Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA)

我们的行动

The 大学图书馆 are advancing DEIA goals through multiple initiatives that fall into five different categories: training, 研究, 可访问性, 包容性, 和集合. Please feel free to visit this space regularly for updates, 问问题, 让我们负起责任!

我们的行动支持 图书馆策略计划 主题:

• 连接: Gather and share data on DEIA initiatives and projects within the 库
• 授权: Identify professional development opportunities for 库' 工作人员
• 维持: Develop and maintain an accessible and transparent record of current and past projects documenting the 库 commitment to supporting DEIA initiatives

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培训:意向探索

The 工作人员 of the 大学图书馆 have always been advocates of continuous 学习 and growth. 根据DEIA的优先事项, we specifically seek to better understand how what we do and present our work can be improved to ensure all are welcome, 平等的, 和尊重. 例子包括:

• Participating in 俄亥俄州 Diversity and Inclusion offered diversity trainings such as 多元化和包容性核心培训 and 检索委员会培训和工具 (正在进行)
• Participating in DEIA trainings through professional organizations, conferences, webinars, etc. (正在进行)
• 研究ing external training opportunities (正在进行)
• Select 工作人员 participating in Zane State College's DEI Common Read (完成)
• 库-wide shared reading and discussion.
  • 目前阅读: 一些解构 作者:郑莉莉(正在进行中)

研究: Improving the 研究 Experience

图书馆正在识别, 调查, and changing practices to ensure that our 研究ers are provided access to resources through thoughtful and respectful means. 这包括:

• Creating 研究 guides aimed at surfacing and highlighting resources by, for, and about marginalized and underrepresented communities (正在进行). 例子包括: 
  • Hispanic/Latino/Latinx/LGBTQ Resource Guide 
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Resource Guide 
  • LGBTQ儿童读物 
• Increasing usage of alternative vocabularies to describe materials, such as Homosaurus (正在进行)
• Removal of harmful terms historically used in cataloging description (过程)

Accessibility: Redesigning Tools and Spaces

We are reviewing and developing processes so that the design of our online tools and physical spaces meet the needs of all users. Some of the ways in which we are meeting this goal are:

• Accessibility testing leading to as-needed adjustments to all online content ranging from instructional tutorials and digital exhibits to downloadable pdfs and videos and more (正在进行)
• Developing new webpages and 研究 tools with 可访问性 standards, 比如屏幕阅读器, alt文本, etc.，作为指南(在过程中)
• Making physical changes to 库’ spaces to improve 可访问性. 例子包括: updating study spaces and zones, 新标识, 地毯更换, 楼梯井修复, 光线的变化, etc. (过程)
• Offering hybrid options for public events (正在进行)

包容:拓宽视野

We are committed to inviting more diverse voices, 视角, and experiences into how we work and in the establishment of new programs, 工作流, 和政策. 例子包括: 

• 建立了 图书馆学生顾问委员会 to increase representation and include more diverse voices (完成)
• Examining student employment processes, pay 股本, and internship guidelines (正在进行)
• 参加 OhioLINK Luminaries Internship Program (正在进行)
• Listening and responding to 集合 stakeholders who request changes to problematic language used in description (正在进行)
• Select 工作人员 participating in the university’s 研究 Space Task Force and the creation of the 学习空间定位器 (完成)
• Expanding access to online resources to all newbb电子平台 regional campuses (完成)
• Enabling student-curated exhibits to expand perspective and representation (正在进行)

集合: Growing Representation in Our 集合

We are seeking to expand representation within and across our 集合 in order to offer more equitable access to a more diverse range of authors, 学者, 科学家们, 艺术家, and other content creators of all kinds. 我们正在做的改变包括: 

• Prioritizing more 股本 in representation through collecting practices 和政策 that center historically marginalized and underrepresented voices and communities such as through our 每年的六月采购 (正在进行)
• Prioritizing collection of open access materials (正在进行)
• Prioritizing digitization of archives and special 集合 materials that center marginalized and underrepresented voices and communities (正在进行)
• newbb电子平台出版社加入 俄亥俄州开放图书馆  (完成)