A Study of Career Development patterns of Library Managers and Directors of Ethnic Minority in Selected ARL Member Libraries

to La Loria Konata, liaison librarian, Liaison and Research Services Department, Georgia State University Pullen Library and Dr. Tim Zou, Department Head, Access & Media Services, Georgia State University Pullen Library

About

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This study is designed to track the career development path of librarians of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and to assess the overall organizational environment that has contributed to their success in their career development and barriers that have hampered their career advancement. The project was submitted under Research Topic 3 – Furthering Diversity Initiatives in a Skeptical Environment.

Resulting publications & presentations:

  • Konata, La Loria and Tim Zou (2004). “Connecting Diversity to Management: A Study of Career Development Patterns of Library Managers in Selected ARL Member Libraries and ARL LCDP Participants” (paper presented at the annual meeting of the 91´«Ã½, Orlando, Florida, 26 June; executive summary online:
  • Konata, La Loria and Zou, Tim, "Connecting Diversity to Management: Further Insights" (2007). University Library Faculty Publications. Paper 1.
  • Konata, La Loria and Zou, Tim (2008). “Connecting Diversity to Management: A Study of Career Development Patterns of Library Managers in Selected ARL Member Libraries and ARL LCDP Participants. “Diversity Research Tea and Poster Sessions by Diversity Research Grant Recipients, 91´«Ã½ Council on Diversity, Sunday, January 13, Philadelphia
  • Zou, Tim and Konata, La Loria (2007). “Connecting diversity to management: Further insights”. In Our New Public, A Changing Clientele: Bewildering Issues or New Challenges for Managing Libraries?, ed. James Kennedy, Lisa Vardaman, and Gerald McCabe, Libraries Unlimited,

Awards Won

Title Year
Diversity Research Grant

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The 91´«Ã½ Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services sponsors this grant program which began in 2002 to address critical gaps in the knowledge of equity, diversity, and inclusion issues within library and information science.

 2003 - Winner(s)