Description: Minority Recruitment and Retention in Arl Libraries. Spec Kit 167

Minority Recruitment and Retention in Arl Libraries. Spec Kit 167

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Main Author:	Burrows, Janice H.
Corporate Author:	Association of Research Libraries, Washington, Dc. Office ofManagement Services
Format:	Microfilm
Language:	English
Published:	Association of Research Libraries, 1990.
Subjects and Genres:	Academic Libraries. Affirmative Action. Budgeting. Higher Education. Labor Turnover. Librarians. Library Surveys. Minority Groups. Personnel Policy. Professional Associations. Recruitment. Research Libraries. Professional Associations Library Surveys Higher Education Budgeting Affirmative Action Academic Libraries Reports - Descriptive. Opinion Papers. Collected Works - General. Collected Works, General. Reports, Descriptive.
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Summary:	This spec kit presents the results of a survey which determined employment practices of Association of Research Libraries (arl) member libraries in 1990 in the areas of cultural diversity, minority recruitment, and affirmative action. Categories surveyed in the area of minority recruitment include hiring activities, advertising available positions, and barriers to recruitment. Results are also presented in the areas of the recruitment of and retention strategies for minority professionals as well as the use of internships, residencies, and scholarships for minorities. Issues and trends are also identified. The kit provides recruitment planning documents, recruitment procedures, contact lists, in-house recruitment strategies, and minority recruitment internship documents submitted by the universities of California (Davis, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Berkeley); Colorado at Boulder; Connecticut; Delaware; Illinois (Chicago, Urbana-Champaign); Iowa; Kentucky; Michigan; Minnesota at Twin Cities; Nebraska; and South Carolina; as well as by Cornell University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; National Agriculture Library; New York State Library; Ohio State University; the State University of New York (Albany, Stonybrook); and Texas a & m University. (Mab).
Physical Description:	121 pages

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This spec kit presents the results of a survey which determined employment practices of Association of Research Libraries (arl) member libraries in 1990 in the areas of cultural diversity, minority recruitment, and affirmative action. Categories surveyed in the area of minority recruitment include hiring activities, advertising available positions, and barriers to recruitment. Results are also presented in the areas of the recruitment of and retention strategies for minority professionals as well as the use of internships, residencies, and scholarships for minorities. Issues and trends are also identified. The kit provides recruitment planning documents, recruitment procedures, contact lists, in-house recruitment strategies, and minority recruitment internship documents submitted by the universities of California (Davis, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Berkeley); Colorado at Boulder; Connecticut; Delaware; Illinois (Chicago, Urbana-Champaign); Iowa; Kentucky; Michigan; Minnesota at Twin Cities; Nebraska; and South Carolina; as well as by Cornell University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; National Agriculture Library; New York State Library; Ohio State University; the State University of New York (Albany, Stonybrook); and Texas a & m University. (Mab).

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