Publication:
Creating a Social Justice Mindset: Incorporating Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice into all Aspects of Collections Work at MIT Libraries

Simple item page
dc.audienceUniversity Library
dc.contributor.authorKauffman, Rhonda
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Michelle
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology
dc.coverage.locationFireplace Lounge
dc.coverage.locationMA, USA
dc.coverage.temporal2017-05-12T11:15:00-07:00
dc.date2024-04-10T14:19:13.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T08:09:37Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T08:09:37Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-12
dc.description.abstractAcademic librarians are increasingly embracing diversity, inclusion, and social justice as values essential to our profession. The MIT Libraries has made a commitment to promoting the values of diversity, inclusion and social justice throughout the entire organization, and has sponsored a task force of the Collections Directorate to identify opportunities for archives, cataloging, acquisitions, preservation, and collections strategy staff to promote diversity, inclusion, and social justice in all aspects of library collections work. Over the course of eight months, the task force explored the topic philosophically and pragmatically. In our final report, we emphasized issues of economic justice, systems of oppression and privilege based on race, religion, gender expression, sexual orientation, class, and ability that place groups at an advantage over others; and provided definitions of “diversity,” “inclusion,” and “social justice.” The recommendations suggest ways in which the Collections Directorate staff can disrupt these systems of privilege and oppression with specific regard to the scholarly publishing and academic library marketplace, representation of marginalized perspectives, community inclusion and outreach, and building organizational infrastructure. This poster presents the task force's recommendations and will provide conference attendees with concrete examples of how collections staff can demonstrate a commitment to these values in the course of their daily work.
dc.description.abstractThe MIT Libraries has sponsored a task force of the Collections Directorate to identify opportunities for archives, cataloging, acquisitions, preservation, and collections strategy staff to promote diversity, inclusion, and social justice in all aspects of library collections work. This poster presents a summary of our work and report, and includes examples of ways the Collections Directorate staff can disrupt the current systems of privilege and oppression with specific regard to the scholarly publishing and academic library marketplace, representation of marginalized perspectives, community inclusion and outreach, and building organizational infrastructure.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/0hp5-1365
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/581
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=acrl_nec_conf&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion
dc.subjectlibrary collections
dc.subjectsocial justice
dc.subjectdiversity
dc.subjectinclusion
dc.subjectCollection Development and Management
dc.titleCreating a Social Justice Mindset: Incorporating Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice into all Aspects of Collections Work at MIT Libraries
dc.typeposter
dc.typeevent
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:rhonda@mit.edu|institution:Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Kauffman, Rhonda
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:msmiller@mit.edu|institution:Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Miller, Michelle
digcom.identifieracrl_nec_conf/2017/posters/10
digcom.identifier.contextkey10705457
digcom.identifier.submissionpathacrl_nec_conf/2017/posters/10
dspace.entity.typePublication
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
uc_export_download_id_0Bxi2TFtTnScqeU9UVmNjZTFsSXc.pdf
Size:
721.41 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Thumbnail Image
Name: uc_export_download_id_0Bxi2TFtTnScqeU9UVmNjZTFsSXc.pdf
Size: 721.41 KB
Kind: Adobe PDF
Collections
2017 ACRL NEC Annual Conference