Outcomes:
To offer diversity and inclusion initiatives to support LIS professional ethics and values.
To offer LIS students , faculty and staff ideas on how to be recognized for their contributions to diversity and principles of community.
LIS staff and faculty will feel encouraged and supported to participate in diversity training opportunities.
There is a critical need to develop the next generation of library leaders. Four ranking librarians representing a variety of library settings share essential skills and characteristics of 21st Century library leaders as well as guide participants to understand the unique challenges and opportunities in today’s library world. They will discuss methods and best practices beneficial in developing in a successful career.
Diversity is key to our futures – both within libraries and for the communities that we serve. This session will use the development of ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries as an opportunity to consider how diversity is key to thinking about the future and how diversity has proven central to the many trends that will shape our futures. With insight from ALA’s Spectrum and Knowledge Alliance recruitment programs, we will look at how our profession can be strengthened by new perspectives that enhance our values and enrich our conversations.
