Toward inclusive academic librarian hiring practices / editors, Kathryn Houk, Jordan Nielsen, Jenny Wong-Welch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Houk, Kathryn M., editor.

Nielsen, Jordan, editor.

Wong-Welch, Jenny, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic libraries--Employees--Selection and appointment.

Academic libraries.

Academic libraries--Personnel management.

Academic librarians--Selection and appointment.

Academic librarians.

Academic librarians--Tenure.

Minority librarians--Employment.

Minority librarians.

Minority library employees--Employment.

Minority library employees.

Librarians--Employment.

Librarians.

Diversity in the workplace.

Academic libraries--Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 333 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Association of College and Research Libraries, 2024.

Summary:

"Academic library hiring can be a bureaucratic and exclusionary process. Inclusive hiring practices can help libraries recenter the people in the process and incorporate transparency, empathy, and accessibility. Toward inclusive academic librarian hiring practices, rather than focusing just on how to diversify applicant pools, breaks down the many considerations involved in hiring and the intentional, thoughtful preparation and self-examination that leads to successful recruitment and retention in three parts: 1. training for search committees and stakeholders, 2. removing barriers for candidates, and 3. transforming the process for all. Throughout are practical solutions for emphasizing inclusivity and accessibility throughout the hiring process, including instructions and examples for developing the position description and job postings, tips for creating diversity statements, interview instructions and preparation lists, interview itineraries, sample candidate emails and feedback forms, evaluation rubrics, ideas for onboarding and mentorship, and more. While you are evaluating potential hires, they are evaluating you. Toward inclusive academic librarian hiring practices can help you center equity in your hiring, attract job seekers, and support both candidates and search committees through these time-intensive, laborious, and crucial processes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Tarida Anantachai, Camille Chesley, Twanna Hodge, and Jamia Williams

Part 1: training for search committees and stakeholders. Launching for search success: establishing and training search committees in academic libraries / Tarida Anantachai and Nicole Westerdahl

Including voices and mitigating bias: evaluative practices for final interviews / Xan Arch and José Velazco

Setting up candidates for success: using a library community of practice to develop screening tools and candidate questions to minimize bias in hiring / Claressa Slaughter, Charlotte Beyer, Chelsea Eidbo, Jaena Manson, and KatieRose McEneely

Creating an equity advisor program on any scale / Paula H. Martin

Discussing, understanding, and assessing: moving beyond the performative to examine the candidate diversity statement / Breanne Crumpton, Mollie Peuler, and Kelly Rhodes

Part 2: removing barriers for candidates. Ensuring empathy in interviewing through open communication / Gail Betz, Hilary Kraus, and Amy Tureen

I still don't fit: how academic libraries create barriers in the profession before hiring even takes place / Simone Williams

Trans and gender diverse inclusion in academic library hiring / Keahi Adolpho, Stephen G. Krueger, Luke Sutherland, and Adrian Williams

Beyond compliance: accommodating differently in the interview process / Jennifer M. Jackson

Improving inclusion with universal design in the academic library hiring process / Katelyn Quirin Manwiller, Heather Crozier, and Samantha Peter

Planning for the on-campus interview: creating a descriptive library accessibility guide for job candidates / Kimberly A. Looby

Part 3: transforming the process for all. Remote interviews, processes, and documentation: how COVID changed hiring at one academic library / Arielle Lomness, Sajni Lacey, and Donna Langille

The interview pivot: implementing changes to interview protocols to respond to pandemic restrictions and provide greater inclusion / Mary Beth Lock, Elizabeth Ellis, and Summer Krstevska

Reflections on a faculty cluster hiring approach at a large PWI academic library / Shawnta Smith-Cruz, April M. Hathcock, and Scott Collard

Disrupting the academic librarian hiring process through transparent communication / Michelle Colquitt, Shamella Cromartie, Anne Grant, Kelsey Sheaffer, and Megan Sheffield

Walking the walk: searches that demonstrate commitment to an inclusive, diverse, and equitable library workplace / Marlowe Bogino, Ash Lierman

Approaches to inclusive recruitment: practical and hopeful / Adriana Poo, Anamika Megwalu, Nick Szydlowski, Kathryn Blackmer Reyes, Peggy Cabrera, and Ann Agee

Developing recommendations for more inclusive academic librarian on-site interviews / Christina M. Miskey, Kathryn M. Houk, and Jason Aubin

From applicant to employee: developing and evaluating an inclusive hiring and onboarding process / Gary R. Maixner, Kindra Orr, and M. Sara Lowe

Afterword / Kathryn Houk, Jordan Nielsen, and Jenny Wong-Welch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Toward inclusive academic librarian hiring practices.

ISBN:

9798892555302

OCLC:

1454602829