{"id":10755,"date":"2019-09-02T23:17:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T23:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=10755"},"modified":"2019-09-02T23:17:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T23:17:32","slug":"call-for-chapter-proposals-extended-acrl-publication-implementing-excellence-in-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-a-handbook-for-academic-libraries-new-deadline-sept-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-chapter-proposals-extended-acrl-publication-implementing-excellence-in-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-a-handbook-for-academic-libraries-new-deadline-sept-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Chapter Proposals Extended: ACRL Publication Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries (New Deadline Sept. 9)"},"content":{"rendered":"

(via Brian Lym, Hunter College)<\/p>\n

This deadline has been extended to Monday, September 9<\/b>.\u00a0 The editors are especially interested in submissions relating to assessment of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, either as it stands in a particular institution or assessment of DEI efforts; leveraging institutional politics, and working with the community outside of our institutions.<\/p>\n

Call for Chapter Proposals<\/p>\n

Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter proposals are requested for an edited volume titled Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries<\/em>, to be published by the Association of College and Research Libraries.\u00a0 Head Editors are Brian Lym (Hunter College) and Corliss Lee (University of California, Berkeley), and Co-Editors are Tatiana Bryant (Adelphi University), Jonathan Cain (University of Oregon), and Kenneth Schlesinger (Lehman College).<\/p>\n

We are seeking case studies, qualitative research studies, quantitative research studies, survey research studies, and other research-based solutions that can be implemented in today’s libraries.\u00a0 A more detailed outline appears below.<\/p>\n

Proposals, including a 600-800 word abstract, should be submitted by September 9, 2019 (new date).\u00a0 Notification of acceptance will occur by the end of September 2019.\u00a0 Selected authors should expect to submit a full draft of their article no later than January 14, 2020.<\/p>\n

Call for Proposals:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yyefwazv<\/a><\/p>\n

Send questions to Head Editors Brian Lym (blym@hunter.cuny.edu<\/a>) and Corliss Lee (clee@library.berkeley.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Book Outline<\/p>\n

The well-documented lack of diversity in the academic library workforce remains problematic, especially given growing expectations that the overall academic workforce be more representative of the increasingly diverse student bodies at our colleges and universities.\u00a0 That the lack of diversity is especially notable among the professional ranks (librarians, library leadership, and administrators) is indicative of inequity of opportunities for people of color and “minoritized” ethnic groups.<\/p>\n

Further, remediation of racial and ethnic diversity in the academic library workplace raises broader diversity issues, including individuals with identities outside the gender binary and other individuals who face discrimination due to their sexual orientation, disabilities, religious affiliation, military status, age, or other identities.<\/p>\n

Emerging efforts to diversify the academic library workplace are pointedly raising issues of inclusion in libraries where demographic homogeneity has historically prevailed.\u00a0 With Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, we hope to capture emerging research and practice that demonstrate ways academic libraries and librarians can work with and within their institutions to create a more equitable and representative workforce.<\/p>\n

Part 1:\u00a0 Leveraging and Deploying Systemic and Bureaucratic\/Structural Solutions Since colleges and universities are hierarchical and complex systems with centralized and bureaucratic controls that can effect or impede transformative change, academic library leaders need to leverage and deploy formal structures and administrative resources to achieve DEI excellence.<\/p>\n

Themes:<\/p>\n