White Paper on “Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity...."

ACRL releases “Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity among Academic and Research Librarians”

CHICAGO —The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the release of “Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity among Academic and Research Librarians: The Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Librarians of Color,” a white paper commissioned by the ACRL Board of Directors working group on diversity, chaired by Dorothy Washington of the Purdue University Black Cultural Center Library in Lafayette, Ind. The paper was authored by Teresa Neely of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., and Lorna Peterson of the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y.

The white paper and a companion piece authored by ACRL President Julie Todaro, of the Austin Community College in Austin, Texas, can be found online at www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/whitepapersreports.cfm.

Full Press Release from ALA

Feb/March 2007 Guest Column on Diversity Issues

The latest February/March issue of the UConn Libraries Newsletter is now available online.

Our Guest Columnist on Diversity Issues is Theo. Van Alst, Coordinator of UConn's Native American Cultural Society Office.

Read his column on page 5, entitled: "The Native American Cultural Society Office Celebrates It's First Official Anniversary"

10th Annual Diversity & Outreach Fair

Join the ALA’s Office for Literacy & Outreach Services and the ALA Committee on Literacy in…
Celebrating Extraordinary Examples of Diversity and Outreach in Action @ America’s Libraries

10th Annual Diversity and Outreach Fair
ALA Annual Conference – Washington, D.C.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Washington Convention Center

The 2007 Diversity and Outreach Fair will highlight bookmobile and other innovative services to underserved communities including,

§ Bookmobiles and literacy programs v Mobile access to technology
§ Bookmobile services to specific v Innovative services to other underserved
populations, including: communities, including:
§ People with disabilities § Poor and low-income families
§ Homeless people § Homebound people
§ Communities of color § At-risk youth
§ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Community
§ Incarcerated persons
§ New Americans
§ Children & Seniors

Librarians are invited to share their experiences and resources through a poster presentation and informal conversations with colleagues. Showcase your library’s accomplishments and help inspire others interested in creating and sustaining literacy and outreach services at libraries across the country. Entry forms are available online at www.ala.org/divfair and will be accepted through April 30th, 2007.

For additional information, contact: Tanga Morris
ALA – Office for Literacy and Outreach Services
(800) 545-2433, ext. 4294
tmorris@ala.org

Prizes will be awarded in recognition of presentations that demonstrate visual appeal, creativity, and how programs and services impacted their local communities.

The Diversity and Outreach Fair is generously supported by DEMCO

UConn Libraries Newsletter Diversity Column

Don't miss reading the UConn Libraries Newsletter featuring a Diversity Column Guest Writer!

November/December 2006 UConn Libraries Newsletter
--"Children of Immigrants and Immigrant-Parent Penalties" by Bandana Purkayastha,
Associate Professor, Sociology and Asian American Studies (p. 5)


September/October 2006 UConn Libraries Newsletter
--"From the Vice Provost: Diversity Counts"by Brinley Franklin (p. 2)
-- "Revisiting the Issue of Diversity at UConn" by Ronald L. Taylor (p. 5)