Julie Brewer and Mark D. Winston

The RBMS Diversity Recruitment Toolkit is an online guide for RBMS (ACRL's Rare Books & Manuscripts Section) members and library professionals who wish to make presentations about careers in special collections librarianship to students and paraprofessional staff, particularly those from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.

NLM's Associate Fellowship Program -2nd year

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) seeks proposals from institutions offering to host a Second Year Associate Fellow for the period September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2011. Proposals are due by February 5, 2010.

The Associate Fellowship program is a postgraduate training program for promising health sciences librarians. Fellows spend the first year at the National Library of Medicine, learning about its programs and services and conducting research projects.  The optional Second Year Program allows Associate Fellows to supplement their year at NLM, through an opportunity to observe and practice the organizational, professional, and interpersonal skills that librarians need to successfully integrate information services into health care service, education, and research.  The Host Institution must demonstrate that information services are integrated into the basic functions of the institution and that librarians are full participants in the multidisciplinary teams carrying out these activities. Second-year Fellows will participate in activities appropriate to their interests and the needs of the Host Institution.  The Second Year Fellowship will be for a 12-month period beginning September 1, 2010. There are currently five first year Associate Fellows eligible for a second year placement.

he Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the release of a new digital publication, "The Kaleidoscopic Concern" by Kaetrena D. Davis-Kendrick. This annotated bibliography on racial and ethnic diversity in librarianship focuses on new areas of study such as gender issues and white privilege with regard to racial minority and ethnic librarians. "The Kaleidoscopic Concern" is available on the ACRL Web site as a free downloadable digital publication

Julie Brewer

Maud Mundava, Jayati Chaudhuri, Kawanna Bright

Julie Brewer

Contains "Guidelines for Practices and Principles in the Design, Operation, and Evaluation of Post-Master's Residency Programs"

Information related to diversity issues in librarianship, with a focus on residency, fellowship, and internship programs and positions.

College & Research Libraries News, May 2003, v. 64, no. 5

by Rebecca Hankins, Michele Saunders, and Ping Situ

The Residency Working Group is a joint task force of library residents, residency program coordinators, library deans, administrators, diversity officers, and human resources professionals from over 10 different library systems.

On left panel, click "Diversity Program" to see their high school program called "Project to Recruit the Next Generation of Librarians"

http://www.library.nd.edu/diversity/summer/imls/index.shtml

Funded by a 3 yr grant from from the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS)

See web site for more info on "Areas of Excellence," which Alcoa funds:

Conservation & Sustainability

Demonstrating our commitment to conservation by educating young leaders, protecting our forests, promoting sound public policy research, and understanding the linkages between business and the environment.

Global Education & Workplace Skills

Broadening student and adult participation through education in technical areas central to Alcoa to ensure that a diverse cross-section of our communities is economically connected, workplace ready and globally competitive.

Business & Community Partnerships

Seeding notions of corporate citizenship community by community to strengthen the non-profit sector and to develop meaningful partnerships among non-profits, the private sector and local government.