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petition to start an ACRL discussion group "Library EDI Committees"

  • 1.  petition to start an ACRL discussion group "Library EDI Committees"

    Posted Dec 12, 2023 05:37 PM
    Please sign our petition! We need 25 signatures to start an ACRL discussion group called "Library EDI Committees."  Here's the description:

    Although there are multiple committees relating to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion issues, as far as we know, there is no forum with an open membership model for academic librarians to discuss grassroots or committee-based EDI initiatives and challenges.

    The goals of this discussion group are:

    * to provide a forum for practitioners, especially members of Library Diversity committees, to discuss EDI topics in academic libraries

    * to share resources useful to library workers engaged in EDI initiatives in libraries

    * to support both library workers who are thinking about starting a diversity initiative and diversity committees that are already established.

    Thanks for your support!
    Brian Lym, University of Oregon (co-convenor)
    Corliss Lee, UC Berkeley (co-convenor)


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    Corliss Lee
    American Cultures Librarian
    University of California - Berkeley
    She/Her/Hers
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