Core Best Practices for Academic Interviews
Practical recommendations for running better interviews. Developed by Xan Arch, Lori Birrell, Kristin Martin, and Renna Redd. Discussion with authors on June 15, 2022.
The Diversity Residency Toolkit
Organizations wishing to create or improve a residency program will find this toolkit useful. The tools can also “be used to support early career librarians, librarians new to an institution, and any librarian who does not identify as being part of the dominant library culture that is mainly cisgender white women.” Developed by members of the 2019 ACRL Residency Interest Group: Kalani Adolpho, Maya Bergamasco, Ana Corral, Michelle Peralta, Mallary Rawls, Laura Tadena, and Willa Tavernier. Discussion with authors on February 21, 2023.
Fair Library Jobs
A group of library workers who use grassroots campaign methods to improve recruitment practices in the UK library sector. @FairLibraryJobs. Profile on September 2, 2022.
Posting Jobs to iSchools
Hilary Kraus has created a wonderful spreadsheet that lists the ALA accredited library schools, their career center or job posting site, and notes about requirements, alternatives, etc.
Reasonable Accommodations from the Employee Perspective
Slides (with script) and resource list from a presentation by Katie Quirin Manwiller given at the 2022 Pennsylvania Library Conference. Read more detailed discussion on Disability Accommodations & the Hiring Process in the guest post by author on February 28, 2023
Recruiting and Retaining Librarians From Underrepresented Minoritized Groups (Course offered through Library Juice Academy)
Tarida Anantachai and Twanna Hodge are the instructors for this four week, asynchronous, online class. Profile on February 23, 2023.
Search Advocates
Training for folks to serve as advocates for DEI in the hiring process. Interview with founder Anne Gillies on May 11, 2022. More of the interview published in Library Leadership & Management Journal.
Hiring Librarians 