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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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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (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
• “Undue Burden: Who is doing the heavy lifting in terms of diversity and inclusion work?” by Colleen Flaherty on Inside Higher Ed
• “Evening Things Out: New research says relatively simple interventions are effective in addressing faculty workload imbalances and inequities" by Colleen Flaherty on Inside Higher Ed
• "How to Foster a Culture of Belonging at Work" by Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy on Quartz At Work
• "Emotions and You" emotional tendencies assessment exercise by Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy on Liz+Mollie
• Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Report: Members of the Association of Research Libraries, Employee Demographics and Director Perspectives by Roger C. Schonfeld and Liam Sweeney
• "The Quest for Diversity in Library Staffing: From Awareness to Action" by Jennifer Vinopal's in In the Library w the Lead Pipe
• "Critical Race Theory and the Recruitment, Retention and Promotion of a Librarian of Color" by Shaundra Walker book chapter in Where Are All the Librarians of Color? The Experiences of People of Color in Academia, edited by Rebecca Hankins and Miguel Juárez
• Sample job posting language to recruit diverse candidates Emily Carr University of Art + Design
• Collective Responsibility: Seeking Equity for Contingent Labor in Libraries, Archives, and Museums by Sandy Rodriguez, Ruth Tillman, Amy Wickner, Stacie Williams, and Emily Drabinski
• "Keeping Up WIth Implicit Bias" by Tarica LaBossiere, Endia Paige, and Beau Steenken for ACRL
• “Reproducing the Academy: Librarians and the Question of Service in the Digital Humanities” by Roxanne Shirazi
• "The Low Morale Experience of Academic Librarians: A Phenomenological Study" by Kaetrena Davis Kendrick in Journal of Library Administration

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Personal experience stories

• "Bias by a Thousand Cuts: A True Story" by by Joan Baldwin on Leadership Matters
• Yes, I'm Hot in This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab by Huda Fahmy

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Race in librarianship/academia

Critical Conversations: A Tool for Dismantling White Supremacy at PWI’s: bit.ly/DWS-IDEAL White Fragility | DiAngelo | The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy http://libjournal.uncg.edu/ijcp/article/view/249 "Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique" by Kimberle Crenshaw https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclf/vol1989/iss1/8/ Trippin’ Over the Color Line: The Invisibility of Race in Library and Information Studies https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4nj0w1mp In Pursuit of Anti-racist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/34983 On "Diversity" as Anti-Racism in Library and Information Studies: A Critique | Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies http://libraryjuicepress.com/journals/index.php/jclis/article/view/6 White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS – In the Library with the Lead Pipe http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/lis-diversity/ Racial Microaggressions in Academic Libraries: Results of a Survey of Minority and Non-minority Librarians - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009913331400192X Soliciting Performance, Hiding Bias: Whiteness and Librarianship – In the Library with the Lead Pipe http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/soliciting-performance-hiding-bias-whiteness-and-librarianship/ Topographies of Whiteness (book): https://litwinbooks.com/books/topographies-of-whiteness/ Pushing the Margins: Women of Color and Intersectionality in LIS (book): https://litwinbooks.com/books/pushing-the-margins/ “Reclaiming our Time: A conversation with tenure-track academic librarians of color” - presentation from ACRL (see speakers on slide 4) Brittany P. Fiedler’s Working Bibliography on POC, Academia, Libraries, and Tenure-Track Jobs: https://www.bpfiedler.com/pocinlis (link to source sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/179LHsfYhWg1_9wHDMunMzEHWEa5lDUt3toHEtcdNUSU/edit?usp=sharing) Concept of “Racecraft” https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/06/karen-barbara-fields-racecraft-dolezal-racism/ “White Institutional Presence: The Impact of Whiteness on Campus Climate,” Diane Lynn Gusa, Harvard Educational Review 80(4), 2010 “The Unbearable Whiteness of Librarianship,” Chris Bourg, Feral Librarian, Mar. 3, 2014 “In Pursuit of Antiracist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library,” Freeda Brook, Dave Ellenwood, & Althea Eannace Lazzarro, Library Trends 64(2), 2015 “Whiteness as Property,” Cheryl I. Harris, Harvard Law Review 106(8), 1707-91, 1993 How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Jason Rodriguez & Kendralin J. Freeman (2016) ‘Your focus on race is narrow and exclusive:’ the derailment of anti-racist work through discourses of intersectionality and diversity, Whiteness and Education, 1:1, 69-82, DOI: 10.1080/23793406.2016.1162193 Ruha Benjamin: Race After Technology Michelle Alexander The New Jim Crow Delgado Critical Race Theory White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson When Race Breaks Out: Conversations about Race and Racism in College Classrooms by Helen Fox How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi We Here: a supportive social community for archive and library workers of color https://librarieswehere.wordpress.com/ In publishing: Roh, C., & Gabler, V. (2020). Systemic barriers and allyship in library publishing: A case study reminder that no one is safe from racism. College & Research Libraries News, 81(3), 141. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.81.3.141 Concealing White Supremacy through Fantasies of the Library: Economies of Affect at Work https://muse.jhu.edu/article/752706 Top of Page

