LibGuides: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility (DEIJA): Resources

Resources

106 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Medium
Black Excellence in LIS Syllabus
Google Sheet
Broadening your library's collection
Implementing an LGBTQIA Collection Development Project
DEIJ LibGuide from the Southern Tier Library System
Disrupting Whiteness in Libraries and Librarianship: A Reading List
A growing bibliography from the University of Wisconsin, which contains citations and links (when available) to resources focused on race, racism, and disrupting whiteness and white supremacy in libraries.
Equity & Social Justice Advisory Group Resources: Whiteness and Librarianship
University at Buffalo University Libraries LibGuide
Equity Literacy Project
The Equity Literacy Institute embraces, enables and sustains a transformative approach to equity and inclusion in our speres of influence.
Get Ready Stay Ready
Resources for LGBTQIA+ Materials Support
Intimacy Directors and Coordinators
The Intimacy Directors and Coordinators work on creating a culture of consent in which intimate stories can be told with safety and artistery.
Library of Congress - LGBTQIA+ Studies: A Resource Guide
This research guide serves as an introduction into the excellent collection of LGBTQ+ resources available at the Library of Congress
National Coalition Against Censorship
An LGBTQ Right to Read Resource Guide
Que(e)ry Resources
A list of libraries, archives, museums, oral history collections, organizations, resources, publications, projects, and other kindred spirits for LGBTQIA communities.
Talking About Race
From the National Museum of African American History & Culture
Unite Against Book Bans
Providing a toolkit for libraries and supportive communities to unite to fight against attempts to ban books.
WOC+Lib Statement Against White Appropriation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color’s Labor
Zenodo
Metadata Best Practices for Trans and Gender Diverse Resources

Articles

A History of Racism in Public Libraries
Book Riot
Call to Action | Envisioning a future that centers BIPOC voices
American Libraries
"To Make Meaningful Long-Term Change We Have to Take a Systemic Approach to It" Ruchika Tulshyan on Creating a More Inclusive Workplace
Public Libraries Online
Your Learning Hurts
At the Intersection, a blog by April Hathcock
The Displays: On Anti-Racist Study and Institutional Enclsure
Up/Root
Cultural humility in libraries
References Services Review, Emerald Insight
Whiteness from the top down: systemic change as antiracist action in LIS
Reference Services Review, Emerald Insight
Radical re-imagination: centering a BIPOC library workforce in an asset-based autoethnography
Reference Services Review, Emerald Insight
“Viewed as Equals”: The Impacts of Library Organizational Cultures and Management on Library Staff Morale
Journal of Library Administration, Taylor & Francis Online
Fighting Medical Racism: Academic librarians have a role in educating students and faculty
By Naomi Bishop
When Not to Call the Cops: A plea to protect Black patrons
By Jarrett Dapier and Emily Knox
Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries: More Than Books on the Shelves
by Peter Langella | Knowledge Quest
Encouraging Diversity and Equity in Public Libraries
By Lucy Kelly | Public Libraries Online
Inclusive Restroom Design
By Meredith Schwartz | Library Journal
Librarians in the 21st Century: It is Becoming Impossible to Remain Neutral
By Stacie Williams | Literary Hub
Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity: Members of the Association of Research Libraries
By Roger C. Schonfeld, Liam Sweeney | Ithaka S+R
Never Neutral: Critical librarianship and technology
By Meredith Farkas | American Libraries
Soliciting Performance, Hiding Bias: Whiteness and Librarianship
By Angela Galvan | In The Library With The Lead Pipe
The White Face of Library Leadership
By Lindsay McKenzie | Inside Higher Ed
White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS
By April Hathcock | In The Library With The Leadpipe
Why Social Justice in the Library | Outreach + Inreach
By Margo Gustina and Eli Guinnee | Library Journal
Microaggressions: More Than Just Race
By Derald Wing Sue| Psychology Today
Combating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
New York State government
Minimizing and addressing implicit bias in the workplace: Be proactive, part one
By Shamika Dalton and Michele Villagran
Minimizing and addressing microaggressions in the workplace: Be proactive, part 2
By Shamika Dalton and Michele Villagran

Libraries are for everyone

I Didn't Mean Anything By It: How Racial Microaggressions Are Perceived

Books

I'm Still Here (Adapted for Young Readers) by Austin Channing Brown
ISBN: 9780593240182
Publication Date: 2023-04-04
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
ISBN: 9780525509288
Publication Date: 2019-08-13
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
ISBN: 9781568585987
Publication Date: 2017-08-15
So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
ISBN: 9781580058827
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
Librarians with Spines by Max Macias (Editor); kYmberly Keeton; Diana Lopez; Kael Moffat; Mary Rayme; Aquita Winslow; Yago Cura (Editor); Autumn Anglin (Designed by, Illustrator); Jason Alston; Anthony Bishop; Candise Branum; Cathy Camper; A'misa Chiu; Loida Garcia-Febo
ISBN: 9780984539888
Publication Date: 2017-04-20
White Women by Regina Jackson; Saira Rao
ISBN: 9780143136439
Publication Date: 2022-11-01
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
ISBN: 9781635572957
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V. Magee
ISBN: 9780143132820
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
White Like Me by Tim Wise
ISBN: 9781593764258
Publication Date: 2011-09-13

Interactive

African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
An Open Course from Yale University
Killing Me Softly
A game demonstrating how it feels to suffer microaggressions and acculturative stress day after day.
Project Implicit
A series of tests to uncover implicit biases.

Magazines

YES! Magazine
Through rigorous reporting on the positive ways communities are responding to social problems and insightful commentary that sparks constructive discourse, YES! Media inspires people to build a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world.

Documentary Series

Asian Americans
A 5-hour film series from PBS on the history of identity, contributions, and challenges experienced by Asian Americans.
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
From PBS, a 4-hour film about the period after the Civil War in the US.