Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Special Projects Showcase
Monday, June 27, 2022
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Washington Convention Center, 140A
Over the last few years, particularly since the 2020 summer of racial reawakening, many libraries have started special projects and initiatives to address diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in our collections, technology, staffing and leadership. This presentation showcase will highlight some of the ongoing or completed projects by librarians at public, academic, and special libraries. Panelists will be selected to ensure that this showcase is of value to librarians and administrators in a wide variety of roles and from many types of libraries.
As librarians seek to rise to the challenge of combating many of our institutional histories of white privilege and systemic racism, programs and initiatives are emerging driven by practitioners committed to effecting change. Attendees of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Special Projects Showcase will learn about innovative approaches being adopted and adapted across the profession, including those that are experimental or so new they have yet to be written about in the literature.
About the Committee: The charge of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of Core is as follows: -To establish and maintain anti-racism, diversity, and inclusion as fundamental principles of Core; -To articulate the desired facets of anti-racism, diversity, and inclusion within Core; -To propose appropriate goals for anti-racism, diversity, and inclusion in Core membership, participation, and programming and metrics for measuring success; -To advise and coordinate with other Core committees, project teams, and the governing board on strategies to meet these goals; -To coordinate with other groups within ALA on EDI issues in the library workplace; -To report annually to the governing board on the Committee's progress.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will learn about anti-racism and EDI projects completed or currently underway at public, academic, or special libraries
Attendees will learn how they might start anti-racism and EDI projects at their libraries
Attendees will learn about Core’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, its charge, and how to get involved.