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We've Failed at Diversifying Our Librarian Ranks, Now What ? A Plan for Addressing the "Pipeline" Problem
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
  • Annie Sollinger, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Isabel Espinal, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Pete Smith, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Kate Freedman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Type
Presentation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/15f0-8a26
Session Description

Despite great effort from individuals on our staff, the racial diversity of the library’s employees has remained largely unchanged, mirroring the stagnant demographics of the profession. Over the last year, we’ve come to understand more about why we have failed and gained critical insight into how we might succeed in the future via a bolder approach that we are now advocating for, in our library and libraries across the US: by investing time and money in Post-Baccalaureate Diversity Recruitment Fellowships.

Keywords
  • Diversification,
  • Failure,
  • Diversity
Citation Information
Annie Sollinger, Isabel Espinal, Pete Smith and Kate Freedman. "We've Failed at Diversifying Our Librarian Ranks, Now What ? A Plan for Addressing the "Pipeline" Problem" (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/isabel_espinal/9/