Dear Colleagues,
This is a response to Miguel's message on this subject and is NOT a repeat
of his message. I say this because, even though it is substantially
different in content, it was just rejected by ARLIS-L saying that my
message is too similar. (An annoying feature of the revised list, BTW,
because few of us have time to re-write our replies! I, for one, can not
do this again. Is there any way to change this discouraging feature of
ARLIS-L???) Ray Anne Lockard
Miguel and Others,
I agree that we should do everything we can to encourage professionals of
color to join ARLIS/NA. As we all know, it is a challenge within the whole
library profession. When I was Chairperson of the University of
Pittsburgh Libraries Diversity Committee, we discovered that, while the
Pitt Library Science Department did attract people of color, those people
were not interested in academic librarianship.
We have begun to do our small part in making a difference. After our
committee presented its study and recommendations to the library director,
he worked with the Library Science Department and established a
committee presented its study and recommendations to the library director,
he worked with the Library Science Department and established a
Minority Internship at Pitt. The individual must be a student of
color who is enrolled in Pitt's Library Science program. The person who
applies and is chosen for the position works for different departments and
libraries within the university library system for one year while also
attending classes (20 work hours per week). The year after the person
completes his/her MLS, (s)he then works for a year (with pay) in the ULS.
Our Minority Intern this year just completed three weeks with the Frick
Fine Arts Library. She indicated an interest in art librarianship and I
was happy to have her. She will work full time with the ULS next year and
I have offered to bring her with me to the 2003 ARLIS/NA conference in
Baltimore. She is interested in our profession!
I think that the internship program put in place by our library director
should be a model for any university with a library science program.
Ray Anne Lockard
Head, Frick Fine Arts Library
University Library System
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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