Racial Microaggressions in Academic Libraries: Results of a Survey of Minority and Non-minority Librarians

Retaining workers of color requires libraries to be welcoming spaces for staff and users, which requires fundamental change in library functioning.

“In order to retain workers of color, libraries must be welcoming spaces for staff as well as for users, and this requires a fundamental change in the way libraries function (Peterson, 1995;Knapp et al., 2012;Alabi, 2015).”

If the purpose of mission and diversity statements is to reflect institutional priorities, as Wilson and colleagues argue, the presence, or lack thereof, and content of these statements indicates the extent to which institutions value diversity, equity, and inclusion.

“If the purpose of mission and diversity statements is to reflect institutional priorities, as Wilson and colleagues argue, the presence, or lack thereof, and content of these statements indicates the extent to which institutions value diversity, equity, and inclusion.”