LibGuides: Social Justice and Libraries: EDI and Library Work

For BIPOC Library Workers

We Here
A supportive community for BIPOC library and archives workers
Black Librarians
Online community
National Conference of African American Librarians
Postponed to 2021
Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
Coming in 2022

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Library Work

The Public Librarian Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative Study
By Kaetrena Davis Kendrick. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, Vol. 15, No 2 (2020).
Building a Critical Culture: How Critical Librarianship Falls Short in the Workplace
By Jennifer A. Ferretti. Communications in Information Literacy (2020).
Starting with I: Combating Anti-Blackness in Libraries
By Peace Ossom-Williamson et al. Journal Articles: Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library (2020).
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: resources for public libraries serving diverse populations
Alaska State Library
Advancing Racial Equity in Public Libraries: Case Studies from the Field
Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race & Equity
Kaetrena Davis Kendrick on Low Morale Among Academic Librarians
Library Journal, August 22, 2019
Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
By Fobazi Ettarh. In The Library With The Lead Pipe, Jan. 10, 2018.
Diversity in Libraries
American Library Association
Diversity in Public Libraries Strategies for Achieving a More Representative Workforce
By Sarah E. Larsen. Public Libraries Online. May/June 217
At the Intersection: Blog about the intersection of libraries, law, feminism, and diversity
April Hathcock
The Quest for Diversity in Library Staffing: From Awareness to Action
By Jennifer Vinopal. January 13, 2016
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
Public Library Association
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Dispatches from ACRL
How the conversation about EDI is influencing developments in academic libraries (By John Amundsen. American Libraries, March 24, 2017)
Academic librarians and social justice: A call to microactivism
By Rachel Lockman. ACRL College and Research Libraries News, 2015
So You Want To Be A Librarian?: Diversity & Inclusion
UNC University Libraries
Social Justice and the Medical Librarian
By Elaine Russo Martin. Journal of the Medical Library Association, July 2019.
Cultural Humility in Libraries
Reference Services Review (2019)
Locating the Library in Institutional Oppression
By Nina de Jesus. In the Library with the Lead Pipe, 2015.
Critlib
“Critlib is short for “critical librarianship,” a movement of library workers dedicated to bringing social justice principles into our work in libraries.”

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in LIS Education Programs

Co-creating MLIS Curriculum for Cultural Competence and Community-Driven Learning: Making Progress for the Future of Libraries
Hildreth, Susan; Tench, Beck; Bierbaum, Hayley. 06/2018
White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS
By April Hathcock. In the Library With the Lead Pipe, October 7, 2015.
Why Social Justice in the Library? | Outreach + Inreach
The case for shifting library policy, practice, and culture towards radical inclusivity. (By Margo Gustina and Eli Guinnee. Library Journal, June 8, 2017)
Positioning Library and Information Science Graduate Programs for 21st Century Practices
IMLS Forum Report, November 2017.
Barriers to Diversity: The problems of LIS internships and practica
By Meredith Farkas. American Libraries, May 1, 2019.

Libraries Are For Everyone (Credit: Rebecca McCorkindale)

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Social Justice and Libraries: EDI and Library Work

For BIPOC Library Workers

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Library Work

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in LIS Education Programs

Libraries Are For Everyone (Credit: Rebecca McCorkindale)

MLS Declaration of Inclusion