ARL Diversity Scholars receive:
leadership development via ARL’s annual Leadership Institute which includes sessions on macro-level issues facing research libraries, opportunities to network with ARL library directors and human resources personnel, and advice from former Diversity Scholars;
a hosted visit to an ARL member library to learn more about the advanced operations of a research library;
mentoring from an ARL librarian or an alumnus of either ARL’s Leadership and Career Development Program or the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce;
paid membership in a major professional association or in one of the American Library Association’s five ethnic caucuses; and
a stipend of up to $10,000 over two years to help defray the cost of graduate school.
