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Bulletin of the
Office for Diversity
American Library Association
ISSN 1554-494X

MAY - JUNE 2006
SPECIAL ANNUAL 2006 ISSUE


FEATURES

EDITORIAL

Being Here Matters
Tracie D. Hall
What does is mean to be in New Orleans?

FROM THE FIELD

Outside the Magic Circle
An Interview with Petrice Sams-Abiodun, Jarvis DeBerry, Alma Dawson, Ronald Gauthier & Robert Skinner
Hurricane Katrina revealed two distinctly separate Americas; now, what can libraries do about it?

Working It, Walking It, Living It
Profiles of Elvia Tuttle, Anwar Ahmad, Tiffeni Fontno & Gary Colmenar
For these four librarians diversity is more than an institutional goal, it's a way of life.

The Concern of All
Gwendolyn Prellwitz
Finding Common Ground in New Orleans.

 


"The principles you live by create the world you live in. If you change the principles you live by, you will change your world."
Blaine Lee

 

DEPARTMENTS

DIVERSITY TOOLCHEST

Academic Residency Programs
Shantel Agnew, LaVerne Gray & Mark Puente
The Cohort Experience.

Doing Things Differently
Tarshel Beards
Two library leaders partner to provide a how-to manual for achieving diversity.

Endowments for Diversity
Michael Havener
A simple way to make a difference.

"I" on the Prize
Veronda Pitchford & Alanna Aiko Moore
Strategies for new library professionals to stand heads above the competition.

BOOKLOOK

Maizon at Blue Hill
A review by Michael C. Baradi.

SPECTRUM SCOPE

The Immigration Debate
Maria Hudson Carpenter & Gregory Hom
Who is the public the library is meant to serve?

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

October 11-15, 2006
Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

FMI: visit the JCLC website

 



Versed, the official publication of the American Library Association’s Office for Diversity, is published 5 times per year online with paper printings available twice yearly at ALA midwinter meetings and annual conferences.

True to its meaning: practiced, skilled, or knowledgeable; Versed will bring together the most progressive practitioners and the best practices in current library-based diversity work.

Please consider submitting an article or editorial; sharing a successful program or initiative; reviewing and recommending diversity-related books and videos of interest to library service (whole bibliographies and videographies are especially welcome); tackling pressing social or professional issues; and publicizing diversity related events or conferences.  Review the Submission Guidelines and Editorial Calendar for more information.


For questions about information appearing on this web page or for more information on any of the Office for Diversity programs, please direct comments to diversity@ala.org!


 


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