Diversity Programming and Outreach for Academic Libraries

This book outlines issues surrounding diversity among students, faculty, & staff & how one urban university library is working to embrace & celebrate the diversity found in its building, on campus, & in the local community. This book illustrates how universities are uniquely situated to engage students in discussions about diversity & how academic libraries in particular can facilitate & ease these discussions. 

A Diversity Council & the projects & programs it has developed have been instrumental in this work & may serve as an inspiration & launch pad for other libraries. Diversity Programming & Outreach for Academic Libraries details anecdotal experiences, and provides practical suggestions for developing diversity programs & forming collaborations with other campus units, regardless of size, staff, or focus of the academic library.

• ° Written by three academic librarians currently active in university level diversity initiatives 
• ° Provides real-world examples of diversity programming & events for academic libraries 
• ° Indicates how to find commonalities in the range of diversity issues at universities internationally