversity:

Wheeler, Maurice B.; Hanson, Jaqueline

doi:10.1300/j111v21n03_12

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“…How libraries initiated and continued diversity initiatives are relevant to this research. Before discussing diversity in the library workplace, we recognize the diversity in Library and Information Science (LIS) programs as stepping stones (Kim & Sin, 2008;Love, 2010;Wheeler & Hanson, 1995). At least one study argues that diversity efforts to recruit and retain will improve once there is a concentration on increasing faculty diversity in LIS programs (Jaeger & Franklin, 2007).…”

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“Why the Silence?”: Giving a Voice to the Lived Experiences of STEMM Librarians

Magid,

Torres

2024

ISTL

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Inclusion, diversity, belonging, and equity (IDBE) are tenets discussed and developed in many universities and university libraries. Although there were studies on IDBE in libraries in general, the authors of this study were particularly interested in what Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) librarians were facing or not facing regarding IDBE. We were unable to locate any known study focusing on STEMM librarians' lived experiences regarding IDBE. Thus, our study aimed to explore this area further. A survey consisting of multiple-choice, Likert and short-answer questions was sent to STEMM librarians via specific listservs. In this study, we use a grounded theory approach and analyze three of the questions in the survey. This study would particularly interest librarians who would like to ascertain the climate of IDBE and the intersection with social justice in STEMM Librarianship. Also, we provide strategies to improve the climate and provide a more inclusive, diverse, equitable and belonging environment for STEMM Librarians. Our data analysis shows that STEMM librarians who identify as People of Color encounter negative behaviors, experiences, and attitudes at a much higher rate than STEMM librarians who are white. In addition, many STEMM librarians who identify as white report white privilege awareness.

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“Why the Silence?”: Giving a Voice to the Lived Experiences of STEMM Librarians

Magid,

Torres

2024

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“…In addition to meeting the library's needs, student employment in the library also impacts student retention at the university (Rushing & Poole, 2002) and positive social integration and persistence at the university or college (Weston, 2009). Student workers also diversify library staff because of the number of minority and international student hired for work study positions (Wheeler & Hanson, 1995).…”

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Student Workers: The Untapped Resource for Library Professions

Maxey-Harris¹,

Cross²,

McFarland³

2010

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For years libraries have hired hundreds of student workers to maintain crucial functions in the library. Without student workers, libraries cannot provide essential services to the university community. Yet limited research exists on how libraries have developed professional career tracks for student workers and library staff. Investigators from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Southern Illinois University Carbondale developed a survey to determine what portion of library employees started as student workers and to what extent there is career mobility within academic libraries. Librarians and staff were surveyed and participated in focus groups to share stories about their start in libraries. The study also explored what behaviors, opportunities, and experiences encouraged them to stay in library work. Based on the comments from the survey and focus groups, libraries do not actively promote library careers for student workers and staff. This research showed the student worker experience is an untapped strategy to develop library professionals. It also provides insight into specific strategies libraries can use to encourage student workers and library staff to develop a career in libraries.

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Increasing Ethnic Diversity in LIS: Strategies Suggested by Librarians of Color

Kim

Sin²

2008

The Library Quarterly

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Improving Diversity:

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“Why the Silence?”: Giving a Voice to the Lived Experiences of STEMM Librarians

“Why the Silence?”: Giving a Voice to the Lived Experiences of STEMM Librarians

Student Workers: The Untapped Resource for Library Professions

Increasing Ethnic Diversity in LIS: Strategies Suggested by Librarians of Color

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