This book explores some of the challenges that libraries and librarians face due to diversity and inclusion issues among library staff, as well as the patrons that they serve. Its goal is to increase awareness of and sensitivity to the social, cultural, and educational needs of everyone involved.

• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: Why Diversity and Inclusion Matter
  • 1 From Whence We Come
  • 2 Overview of Diversity and Inclusion Literature and Research
  • 3 The Changing Face of Librarianship
  • 4 Implicit Bias and Microaggressions in Library and Information Science
  • 5 Subversive Librarianship as a Strategy for Social Justice and Activism
• Part II: Equipping the Library Staff
  • 6 Leading a Diverse and Inclusive Public Library
  • 7 Aligning the Library’s Strategy With the Parent Organization
  • 8 Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce
  • 9 Developing Cultural Competency and Sensitivity
  • 10 Professional Development as a Growth Strategy
• Part III: Voices From the Field
  • 11 From Recruitment to Promotion
  • 12 Inside the Mind of the African American Male Librarian
  • 13 Interpersonal Relationships With Minority Women in Leadership Positions
  • 14 Otherness, Inclusion, and Libraries
  • 15 An Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint in Progressive Land Library
  • 16 Disability and the Library Workplace
  • 17 Say My Name
  • 18 “Me, an Academic Librarian—Never”
  • 19 Creating a Successful Task Group on Diversity
  • 20 Recommendations for Achieving Cultural Humility and Critical Consciousness in Cross-Cultural Communications
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors