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Mitigating Implicit Bias in Reference Service and Literature Searching
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action: Planning, Leadership, and Programming (2020)
  • Molly Higgins
  • Rachel K Stark, California State University, Sacramento
Abstract
In this chapter, we provide a review of the growing body of literature on implicit bias within health sciences libraries, briefly describe a workshop on identifying and addressing implicit bias that may affect reference interviews and database searching, and offer concrete strategies for addressing implicit bias within reference and research processes. Although the research and activities described here are based in the health sciences, the approaches can be modified for non–health sciences libraries and are not all health sciences–based. While we acknowledge that implicit bias often manifests around gender, LGBTQ+, and various other statuses, we focus on race and ethnicity for this chapter.
Keywords
  • Reference Services,
  • DEI,
  • anti-racist,
  • Medical Libraries
Publication Date
Fall September, 2020
Editor
Christine Bombaro
Publisher
ALA Editions
ISBN
9780838947593
Citation Information
Molly Higgins and Rachel K Stark. "Mitigating Implicit Bias in Reference Service and Literature Searching" ChicagoDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action: Planning, Leadership, and Programming (2020) p. 59 - 72
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/molly_higgins/37/