Dear ACRL Members, We have recently been informed that due to an unforeseen circumstance the recently elected ACRL 2023 Vice-President/President-Elect, Elisandro (Alex) Cabada, will be unable to serve in this position. Therefore, ACRL must run a special election for the vice-president/president-elect position. After careful consideration, the runner-up, Leo S. Lo, […]
Join ACRL at 11:00am Central on Tuesday, June 13 for the free ACRL Presents webcast, ACRL’s Strategic Vision for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion. Members of the ACRL Board of Directors and ACRL EDI Committee will speak on the ACRL Plan for Excellence’s newest goal area, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, which […]
During these unprecedented times since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, heightened social awareness of systemic racism, oppression, and institutional violence, and economic recession– all of which disproportionately impact communities of color– the ACRL Board of Directors has approved funding for one year of ALA and ACRL membership for up […]
The recording of the February 16, 2022, ALA/ARL Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity: A Framework Update is now available on our YouTube channel. Christina Fuller-Gregory, assistant director of libraries, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, and Mark A. Puente, Associate Dean for Organizational Development, Diversity, and Inclusion, […]
Jesus Espinoza, Deborah Yun Caldwell, and Anastasia Chiu are conducting a survey on library diversity residency programs and their impacts on library organizational hiring and retention practices on behalf of the ACRL Diversity Alliance Task Force. The survey focuses on how libraries’ organization hiring and retention practices change as a […]
The Joint ALA/ARL Building Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework Task Force seeks feedback from the library community on the initial draft framework. Library workers can submit feedback on the CommentPress site of the associations’ Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework. Please provide feedback on the draft Framework by 5:00 […]
The ACRL Executive Committee will be meeting on November 9, 2021, and the document deadline is October 22, 2021 (meeting info). To submit a document (e.g., petition to establish a new ACRL unit, funding request, resolution, task force report, etc.) for Board consideration, please follow the below steps. Complete a Board […]
In 2020, ACRL; the Association of Research Libraries (ARL); ALA’s Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services (ODLOS); and the Public Library Association (PLA) created a joint taskforce to create a framework for cultural proficiencies in racial equity. The work was originally scheduled to end in June 2020, but the […]
Join us at 2:00 p.m. Central on Thursday, May 27, 2021, for the free ACRL Presents webcast “Cultures of Collecting: Sustaining Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Collection Development.” ACRL’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee will lead this panel discussion. What is the “right way” to decenter racism when building collections […]
The ACRL Anthropology and Sociology Section (ANSS) is currently seeking candidates to serve a three-year term (July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2024) as the ACRL Liaison to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). The ACJS Liaison is responsible for outreach, education, and communication between ACJS and ACRL, which […]
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