Call for Proposals
Residencies Revisited: Reflections on Library
Residency Programs from the Past and Present
Publisher: Library Juice Press
About the Book
Many academic libraries across the country
have developed and maintained library diversity residency programs in support
of a larger campaign to diversify librarianship as a profession. Library diversity residencies strive to
provide early-career librarians of color with the experience and toolkit
necessary to pursue a successful lifelong career in academic librarianship.
Beyond the residents themselves, there are
various stakeholders involved in every residency program: residency
coordinators, library administrators, and the professional organizations that
back them. This book provides a space for the perspectives of all types of
residency stakeholders to intersect, thereby producing a holistic narrative of
library diversity residencies. The intended audience for this narrative is all
academic librarians/administrators currently involved or interested in library
diversity residency programs or generally interested in diversity initiatives.
This work solicits the stories of past and present residents, coordinators, and
policy-influencers, and then organizes their stories thematically, interweaving
the commentary and analysis of the editors.
Questions to Explore
For present diversity residents:
● What are the demographics of your host institution?
● What was the advertised structure and purpose of your residency program?
● How does your residency program experience align with your initial
expectations?
● From your perspective, what strengths and opportunities exist for the
program at your institution?
● What impacts do you anticipate this residency might have on your career
in librarianship?
For past
diversity residents*:
●
What were the
demographics of your host institution at the time of your residency?
● What was the advertised structure and purpose of your residency program?
● How did your residency program experience align with your initial
expectations?
● From your perspective, what strengths and opportunities exist for the
program at your host institution?
● How do you feel your residency impacted your career trajectory?
For past and present diversity resident
coordinators:
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When did you
participate in a diversity residency program as coordinator?
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What motivating
factors contributed to your institution’s decision to implement a residency
program?
●
If applicable, how
did your identity inform your involvement in building/participating in
residency programs?
●
From your
perspective, what strengths and opportunities exist for the program at your
institution?
For diversity residency researchers or
policy-influencers:
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What motivating
factors contributed to your involvement in residency research or policy?
●
What type of work
have you done and/or are doing around diversity residencies?
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From your
perspective, how have residencies impacted the landscape of librarianship since
their inception in the 1990s?
*Please note that submissions are not limited
to recent diversity residents. We welcome the perspectives of all past
residents.
Examples of Chapter Topics
Chapters can and will span a variety of
topics depending on the chapter contributors and their lived experiences.
Contributors are strongly encouraged to be as candid as possible. We are
particularly interested in narratives that highlight aspects of residencies
that remain unexplored. While this is not a restrictive list, some examples for
chapter topics include:
●
Invisible/emotional
labor
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How your identities
impacted your experience (such as religion, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic
class, disability)
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Coming into a
diversity residency when librarianship is a second career
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Balancing personal
obligations with participating in a residency program
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Juggling authenticity
and professionalism
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Motivating factors
for showcasing or hiding aspects of your identity
How to Participate
Chapter Proposals
●
300-500 word abstract
and brief author biography
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Due: September 20th,
2019
Chapter
Manuscripts
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2,000-5,000 words
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Due: March 2nd, 2020
About the Authors/Editors
Preethi Gorecki is the Student Engagement Librarian at Florida State University. Prior
to that, she was a Library Faculty Diversity Fellow at Grand Valley State
University. Preethi holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Concordia
University in Montréal, Québec, Canada and a Master of Library and Information
Science (MLIS) degree from the University of Western Ontario in London,
Ontario, Canada. Her research interests include practices for diversifying
librarianship, project and task management tools and techniques for everyday
academic librarianship, and student engagement as related to student wellness.
Arielle Petrovich is the Instruction and Outreach Archivist at the University of Notre
Dame. She holds an MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons College
and a BA in American Studies from Smith College. Arielle’s interests include
de-mystifying the archives, diversifying the archival record, fostering
historical empathy, and practicing inclusive librarianship.
Important Dates
Proposal
Submission Deadline:
September 20th,
2019
Notification of
Acceptance:
October 11th,
2019
First Draft
Chapter Submission Deadline:
March 2nd, 2020
Revisions/Editing:
March
2020--September 2020
Final
Manuscript Submission:
October 2020