DEI in technology systems and interfaces

Design for Diversity Learning Toolkit Care, Code, and Digital Libraries: Embracing Critical Practice in Digital Library Communities – In the Library with the Lead Pipe http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/digital-libraries-critical-practice-in-communities/ “Invisible Defaults and Perceived Limitations: Processing the Juan Gelman Files” by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez https://medium.com/on-archivy/invisible-defaults-and-perceived-limitations-processing-the-juan-gelman-files-4187fdd36759 “Access Is Not Problem Solving: Disability Justice and Libraries,” Alana Kumbier and Julia Starkey, Library Trends 64(3), 468-91, 2016 “Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction,” Emily Drabinski, Library Quarterly 83(2), 94-111, 2013 Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil Top of Page

Active Bystander tips

Librarians as Active Bystanders: Centering Social Justice in LIS Practice: https://vimeo.com/210659589 Bystander Resources from hollaback: https://www.ihollaback.org/resources/bystander-resources/ “What Is Your Responsibility as a Bystander to a Colleague Having Problems?” from the Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.chronicle.com/article/What-Is-Your-Responsibility-as/244287 Bystander Intervention Do’s and Don’ts from American Friends Service Committee: https://www.afsc.org/bystanderintervention Top of Page

Images for diversity, equity, inclusion

Representation Matters: The best high-resolution, royalty-free stock image collection focusing on inclusion and diversity: http://representationmatters.me/ The Gender Spectrum Collection:Stock Photos Beyond the Binary: https://broadlygenderphotos.vice.com/ Top of Page

Intersectional Feminism

Wernimont & Losh, "Bodies of Information." In the series "Debates in the Digital Humanities."https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/bodies-of-information WOC + Lib: https://www.wocandlib.org/about-us Top of Page

Homelessness

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond Those who wander : America's lost street kids by: Ho, V. (Vivian) Roam by: Armstrong, C. H. (Catherine H.) Top of Page

Recommended authors

David James Hudson Maura Seale Rafia Mirza Gina Schlesselman-Tarango Fobazi Ettarh Safiya Noble Robin Di Angelo WEB De Bois Audrey Watters Anna Lauren Hoffmann Top of Page

Additional resources

Adrienne Maree Brown: Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds DLF Digital Collection Creation (Cultural Assessment) Annotated Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18EBvHoWLbNx5-NA5_Llm9BQqx3RxOEsALrw5-JD8o4o/edit?usp=sharing Bottled up emotions at work lead to burnout: https://www.mindful.org/bottled-up-emotions-at-work-lead-to-burnout/ See “books” section for readings not listed specifically in this document (articles have been listed in this document): https://aprilhathcock.wordpress.com/recommended-reading/ DeEtta Jones and Associates puts on a lot of staff development workshops around these issues. https://deettajones.com/ Methods in forming a strategic plan. http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=846257ed-eda7-46ce-8121-5ea1add03c22%40pdc-v-sessmgr05 Top of Page

Indigenous land acknowledgements

Example: New York University is located on the ancestral lands of the Lənape Haki-nk, of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, a proud and sovereign nation whose commitment to culture, community, and land stewardship persist in the face of ongoing settler colonialism. Example: Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR is located in the traditional territory of the Chepenefu ("Mary's River") band of the Kalapuya. After the Kalapuya Treaty (Treaty of Dayton) in 1855, Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to what are now the Grand Ronde and Siletz reservations, and are now members of Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (http://ctsi.nsn.us). Example: The University of Oregon in Eugene, OR is located on Kalapuya Ilihi, the traditional indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya people. Following treaties between 1851 and 1855, Kalapuya people were dispossessed of their indigenous homeland by the United States government and forcibly removed to the Coast Reservation in Western Oregon. Today, descendants are citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon, and they continue to make important contributions in their communities, at UO, and across the land we now refer to as Oregon. For more information, please see the UO Libraries full statement on Honoring Native Peoples and Lands. Example: I live and work on Chochenyo Ohlone land. Whose land are you on? University of Alberta: https://www.ualberta.ca/toolkit/communications/acknowledgment-of-traditional-territory University of Guelph http://www.uoguelph.ca/facultyjobs/postings/ad19-59.shtml UCLA: https://chancellor.ucla.edu/messages/acknowledging-native-peoples-ucla-events/ University of San Diego: https://sites.sandiego.edu/komjathy/files/2019/09/KumeyaayLandAcknowledgement.pdf San Diego State University: https://diversity.sdsu.edu/inclusion/jlwood/resource-library/land-acknowledgement.pdf The University of South Dakota acknowledges at many events that it is built on the ancestral lands of the Sioux, but I I could not find such an acknowledgement on the university's website. Mitakuye Oyasin does appear in several places (Sioux proverb meaning 'we are all related') Michigan State University has a land acknowledgement: https://www.canr.msu.edu/nai/about/land-acknowledgements I don't see a lot of institutional encouragement for staff to use acknowledgments of original land inhabitants in their *email signatures,* per se, but I do see some practitioners using wording that is also used by their institutions. Wording found at: https://www.washington.edu/diversity/tribal-relations/ and https://odi.osu.edu/land-acknowledgment city of Toronto: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/accessibility-human-rights/indigenous-affairs-office/land-acknowledgement/ http://landacknowledgements.org University of Oregon: https://library.uoregon.edu/honoring-native-peoples-and-lands Top of Page