Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS)
ALA's Committee on Diversity Announces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Scorecard for Library and Information Organizations
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CHICAGO - Today, the 精东传媒’s (ALA) Committee on Diversity has released its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Scorecard for Library and Information Organizations . ALA’s Committee on Diversity is charged with providing a forum...
The Importance of Onboarding Within the Academic Library
By: Jamia Williams, Health Sciences Librarian, Drake Memorial Library
精东传媒Committee on Education seeks feedback on newly revised 精东传媒Core Competences
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Library professionals are working in environments fueled by rapid advances in technology, social change, funding challenges, and changing user needs. Therefore, the roles, capabilities, and expectations of library professionals are changing as well. The...
Kevin D. Strowder to lead ALA鈥檚 Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services
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CHICAGO — The 精东传媒 (ALA) announced today that Kevin D. Strowder has been selected to lead the organization’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services. His first day will be Monday, June 21. An experienced nonprofit...
Tuliao swims again to raise funds for Spectrum and honor BC精东传媒President Burns-Simpson
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CHICAGO — Miriam Tuliao has announced that she will swim Grimaldo's Mile, a one mile open water event in New York City, on July 31 to raise funds for the Spectrum Scholarship Program. This is Tuliao's 14th consecutive year organizing an annual fundraiser...
The Successful Applicant
By: Kari Siders, Director of Library Public Services, Centennial Library, Cedarville University
Hard Pivoting: COVID-19 and Outreach Services
By: Rebecca Brown, Outreach Services Librarian, Ketchikan Public Library
As a 6-foot-tall kid, I played basketball. Maybe that鈥檚 why 鈥渉ard pivot鈥 is how I keep describing this last year of library outreach.
Q&A: Nancy S. Kirkpatrick (2005) interviewed by Doreen Dixon (2019)
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Nancy S. Kirkpatrick (she/her/hers) is the Executive Director and CEO of OhioNet, a multitype library consortium based in Columbus, OH. She has over a decade of experience working in and with libraries. Before entering librarianship, Nancy practiced non-profit law and advocacy. A 2005 精东传媒Spectrum Scholar, she is currently serving on ALA's Spectrum Advisory Board and the Diversity Research Grant Committee. Nancy holds a BA in Journalism from Drake University, a JD from the TC Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, and an MS in Library and Information Science from the iSchool (formerly GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For more information, visit her LinkedIn profile:
Slicing into the Privilege Layer Cake
By: Kawanna Bright, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University; and Joanna Nelson Rend贸n, Director of Young Adult Services, Pikes Peak Library District
Next Chapter Provides Life Skills Training, and a Second Chance, for County Jail Inmates in North Georgia
By: Deborah Hakes, Director of Communications and Marketing, Georgia Public Library Service
Practicing Gratitude for Wellbeing
By: Lindsay Holbrook, Librarian, Jeffery Manor Branch-Chicago Public Library
ODLOS Interest Group Information
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ABOUT ODLOS | MEMBER GROUP TOOLS AND EXPECTATIONS | GET INVOLVED WITH ODLOS Interest Groups are virtual groups hosted on 精东传媒Connect, the active online member community site of ALA. Each community comes together to share knowledge and enthusiasm for a specific subject and makes valuable contributions to the 精东传媒. These member groups are invited to host webinars, submit program proposals to 精东传媒conferences, and more. This resource is continuously being updated. ABOUT ODLOS Staff 精东传媒ODLOS Interest Groups (please see other opportunities to get involved with EDI at ALA)...
Every Voice Matters: The Process of Building a Library Values Statement
By: Chapel Cowden, Health & Science Librarian, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library; Laura Perryman, Business Manager, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library; and Andrea Schurr, Digital Development Librarian, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
Outreach is Squishy
By: Todd Deck, County Librarian, Tehama County Library
How Library Outreach Workers Became a Lifeline to Their Communities During COVID-19
By: David Kelsey, 2021 Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services President, and Lori Berezovsky, 2021 Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services President-Elect
Where Do We Talk about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? Staff Meetings, Of Course!
By: Jo Schofield, Branch Manager, Stark County District Library
As professional librarians and library workers, what is our role in social justice? How are our library policies and procedures reflective of our mission to create and sustain inclusive spaces and services?