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Apr 25, 2023 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Library Preparedness: Formalizing and Supporting the Diversity Residency Experience Using a Resident Centered Framework (RCF)

  Recruitment of diverse library candidates is often a stated goal and priority for many libraries and archives and one way academic libraries attempt to meet this goal is by creating diversity resident librarian positions. These diversity library residencies are temporary, entry-level professional positions that are designed to introduce a new professionals from underrepresented ethnic […]

Apr 12, 2023 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Attracting and Engaging a Diverse Student Workforce at George Mason University (GMU)

Summary George Mason University Libraries was one of 10 institutions selected to participate in Hampton University's Grant Leading the Charge: Advancing the Recruitment, Retention and Inclusion of People of Color within the Library and Information Science Field, funded through Institute of Museum and Library Services RE-246407-OLS-20. Project leads and researchers Kat Bell and Katara Hofmann […]

Mar 21, 2023 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Doing the Work: Practical Equity-Centered Change Projects by Real Cultural Change Agents

  Dr. Nicole R. Robinson, founder and CEO of Cultural Connections by Design (CCBD) (visit: www.ccbydesign.org), a diversity education consulting company, has worked with galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMS) across the nation to implement equity-centered practices into the workplace. Over the past year, Dr. Robinson has worked with Rutgers University Libraries, Yale University Libraries (Connecticut), […]

Mar 1, 2023 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Uprooted, Nomadic, & Displaced

  Event Summary Library and information science careers are taking some of its workers all across the nation for new roles. These trajectories promise career growth, new opportunities, and some of the time, enviable salaries. However, while professional skills are gained and networks are broadened, these moves can be accompanied by loss, hardship, and challenges, […]

Feb 23, 2023 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Changing the Lens: A Fresh Look at Ending Workplace Racism and Hostility in the Workplace

Summary We are in the midst of what some may call a "Great Awakening" concerning the importance and fundamental value of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Our due diligence has produced some genuine empathy, which, hopefully, has us on a fast track toward internal, interpersonal, systemic, and institutional transformation. We are evolving in our relationship with […]

Feb 22, 2023 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Preserving the Future by (Re)living the Past: Black Librarians and Social Change

Activism in the Black community is not new. Many African Americans have fought and died for change and an equal place at the American table. African American Librarians are no different. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values of librarianship, but we’re still a long way from library staff reflecting the demographics of their communities. […]

Feb 22, 2023 - 1:00 pm ET/12:00 pm CT

LAA Webinar: Establishing Design Principles to Center Accessibility into Everyday Decisions

Establishing Design Principles to Center Accessibility into Everyday Decisions February 22, 2023 at 1pm Eastern Time Libraries are meant for everyone. While libraries have long claimed this to be true, exclusionary practices and inaccessible systems still exist and are extremely difficult to fully eradicate. The act of methodically creating a culture of accessibility hinges on […]

Feb 16, 2023 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Collaborative Community Voices: The Blue, Gold and Black Digital Archive

Sign up to hear about a recently launched archive documenting the black experience at the University of Pittsburgh through the years. Users contribute the content: photos, memories, and soon, audio and video. The project, “The Blue, Gold and Black Digital Archive”, is a collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh Library System and the Office of […]

Dec 14, 2022 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Hopeful Endemic: Moving Forward with Team Building

The COVID-19 endemic is still a few years away from being an actual reality. It’s been a year plus of working from home, over a year of working hybrid, or a total return to our offices. Our life and work experiences over the last nearly three years have been about managing significant changes as well […]

Dec 6, 2022 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Textually Speaking: Narratives of 20th Century Racial Struggle, Resistance, and Resilience Through Primary Sources

Reveal Digital develops Open Access primary source collections from under-represented 20th-century voices of dissent, using a unique publishing model where funding and source material are pooled together from libraries and archives. In this webinar, Reveal Digital staff will introduce the ASERL community to two significant digital resources in development, Documenting White Supremacy and its Opponents […]

Nov 18, 2022 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

The Reluctant Leader: Conquering stereotypes, imposter syndrome and rising to new heights

Stereotypes of gender, race, and culture often prevent BIPOC employees from rising to positions of leadership. Alanna and Elaina will explore the role of their upbringing as BIPOC women, their intersectional identities, and their reluctance of, and eventual taking on of leadership roles. Insight and advice will be offered to other hesitant leaders and/or those […]

Oct 24, 2022 - 2:00 pm ET/1:00 pm CT

Future of Librarianship: A Critical Look at Succession Planning for a More Inclusive Workplace

Leadership practice, style, and situational outcomes are important topics for anyone who wishes to hone their leadership skills or evaluate how they lead. How can a leadership practice manifest itself in one's personal professional goals and in the goals of moving the library field forward to more healthy workplace culture for ALL? During the webinar, […]