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Toward inclusive academic librarian hiring practices / Kathryn Houk, Jordan Nielsen, and Jenny Wong-Welch, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Academic librarians.
- Academic libraries--Personnel management.
- Academic libraries.
- Minority librarians--Employment.
- Minority librarians.
- Minority library employees--Employment.
- Minority library employees.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (347 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Association of College and Research Libraries, [2024]
- Summary:
- 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. * Training for Search Committees and Stakeholders* Removing Barriers for Candidates* Transforming the Process for All.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Tarida Anantachai, Camille Chesley, Twanna Hodge, and Jamia Williams
- Part 1
- Training for Search Committees and Stakeholders
- Chapter 1
- Launching for Search Success
- Establishing and Training Search Committees in Academic Libraries
- Tarida Anantachai and Nicole Westerdahl
- Chapter 2
- Including Voices and Mitigating Bias
- Evaluative Practices for Final Interviews
- Xan Arch and José Velazco
- Chapter 3
- 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
- Chapter 4
- Creating a Search Equity Advisor Program on Any Scale
- Paula H. Martin
- Chapter 5
- 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
- Chapter 6
- Ensuring Empathy in Interviewing through Open Communication
- Gail Betz, Hilary Kraus, and Amy Tureen
- Chapter 7
- I Still Don't Fit
- How Academic Libraries Create Barriers in the Profession Before Hiring Even Takes Place
- Simone Williams
- Chapter 8
- Trans and Gender Diverse Inclusion in Academic Library Hiring
- Keahi Adolpho, Stephen G. Krueger, Luke Sutherland, and Adrian Williams
- Chapter 9
- Beyond Compliance
- Accommodating Differently in the Interview Process
- Jennifer M. Jackson
- Chapter 10
- Improving Inclusion with Universal Design in the Academic Library Hiring Process
- Katelyn Quirin Manwiller, Heather Crozier, and Samantha Peter
- Chapter 11
- 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
- Chapter 12
- Remote Interviews, Process, and Documentation
- How COVID Changed Hiring at One Academic Library
- Arielle Lomness, Sajni Lacey, and Donna Langille
- Chapter 13
- 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
- Chapter 14
- Reflections on a Faculty Cluster Hiring Approach at a Large Predominantly White Academic Library
- Shawnta Smith-Cruz, April M. Hathcock, and Scott Collard
- Chapter 15
- Disrupting the Academic Librarian Hiring Process
- Michelle Colquitt, Shamella Cromartie, Anne Grant, Kelsey Sheaffer, and Megan Sheffield
- Chapter 16
- Walking the Walk
- Searches That Demonstrate Commitment to an Inclusive, Diverse, and Equitable Library Workplace
- Marlowe Bogino and Ash Lierman
- Chapter 17
- Approaches to Inclusive Recruitment
- Practical and Hopeful
- Adriana Poo, Anamika Megwalu, Nick Szydlowski, Kathryn Blackmer Reyes, Peggy Cabrera, and Ann Agee
- Chapter 18
- Developing Recommendations for More Inclusive Academic Librarian On-Site Interviews
- Christina M. Miskey, Kathryn M. Houk, and Jason Aubin
- Chapter 19
- From Applicant to Employee
- Developing and Evaluating an Inclusive Hiring and Onboarding Process
- Gary R. Maixner, Kindra Orr, and M. Sara Lowe
- About the Authors
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Houk, Kathryn Toward Inclusive Academic Librarian Hiring Practices
- ISBN:
- 9798892555319
- OCLC:
- 1450107091
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