Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Libraries
See also our many pages dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion of Specific Communities in libraries.
ALA & SAA Groups & Sections
ALA (American Library Association) and Affiliates
Rainbow Round Table of ALA (formerly GLBTRT)
Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) Diversity Committee
REFORMA - The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking
Statements from Libraries and Library Organizations on Racism, Black Lives Matter, and Increased Violence (Infodocket, June 1, 2020)
SAA (Society of American Archivists)
Other Organizations
IDEAL: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity Activists in Libraries: wiki resource of social justice in libraries
The Incluseum - An inclusive resource for museums, many of which are useful for library work.
Impacting Museums: explores ways that museums, galleries, and heritage sites create more socially just societies through museum practices
The Network: UK-based organization working to support libraries, museums, archives, galleries and other cultural and heritage organizations (as well as individuals) who are working to tackle social exclusion and towards social justice.
Que(e)ry Librarians: Community and fundraising events for libraries and archives of LGBTQ+ history and heritage
We Here: supportive community/space for library and archives workers of color.
Resources
2016 LACUNY Institute - Race Matters: Libraries, Racism, and Antiracism, commons.gc.cuny.edu, 20 May 2016.
Disrupting Whiteness in Libraries and Librarianship (University of Wisconsin)
Diversity and Inclusion SPEC Kit 356, Published by Association of Research Libraries, September 2017.
Green Book for Libraries: A Guide to Working Conditions of Libraries For Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion
Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory. Edited by Sofia Y. Leung and Jorge R. López-McKnight. MIT Press, 2021.
Moore, Alanna Aiko & Jaena Alabi. Racial and LGBT Microaggressions: An Introduction for Library Leaders, March 2015.
Resources to Counter White Nationalism in Libraries (Library Workers against Racism, Progressive Librarians Guild)
Up//Root: a publishing collective that exists to center the works, knowledge, and experiences of BIPOC within the context of the library and archive community.
Topographies of Whiteness: Mapping Whiteness In Library and Information Science. Editor: Gina Schlesselman-Tarango. Library Juice Press, 2017.
Articles, Presentations, etc.
Bourg, Chris. The unbearable whiteness of librarianship. Feral librarian Blog, https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/, 3 March 2014.
Brook, Freeda, and others. "In Pursuit of Antiracist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library." Library Trends, Vol. 64, No. 2, 2015 (Fall 2015), pp. 246–284
Brown, Jennifer, and others. "We Here: Speaking Our Truth." Library Trends, Vol. 67, No. 1 (2018), pp.163-181.
Gandhi, Lakshmi. "Libraries Aren't Neutral Ground in the Fight for Anti-Racist Education." Prism, 21 September 2021.
Hathcock, April. “White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS.” In the Library with the Lead Pipe, 7 October 2015.
Hudson, David James. "On 'Diversity' as Anti-Racism in Library and Information Studies: A Critique." Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2017)
Hughes-Watkins, Lae'l. "Moving Toward a Reparative Archive: A Roadmap for a Holistic Approach to Disrupting Homogenous Histories in Academic Repositories and Creating Inclusive Spaces for Marginalized Voices." Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, Vol. 5, Article 6, 2018.
Leung, Sofia. "How LIS Upholds White Supremacy and What to Do About It." Core Virtual Forum, November 20, 2020. (Presentation recording, approximately 1 hour).
Nataraj, Lalitha & others. “‘Nice White Meetings’: Unpacking Absurd Library Bureaucracy through a Critical Race Theory Lens”. Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, Vol. 6 (December 2020)
Peet, Lisa. "Louisville Library Workers Champion Preferred Pronoun Badges." libraryjournal.com, 10 Feb. 2017.
Michele R. Santamaria. “Concealing White Supremacy Through Fantasies of the Library.” Library Trends, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Winter 2020). (via Project MUSE)
Swanson, Juleah & others. "Why Diversity Matters: A Roundtable Discussion on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Librarianship." In the Library With the Lead Pipe Journal, www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/, 29 July 2015.