Diversity by design: From concept to action. Issue 1 (24th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Caidi, Nadia; Dali, Keren
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Volume 54:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 633
• Page End: 634
• Publication Date: 2017-10-24
• Subjects: guides -- instructions -- author's kit -- conference publications; Information science -- Congresses; Information technology -- Congresses; Information science; Information technology; Conference papers and proceedings; 020
• DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401095
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-9231

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Last year, in a guest editorial for the Library Quarterly (LQ) we proposed the concept of diversity by design (DbD) and posited it as a concept relevant to workplace environments, community engagements and graduate LIS education. We invited LQ readers "to contemplate whether this concept ma[de] sense to them and, if yes, how it work[ed] in their respective" situations [1: 88]. We brought to light "the multiplicity of contexts that give diversity meaning and life in our complex field" [ibid] and demonstrated that it was integral, rather than superfluous, to our field and way of being. Finally, we gave examples of how "discounting or underappreciating" diversity "may have a disintegrating effect on our practice, scholarship, and education" [ibid]. This poster will introduce the concept of DbD; provide examples of several case studies which show the difference between "diversity as a bonus" and "diversity by design"; and include feedback and insight from the DbD grant‐funded international symposium in Toronto, Canada, in September 2017.