Full Description
The news and scholarly literature are replete with stories and articles describing the challenges that diverse individuals face in their local communities and workplaces.
In Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success, more than 30 contributors share their experiences as advocates and supporters of equity, diversity, and inclusion in libraries and librarianship.
The book is arranged in three parts:
"Why Diversity and Inclusion Matter," explores the role diversity and inclusion has played in librarianship, addressing the question of its importance and relevance from the historical perspective to the present day.
"Equipping the Library Staff" shares experiences, lessons learned, practical strategies, and challenges faced when building a library staff that is not only diverse, but also equipped with the knowledge and experiences needed to serve a diverse clientele.
"Voices from the Field," presents individuals from diverse backgrounds share their stories who, frankly and honestly, offering potential strategies for meeting challenges faced in the everyday workplace.
This book tackles these issues head on and should appeal to a broad audience whose interest is in diversity as it relates to libraries and librarianship, including professional librarians and paraprofessional library staff.
It is the collective responsibility of all information professionals to create opportunities where individuals are encouraged and supported to bring their most authentic selves to the library. This level of authenticity will come as a result of intentional effort to cultivate spaces where people feel free to use whichever personal pronouns suit them, where individuals feel safe and comfortable to use the same support and professional development as their white counterparts, where diverse individuals can speak their truths and bring lived experiences to discussions without being attacked, mocked, or abused in the workplace, and where barriers that may prevent people with disabilities from taking full advantage of library services and spaces are removed. This book will help libraries realize that level of inclusion.
Contents
Introduction
Chris Bourg
Part 1: Why Diversity and Inclusion Matter
Chapter 1: From Whence We Came: A Historical Perspective
Janice M. Young and John L. Donovan
Chapter 2: Overview of Diversity and Inclusion Literature and Research: 1970-2017
Xan Y. Goodman
Chapter 3: The Changing Face of Librarianship
Carenado Davis and Tristan Ebron
Chapter 4: Implicit Bias and Microaggressions in Library and Information Sciences (LIS)
Nicole A. Cooke and Miriam E. Sweeney
Chapter 5: Subversive Librarianship as a Strategy for Social Justice and Activism
Rebecca Hankins
Part II: Equipping the Library Staff
Chapter 6: Leading a Diverse and Inclusive Library
Cristina Dominguez Ramírez
Chapter 7: Aligning the Library's Strategy with the Parent Organization
Gerald (Jerry) Perry, Jennifer Nichols, Cheryl Neal, Shawna Thompson, and Ping Situ
Chapter 8: Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce
Shannon D. Jones and Beverly Murphy
Chapter 9: Developing Cultural Competency and Sensitivity
Shaundra Walker
Chapter 10: Professional Development As a Growth Strategy
Placedia Miller and Tanika Martin
Part III: Voices from the Field
Chapter 11: From Recruitment to Promotion: Fostering the Success of Librarians from Diverse Populations
Alan R. Bailey
Chapter 12: Inside the Mind of the African-American Male Librarian
Carenado Davis, Tristan Ebron, and Carl Leak
Chapter 13: Interpersonal Relationships with Minority Women in Leadership Positions
kYmberly Keeton
Chapter 14: Otherness, Inclusion, and Libraries
Sonia Alcantara-Antoine
Chapter 15: An Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Complaint in Progressive Land Library
An African-American Female in Middle Management
Chapter 16: Disability and the Library Workplace
Katharine "JJ" Pionke
Chapter 17: Say My Name: Transgender Acceptance Across Campus
Amy Kautzman and Beth Lesen
Chapter 18: Me, An Academic Librarian - Never": How One Diversity Program Paved the Way for a Career in the Profession
Annabelle V. Nuñez and Gina Macaluso
Chapter 19: Creating a Successful Task Group on Diversity
Brenda Linares and Ene Belleh
Chapter 20: A Prescription for Critical Consciousness, Courage, and Cultural Humility in Cross Cultural Communications
Kenyon Railey
