Sunday, September 23, 2012

Librarian diversity report

ALA has released new data to update “Diversity Counts,” a comprehensive study of gender, race, age, and disability in the library profession. Using 2009–2010 American Community Survey analyses, new data reveals a small gain—from 11% in 2000 to 12% in 2009–2010—in the percentage of racial and ethnic minorities working as credentialed librarians in the nation’s public, academic, and school libraries. While credentialed librarians remain predominantly female and white, this new data provides a fuller picture of diversity within the profession today.
American Library Association. (2012). Diversity Counts. Chicago: ALA.
 http://www.ala.org/offices/diversity/diversitycounts/divcounts

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