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Mark Puente Named EMIERT Distinguished Librarian 2015
The American Library Association (ALA) Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) has selected Mark A. Puente, director of diversity and leadership programs for ARL, to receive the EMIERT...
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ClimateQUAL®: Organizational Climate and Diversity Assessment—Call for Participation 2015–2016
ARL invites participation in the ClimateQUAL survey in 2015–2016. The online survey collects information about: (a) library staff perceptions of the organization’s commitment to the principles of diversity, (b) staff...
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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2014–2015 Reports Data on 13,671 Staff in ARL Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2014–2015, which analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in the 125 ARL member libraries during...
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Michigan State University Hosts ARL Diversity Scholars for Site Visit
The Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries and their director, Cliff Haka, hosted the ARL Diversity Scholars—participants in the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW)—for a multiday site visit designed...
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ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Fellows 2015-2017 Selected
The selection committee for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program has chosen six master of library and information science (MLIS) students with specializations in...
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Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce Application Deadline Extended to May 27
ARL has extended the application deadline for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) to Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The ARL IRDW is a program designed to recruit master...
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ARL/DLF Forum Fellowships for Underrepresented Groups—Apply by May 22
ARL and the Digital Library Federation (DLF) are sponsoring up to four fellowships to promote racial/ethnic diversity at the Digital Library Federation Forum. The fellowships will provide up to $1,250...
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New Workforce Transformation Story: Creating an Aboriginal Internship
ARL has published the latest entry in its Workforce Transformation Stories column. Jill Mierke, director of human resources for the University of Saskatchewan Library, contributed the April essay, “Creating an...
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Research Library Issues, no. 286 (2015)
Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 286 focuses on fostering diversity and inclusion in research library operations and culture. The three articles in this issue cover recruitment and retention of staff...
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Diversity and Inclusion Highlighted in ARL’s Research Library Issues 286
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 286, a special issue focusing on fostering diversity and inclusion in research library operations and culture. The three articles in this issue...