Office for Diversity

Visit our About page to learn more about the American Library Association's Office for Diversity.  The Office for Diversity serves as the liaison to the Committee on Diversity and its subcommittees.  Additionally, this office administers Spectrum, a scholarship program designed to improve library service through the development of an ethnically diverse workforce.

Register today for the Diversity Leadership Institute: Fundamentals of Diversity

Preconference to ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim
Thursday, June 26, 2008 , 8am-5:30pm
Advance registration through May 16th
For more information on this annual event, please visit the Diversity Leadership Institute page.

Join us for Many Voices, Many Nations in Anaheim

Friday, June 27th, 2008, 6-9pm
Join Us
Join writers and artists from across the land as they weave a tapestry of spoken words, song and dance celebrating our fundamental unity and evoking our unique cultures!  For more information, visit the Many Voices, Many Nations page.

2008 Diversity Research Grants Call for Proposals - Deadline Extended

Each year the Office for Diversity and the Diversity Research Advisory Committee identify three areas of scholarship where research is needed, typically one proposal is chosen from within each topic for a total of three awards. Visit the Diversity Research Grants page for information on this year's topics and instructions for submitting a proposal. The deadline to submit proposals has been extended to May 19th, 2008.

2008 Spectrum Doctoral Fellows Announced

Meet them and learn more about the program on the Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship website.

2008 MLIS Spectrum Scholarship Recipients to be Announced Before ALA Annual Conference

The deadline to apply for the 2008 MLIS Spectrum Scholarships has passed, recipients will be announced prior to the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, June 26-July 2. Spectrum's major drive is to recruit applicants and award scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students.  Spectrum provides a one-year $5,000 scholarship and over $1,500 in professional development opportunities to a number of eligible students planning to attend an ALA-accredited graduate program in library and information studies or an ALA-recognized NCATE School Library Media program.  Visit www.ala.org/spectrum for more information.

Contact Us

Learn more about the Office for Diversity staff by visiting our About Us page.