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• Major Research Library Organizations Meet to Discuss International Collaboration

  The first joint meeting of five of the world’s most prominent academic and research library organizations took place at the British Library in London on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, ahead...

• Travel Awards Available for Underrepresented Professionals to Attend 2016 Library Assessment Conference—Deadline May 2

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering 10 scholarships for individuals from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to attend the 2016 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical...

• Library Assessment Conference 2016 Registration Now Open: Early-Bird Deadline July 1

  Registration is now open for the 2016 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held October 31–November 2 in Arlington, Virginia. The preeminent conference in the field...

• Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: Yale University

  by Susan Gibbons | University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Libraries & Scholarly Communication | on March 1, 2016 Library exhibits on underrepresented people and civil rights Examples:Student-curated exhibit on Japanese-American internment...

• Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: Washington University in St. Louis

  by Jeffrey Trzeciak | University Librarian | on March 1, 2016 Washington University is doing a great deal in this area, much of it relating to the August 9, 2014, shooting of...

• Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: Tulane University

  by David N. Banush | Dean of Libraries and Academic Information Resources | on March 1, 2016 When I arrived at Tulane in the fall of 2015, I asked our public services...

• Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: Stony Brook University

  by Constantia Constantinou | Dean of University Libraries | on March 1, 2016 We recognize the need for engaging the academic community on issues related to issues of social justice and racial...

• Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: University of Southern California

  by Catherine Quinlan | Dean of Libraries | on March 1, 2016 The USC provost has issued a number of memos on the subject of diversity/student unrest. The library is starting a...

• Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: University of Rochester

  by Mary Ann Mavrinac | Vice Provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of River Campus Libraries | on March 1, 2016 River Campus Libraries is following the lead of...

• Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: Pennsylvania State University

  by Barbara Dewey | Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications | on March 1, 2016 Statement from Penn State president in December 2015 regarding Black Lives Matter protests on campus: http://news.psu.edu/story/384145/2015/12/08/campus-life/no-place-hate-penn-state Pattee...

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