Category Archives: News

From Megan Watson, ACRL Diversity Committee: The ACRL Diversity Committee is working on revising and updating its Diversity Standards, developed by the previously named Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee and approved by ACRL in 2012. The Standards intend to “provide … Continue reading →

From ARL: ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 286, a special issue focusing on fostering diversity and inclusion in research library operations and culture. The three articles in this issue of RLI cover recruitment and retention of staff … Continue reading →

Here is a new book that might be of interest to ViMLoC members. Internationalization and the North American University Library  By Karen Bordonaro. Lanhman, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. 184 pp. $75.00 (hardback). ISBN 9780810891838. From the publisher: “This book … Continue reading →

Norda Majekodunmi, ViMLoC member and co-moderator,  recently launched the Pushing Buttons, Pushing Stories  digital archive. “This exhibit explores some of the narratives behind selected political buttons from the Jean Augustine collection housed in the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Maha Kumaran, past co-moderator for ViMLoC, and her co-editor Deborah Lee for their recent publication of Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians: Oral Histories from Canada. I believe this is the first such book of narratives from Canadian visible … Continue reading →

The Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (ViMLoC) Network was busy at the 2014 CLA Conference (May 28-31, 2014) in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. ViMLoC had its first CLA social at the Old Spaghetti Factory on Wednesday, May 28, following the … Continue reading →

ARL is offering travel awards of up to $2,000 each for five individuals from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to attend the 2014 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held August 4–6 on the University … Continue reading →

Leadership 2050: Contextualizing Global Leadership Processes for the Future The 2015 Volume in the ILA Building Leadership Bridges (BLB) Series Call for Chapter Proposals – Submit 1200 word max proposal by June 20, 2014 View the Complete Call: http://www.ila-net.org/Publications/BLB/2015BLBCFP.pdf Expected … Continue reading →

From the Black Caucus of ALA website: The Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), condemns the American Library Association’s (ALA) decision to continue with plans to hold the ALA 2016 annual conference in Orlando, Fla. in the wake … Continue reading →

News from The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) that might be of interest to MLS/MIS library students who are visible minorities: “ARL is accepting applications for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW), a program designed to recruit master … Continue reading →