Dear Diary,I have received very positive feedback on my Statement of Professional Concerns:
Librarians propagate comprehensive information through collection, scholarly publication, exhibits and speeches.
A critical component include forging diversity in library’s racial and religious compositions. Library collections must raise awareness of conditions concerning underrepresented populations, globally. I utilize my training to unearth and disseminate information about obscure issues.
As a representative of “Diversity,” it is incumbent upon me to include unrepresented beliefs, lifestyles and values. People confuse my being an African-American, as the sum total of my diversity contribution.
Fortunately, I also have non-conformist ideals, and I’m not afraid to vocalize them.
I am an “Activist Librarian.” I don’t believe librarianship is a passive profession. I am passionate about social issues.
Librarians must lead the way, since we are uniquely positioned to stem society’s arrested development, by collection management from divergent sources.
