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Reading Materials and Resources for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Please feel free to add resources, comments, add or change categories, etc.

DEI initiatives in our community

Survey of existing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committees and initiatives across the GLAM landscape

Approaching difficult conversation

• Crucial Conversations book Part 1 and Part 2
• “Crucial Skills” blog
• "We Have to Talk: A Step-By-Step Checklist for Difficult Conversations" By Judy Ringer
• No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy
• “A Co-Active® Leadership Conversation:The Surprising Connection Between Vulnerability and Power” (61 minute webinar)
• What Does Call-In Mean? When Call-Out Culture Feels Toxic, This Method Can Be Used Instead By Kyli Rodriguez-Cayro
• “360° Dialogue: How to get people at every level to speak up” by Emily Gregory of VitalSmarts (40 minute webinar)
• So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo

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Implicit bias

• Keeping up with Implicit Bias by Tarica LaBossiere, Endia Paige, Beau Steenken and ACRL
• Identifying and responding to microaggressions at work: an interview with Dr. Joseph Williams By Alice Meadows
• The Person You Mean to Be by Dolly Chugh
• Bias: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji & Anthony G. Greenwald
• Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele

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Power dynamics & “imposter syndrome”

• “Just Not Sorry” Gmail plugin that helps empower rather than undermine your messages via email - pretty interesting! Check it out!
• “We Are Being Set Up To Fail — & It Should Make You Mad As Hell” Sarah M. Seltzer’s piece for Refinery29 argues that imposter syndrome has its roots in systemic problems
• “Inner and Outer Critics: the Power Dynamics of Imposter Syndrome” by Lauren Bacon blog post
• “You Don’t have imposter syndrome (And neither do I anymore)” by Alicia Liu blog post for medium.com
• “Overcoming Impostor Syndrome (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Coding)” by Alicia Liu blog post for medium.com

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Equality vs. Equity

• "The problem with that equity vs. equality graphic you’re using" blog post on Cultural Organizing

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Decolonization

• "Globalization, Open Access, and the Democratization of Knowledge" by Harrison W. Inefuku in EDUCAUSEreview
• “A Critical Take on OER Practices: Interrogating Commercialization, Colonialism, and Content” Sarah Crissinger in In The Library With The Lead Pipe
• Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith

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Gender Inclusion

• "Non-binary Gender Identities in Libraries and Beyond" blog post by Shelia on Hack Library School
• "Gender-Inclusive Library Workgroup Report" by Erin White, Donna E. Coghill, M. Teresa Doherty, Liam Palmer and Steve Barkley of Virginia Commonwealth University
• "From Diversity to Inclusion and Equity: Moving Beyond Good Intentions" blog post by By Susan Spilka on The Scholarly Kitchen
• A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson

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Inclusion (& Diversity)

• "Two Types of Diversity Training that Really Work" by Alex Lindsey , Eden King, Ashley Membere and Ho Kwan Cheung in the Harvard Business Review
• ACRL
  • Diversity Standards: Cultural Competency for Academic Libraries
  • "Reflection and Conclusion of the EDI Discussion Series" by Hallie Clawson
• Inside Higher Ed - Diversity Matters blog
• Social Inclusion Audit
• OpenCon’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report
• NASIG Diversity and Inclusion Award
• "To learn inclusion skills, make it personal" by David Asai in Nature
• "Here’s what your diversity and inclusion initiatives are missing" by Alison Williams in Forbes
• "Cultural Framework" Courtesy of Kelvin White for the Society of American Archivists' Cultural Heritage Working Group
• The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and the National Council on Public History (NCPH)
• “Making a New Table: Intersectional Librarianship” by Fobazi Ettarh in In The Library With The Lead Pipe
• “Diversity Matters? Rethinking Diversity in Libraries” by ShinJoung Yeo and James R. Jacobs in Counterpoise
• “Library Publishing and Diversity Values: Changing Scholarly Publishing Through Policy and Scholarly Communication Education” by Charlotte Roh in C&RL News

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DEI in labor practices

• “Measuring What Matters: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Academic Library Strategic Plans” by Jennifer K. Frederick and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg on Ithaka S+R
• “Who is doing the heavy lifting in terms of diversity and inclusion work?” by Colleen Flaherty on Inside Higher Ed
• “Evening Things Out” - addressing faculty workload disparities by Colleen Flaherty - talks about four interventions against workload imbalances:
• increasing faculty awareness of implicit bias
• making data on work activity transparent
• sharing organizational practices to encourage equity
• providing individual professional development to help faculty members align their time and priorities
• How to Foster a Culture of Belonging at Work: https://qz.com/work/1545508/how-to-foster-a-culture-of-belonging-at-work/
• Assess how you feel about “belonging” exercise: https://www.lizandmollie.com/assessment/
• Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Report: Members of the Association of Research Libraries, Employee Demographics and Director Perspectives https://sr.ithaka.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170830-Mellon-SR-Report-Inclusion-Diversity-Equity-ARL.pdf
• Jennifer Vinopal's post on In the Library w the Lead Pipe from Jan 2016: The Quest for Diversity in Library Staffing: From Awareness to Action: http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/quest-for-diversity/
• "Critical Race Theory and the Recruitment, Retention and Promotion of a Librarian of Color" by Shaundra Walker https://kb.gcsu.edu/lib/1/
• Sample job posting language to recruit diverse candidates: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jS1RsknftHcgI2W26lgQNHZI0OY7AK5J/view?usp=sharing
• Collective Responsibility: Seeking Equity for Contingent Labor in Libraries, Archives, and Museums by Sandy Rodriguez, Ruth Tillman, Amy Wickner, Stacie Williams, and Emily Drabinski (White Paper) https://osf.io/m6gn2/
• Strategies for Minimizing Implicit Bias in Recruitment and Retention - From ACRL’s Keeping Up WIth Implicit Bias: http://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/keeping_up_with/bias
• Review your library’s diversity and inclusion statement. If your library does not have one consider drafting a statement that indicates the organization’s commitment to inclusion.
• Create rubrics to ensure consistency when reviewing new-hire applications. Also use scripts during the interview process to minimize bias-based favoritism.
• Promote training that enhances cultural competency.
• Ensure that library displays and instructional materials reflect a commitment to inclusion.
• Develop formal mentorship initiatives. Mentors often become invested in their mentee's success, regardless of demographic or cultural differences.
• “Reproducing the Academy: Librarians and the Question of Service in the Digital Humanities,” Roxanne Shirazi, Jul. 15, 2014
• The Low Morale Experience of Academic Librarians: A Phenomenological Study: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01930826.2017.1368325

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