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International Contexts and U.S. Trends in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Libraries

Coleman, Anita S.

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Title
International Contexts and U.S. Trends in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Libraries
Author(s)
Coleman, Anita S.
Issue Date
2022-11
Keyword(s)
EDIA in libraries
Date of Ingest
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  • 2024-05-06T11:42:55-05:00
Abstract
Equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) efforts in libraries are examined in an international context and against a background of diversity management and research. The purpose of this article is threefold: (1) increase understanding about human differences, beyond the race, gender, and sexual orientation categories commonly found in the U.S. library literature in order to reimagine EDIA in libraries; (2) highlight three major library trends that empower all human beings to thrive: social well-being, cultural learning / cultural competencies, and social justice; and (3) draw attention to some of the problems with EDIA in libraries, while offering recommendations and sharing the author’s positionality and worldviews. This paper increases understanding of the dimensions of diversity, the trends that are developing inside libraries and their affiliated information environments, and how EDIA efforts can be improved by thinking holistically of one interconnected planet with one humanity.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Series/Report Name or Number
Volume 71, Issue 2, November 2022
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
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Library Trends 71 (2) November 2022: Seventieth Anniversary Celebration Issue of Library Trends: Influence, Reach, Visibility, and Engagement [Restricted Access] PRIMARY
The journal Library Trends, now in its seventieth year, has since its inception in 1952 been produced by the School of Information Sciences, formerly the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS), at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The quarterly journal is currently published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This 71 (2) issue celebrates the contributions the journal has made to library and information science (LIS) internationally.