| Contents |
Foreword / Tarida Anantachai, Camille Chesley, Twanna Hodge, and Jamia Williams -- Part 1: training for search committees and stakeholders. Launching for search success: establishing and training search committees in academic libraries / Tarida Anantachai and Nicole Westerdahl -- Including voices and mitigating bias: evaluative practices for final interviews / Xan Arch and José Velazco -- Setting up candidates for success: using a library community of practice to develop screening tools and candidate questions to minimize bias in hiring / Claressa Slaughter, Charlotte Beyer, Chelsea Eidbo, Jaena Manson, and KatieRose McEneely -- Creating an equity advisor program on any scale / Paula H. Martin -- Discussing, understanding, and assessing: moving beyond the performative to examine the candidate diversity statement / Breanne Crumpton, Mollie Peuler, and Kelly Rhodes -- Part 2: removing barriers for candidates. Ensuring empathy in interviewing through open communication / Gail Betz, Hilary Kraus, and Amy Tureen -- I still don't fit: how academic libraries create barriers in the profession before hiring even takes place / Simone Williams -- Trans and gender diverse inclusion in academic library hiring / Keahi Adolpho, Stephen G. Krueger, Luke Sutherland, and Adrian Williams -- Beyond compliance: accommodating differently in the interview process / Jennifer M. Jackson -- Improving inclusion with universal design in the academic library hiring process / Katelyn Quirin Manwiller, Heather Crozier, and Samantha Peter -- Planning for the on-campus interview: creating a descriptive library accessibility guide for job candidates / Kimberly A. Looby -- Part 3: transforming the process for all. Remote interviews, processes, and documentation: how COVID changed hiring at one academic library / Arielle Lomness, Sajni Lacey, and Donna Langille -- The interview pivot: implementing changes to interview protocols to respond to pandemic restrictions and provide greater inclusion / Mary Beth Lock, Elizabeth Ellis, and Summer Krstevska -- Reflections on a faculty cluster hiring approach at a large PWI academic library / Shawnta Smith-Cruz, April M. Hathcock, and Scott Collard -- Disrupting the academic librarian hiring process through transparent communication / Michelle Colquitt, Shamella Cromartie, Anne Grant, Kelsey Sheaffer, and Megan Sheffield -- Walking the walk: searches that demonstrate commitment to an inclusive, diverse, and equitable library workplace / Marlowe Bogino, Ash Lierman -- Approaches to inclusive recruitment: practical and hopeful / Adriana Poo, Anamika Megwalu, Nick Szydlowski, Kathryn Blackmer Reyes, Peggy Cabrera, and Ann Agee -- Developing recommendations for more inclusive academic librarian on-site interviews / Christina M. Miskey, Kathryn M. Houk, and Jason Aubin -- From applicant to employee: developing and evaluating an inclusive hiring and onboarding process / Gary R. Maixner, Kindra Orr, and M. Sara Lowe -- Afterword / Kathryn Houk, Jordan Nielsen, and Jenny Wong-Welch. |
| Abstract |
"Academic library hiring can be a bureaucratic and exclusionary process. Inclusive hiring practices can help libraries recenter the people in the process and incorporate transparency, empathy, and accessibility. Toward inclusive academic librarian hiring practices, rather than focusing just on how to diversify applicant pools, breaks down the many considerations involved in hiring and the intentional, thoughtful preparation and self-examination that leads to successful recruitment and retention in three parts: 1. training for search committees and stakeholders, 2. removing barriers for candidates, and 3. transforming the process for all. Throughout are practical solutions for emphasizing inclusivity and accessibility throughout the hiring process, including instructions and examples for developing the position description and job postings, tips for creating diversity statements, interview instructions and preparation lists, interview itineraries, sample candidate emails and feedback forms, evaluation rubrics, ideas for onboarding and mentorship, and more. While you are evaluating potential hires, they are evaluating you. Toward inclusive academic librarian hiring practices can help you center equity in your hiring, attract job seekers, and support both candidates and search committees through these time-intensive, laborious, and crucial processes"-- Provided by publisher. |
