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Leadership & Management Symposium

In Person

Session: Leadership Symposium

It’s Not Them, It’s Us: Understanding and Addressing the Factors that Negatively Impact the Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention of BIPOC Librarians

Thursday, May 18, 2023
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM EDT
Location: 140EF

    Presenter(s)

  • Kawanna Bright, PHD

    Assistant Professor
    East Carolina University |College of Education

    • Moderator(s)

  • Kelsa Bartley, AHIP

    Education & Outreach Librarian / Learning, Research, and Clinical Information Services
    Louis Calder Memorial Library / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Miami, Florida

This session will focus on recruitment, hiring, and retention of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), specifically what library leaders can do to address issues with recruitment, hiring, and retention of BIPOC employees in their organizations and how to implement inclusivity and belonging practices in the workplace. Within the session, participants will learn more about the issues that negatively impact recruitment and retention of BIPOC employees and actions that can be taken to address those issues.