The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) are offering a symposium to increase understanding and capacity among academic and research library professionals for creating healthy organizations with diverse, equitable, and inclusive climates. The Symposium for Strategic Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will be held May 10–11, 2018, at the the Marquette Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a possible preconference on May 9.
Library and archive organizations and associations have professed commitments to the principles of equity and diversity for decades. Numerous programs have been developed and are currently being offered that aim to diversify the workforce and to ensure that there is broad representation of experiences and perspectives in the historical, literary, artistic, and scientific canon. Nevertheless, the profession remains largely homogenous. A different type of dialogue must be initiated and new strategies must be implemented in order to generate systemic change and to radically transform organizations, and the profession.
The Symposium for Strategic Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will provide actionable information and tools for library and archive leaders to take back to their organizations and help develop authentically inclusive environments, where people from underrepresented and marginalized groups can thrive and succeed. Additionally, this symposium will strengthen the community of practice around diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic and research libraries and archives.
Who Should Attend?
The primary audience for this event is human resources, organizational development, and other professionals in academic and research libraries and archives who have leadership responsibilities for institutional or campus diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. ARL member library directors and assistant/associate directors will also find value in the symposium.
For More Information
To learn when registration for this symposium opens, watch the ARL website, follow ARL on Facebook or Twitter, or subscribe to the ARL email news lists.
About the Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries in the US and Canada. ARL’s mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.
About the Association of College & Research Libraries
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) is the higher education association for librarians. Representing nearly 11,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals, ACRL (a division of the American Library Association) develops programs, products, and services to help academic and research librarians learn, innovate, and lead within the academic community. Founded in 1940, ACRL is committed to advancing learning and transforming scholarship. ACRL is on the web at acrl.org, Facebook at facebook.com/ala.acrl, and Twitter at @ala_acrl.
