An Exploratory Study of Diversity Statements in Canadian Academic Librarian Job Advertisements
Diversity statements signal an organization’s culture, values, and commitment to diversity and inclusion. Yet, diversity statements are often perceived as somewhat superficial “boilerplate” or basic statements created to comply with employment equity requirements, especially in job advertisements. W...
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East Carolina University
2021-09-01
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| description | Diversity statements signal an organization’s culture, values, and commitment to diversity and inclusion. Yet, diversity statements are often perceived as somewhat superficial “boilerplate” or basic statements created to comply with employment equity requirements, especially in job advertisements. With the objectives of understanding the presence of diversity statements in job advertisements, differences between types of libraries, and the types of diversity statements and messages contained in these statements, this study analyzed the diversity statements of 50 online job advertisements for Canadian academic librarian and archivist positions. Four types of diversity statements were identified from this study: Type 1) boilerplate; Type 2) employment equity; Type 3) diversity; and Type 4) expanded diversity management. Findings suggest most Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions in Canada have expanded diversity management statements. Other findings around land acknowledgements, gender identity, and sexual orientation and others are discussed. Recommendations for further studies are included. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae908103a37d4d3797cb79f8988885d02023-02-02T19:27:38ZengEast Carolina UniversityThe International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion2574-34302021-09-015310.33137/ijidi.v5i3.36202An Exploratory Study of Diversity Statements in Canadian Academic Librarian Job AdvertisementsNorda A. Bell0York UniversityDiversity statements signal an organization’s culture, values, and commitment to diversity and inclusion. Yet, diversity statements are often perceived as somewhat superficial “boilerplate” or basic statements created to comply with employment equity requirements, especially in job advertisements. With the objectives of understanding the presence of diversity statements in job advertisements, differences between types of libraries, and the types of diversity statements and messages contained in these statements, this study analyzed the diversity statements of 50 online job advertisements for Canadian academic librarian and archivist positions. Four types of diversity statements were identified from this study: Type 1) boilerplate; Type 2) employment equity; Type 3) diversity; and Type 4) expanded diversity management. Findings suggest most Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions in Canada have expanded diversity management statements. Other findings around land acknowledgements, gender identity, and sexual orientation and others are discussed. Recommendations for further studies are included.https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijidi/article/view/36202academic librariesCanadadiversity statementsemployment equityinclusionjob advertisements |
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| title | An Exploratory Study of Diversity Statements in Canadian Academic Librarian Job Advertisements |
| title_full | An Exploratory Study of Diversity Statements in Canadian Academic Librarian Job Advertisements |
| title_fullStr | An Exploratory Study of Diversity Statements in Canadian Academic Librarian Job Advertisements |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Exploratory Study of Diversity Statements in Canadian Academic Librarian Job Advertisements |
| title_short | An Exploratory Study of Diversity Statements in Canadian Academic Librarian Job Advertisements |
| title_sort | exploratory study of diversity statements in canadian academic librarian job advertisements |
| topic | academic libraries Canada diversity statements employment equity inclusion job advertisements |
| url | https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijidi/article/view/36202 |
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