Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources

The following recommended resources were assembled by the MLA Diversity and Inclusion Task Force (2017-2020) and the MLA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee(2020-).

DEI Learning Opportunities!

See a list of DEI opportunities-includes links to registration pages and recordings.

Inclusive resources for learning and teaching

Accessibility and Disability

• Accessibility and Disability Caucus Chair JJ Pionke featured in the webinar, Accessibility for Everyone: Thinking about Universal Design
• Serving Patrons with Disabilities in Your Library or Clinic Webinar 
• Getting Around: Physical Accessibility of Spaces
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Nine Conversations that Matter to Health Sciences Librarians with Jessica Pettitt co-sponsored with the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM)
• ALA Carnegie-Whitney Grant Project: Disability Resource Guide
• Disability Theory: Home
• Project Implicit
• Twitter #critlib
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• WorldCon Accessibility FAQ
• CAST Free Learning Tools
• brainline

Critical Librarianship

• MLA Critical Conversations: Building Workplace Conversational Skills--self-paced course available on demand
• Critical Librarianship Webinar Part II, Recording, Chat, Resources presented by the MLA Diversity and Inclusion Task Force
• Critical Librarianship Webinar Part I RECORDING, Chat presented by the MLA Diversity and Inclusion Task Force
• African-Americans Are More Likely to Distrust the Medical System. Blame the Tuskegee Experiment. 
• Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe 
• Comics and Critical Librarianship edited by Olivia Piepmeier and Stephanie Grimm 
• Graphic Medicine Manifesto by MK Czerwiec et al. 
• The Privileged Poor by Anthony Abraham Jack 
• A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson 
• A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G and J.R. Zuckerberg 
• Webinar recordings and further information about using graphic medicine in libraries from the NNLM NER

LGBTQIA+

• LGBTQ Health Sciences Librarians Caucus Resources Page (join caucus for access)
• The Trevor Project
• Safe Zone Project
• Human Rights Campaign
• Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
• GLMA

Leadership Strategies

 Recommended reading:

• ARL Leadership Fellows Program, https://www.arl.org/category/our-priorities/learning-at-arl/arl-leadership-fellows-program/ 
• NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program, https://www.aahsl.org/leadershipfellows 
• Bugg, K. (2016). The Perceptions of People of Color in Academic Libraries Concerning the Relationship Between Retention and Advancement as Middle Managers. Journal of Library Administration, 56(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2015.1105076 
• Croxton, RA, Crumpton, MA, & Holmes GV. (2016). Promoting Diversity to Add Value to the LIS Profession. The Bottom Line, 29(3). https://doi.org/10.1108/BL-05-2016-0024 
• Eldermire, ERB, Heyns, EP, & Howard, HA. (2019). Unsubstantiated Conclusions. A Scoping Review on Generational Differences of Leadership in Academic Libraries. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2019.102054 
• Equity in the Center. (2020). Awake to Woke: Building a Race Equity Culture. https://www.equityinthecenter.org/ 
• Harper, LM. (2020). Recruitment and Retention Strategies of LIS Students and Professionals from Underrepresented Groups in the United States. Library Management, 41(2-3). https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-07-2019-0044 
• Hines, S. (2019). Leadership Development for Academic Librarians: Maintaining the Status Quo? Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 4. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v4.29311 
• Hosoi, M, Evans, G, & Kirkpatrick, NS. (2020). Creating Diversity in Libraries: Management Perspectives. Library Leadership & Management, 34(4). https://doi.org/10.5860/llm.v34i4.7446 
• Kandiuk, M. (2014). Promoting Racial and Ethnic Diversity among Canadian Academic Librarians. College & Research Libraries, 75(1). https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.75.4.492 
• Sanchez-Rodriguez. (2020). In Pursuit of Diversity in the CUNY Library Profession: An Effective Approach to Leadership in Academic Libraries. Journal of Library Administration, 61(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2020.1853470
• University Health Services, University of California, Berkeley. (2013). A Toolkit for Recruiting and Hiring a More Diverse Workforce. https://diversity.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/recruiting_a_more_diverse_workforce_uhs.pdf 

Glossary of Terms 

Maintained by the ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services, this glossary includes terms related to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Library Association Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statements

• AAHSL. Strategic Plan 2016-2018.
• ALA Council. (2004). About ALA: ALA’s core values, key action areas and strategic directions
• ALA Council. (2017). ALA Strategic direction: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals CILIP (UK). Code of Professional Practice.
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals CILIP (UK). Equalities and Diversity Declaration.
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals CILIP (UK). (2016). CILIP Strategic Plan 2016-2020. 
• Craig, A. (2010). Focus on Diversity YALSA Diversity Taskforce.
• European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL). Code of Ethics
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). (2016).  Code of Ethics for Librarians and other Information Workers.
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). (2018, December 10).  Strategic Direction 3: Cultural Heritage.
• Scott, D.I. (2017). The New Juan Crow: Unpacking the Links Between Discrimination and Crime for Latinxs. Race and Justice

Project Implicit

Test your attitudes and beliefs with the the Implicit Association Test (IAT)