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Approaching difficult conversations:

• Crucial Conversations book 
• Presentation/video recording: “The Surprising Connection between Vulnerability and Power”. This 90-minute virtual session had more than 100+ folks from around the world to join and talk about the topic of vulnerability.

Implicit bias:

• ACRL blog – Keeping up with Implicit Bias

Power dynamics & “imposter syndrome”:

• Sarah M. Seltzer’s piece for Refinery29, “We Are Being Set Up To Fail — & It Should Make You Mad As Hell” argues that imposter syndrome has its roots in systemic problems
• Tech entrepreneur Lauren Bacon on “Inner and Outer Critics: the Power Dynamics of Imposter Syndrome”
• Alicia Liu on “You Don’t have imposter syndrome (And neither do I anymore)”
• Alicia Liu on “Overcoming Impostor Syndrome (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Coding)” 

Inclusion & Diversity:

• ACRL Diversity Standards
• Blog: 2019 ACRL “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion” (EDI) series
• Blog: Inside Higher Ed – Diversity Matters
• Social Inclusion Audit Toolkit
• OpenCon’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report
• North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) now has a diversity and inclusion award
• Article in Nature: To learn inclusion skills, make it personal
  • Excerpt: “Diversity without inclusion is an empty gesture. Inclusion is a feeling of belonging, and so creating an empowering, embracing, egalitarian environment starts with the heart.”
• Forbes article: Here’s what your diversity and inclusion initiatives are missing
  • Excerpt: Support and Amplify All Voices at the Table: “Offering people a seat at the table doesn’t automatically imply everyone has the same power to contribute.”…”In reality, intersectionality can only grow and enhance the workplace making sure that diverse voices are not only at the table, but feel supported enough to speak up and speak out.”

DEI in labor practices:

• Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Report: Members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Employee Demographics and Director Perspectives 
• Jennifer Vinopal’s post on In the Library w the Lead Pipe from Jan 2016: The Quest for Diversity in Library Staffing: From Awareness to Action“
• “Critical Race Theory and the Recruitment, Retention and Promotion of a Librarian of Color” by Shaundra Walker
• Strategies for Minimizing Implicit Bias in Recruitment and Retention – From ACRL’s Keeping Up With Implicit Bias:
  • “Review your library’s diversity and inclusion statement. If your library does not have one consider drafting a statement that indicates the organization’s commitment to inclusion.
  • Create rubrics to ensure consistency when reviewing new-hire applications. Also use scripts during the interview process to minimize bias-based favoritism.
  • Promote training that enhances cultural competency.
  • Ensure that library displays and instructional materials reflect a commitment to inclusion.
  • Develop formal mentorship initiatives. Mentors often become invested in their mentee’s success, regardless of demographic or cultural differences.”

On race in librarianship/academia:

• White Fragility, DiAngelo, The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy 
• “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique” by Kimberle Crenshaw 
• Trippin’ Over the Color Line: The Invisibility of Race in Library and Information Studies 
• In Pursuit of Anti-racist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library
• On “Diversity” as Anti-Racism in Library and Information Studies: A Critique, Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies 
• White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS – In the Library with the Lead Pipe 
• Racial Microaggressions in Academic Libraries: Results of a Survey of Minority and Non-minority Librarians – ScienceDirect
• Soliciting Performance, Hiding Bias: Whiteness and Librarianship – In the Library with the Lead Pipe 
• Topographies of Whiteness (book)
• Pushing the Margins: Women of Color and Intersectionality in LIS (book)

DEI in technology systems and interfaces:

• Design for Diversity Learning Toolkit
• Care, Code, and Digital Libraries: Embracing Critical Practice in Digital Library Communities – In the Library with the Lead Pipe