Document Type

Editorial

Publication Title

Library Resources & Technical Services

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

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Over the past several years, librarians have increasingly grappled with issues of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA). IDEA, also variably referred to as DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging), or other permutations, is a means of addressing social justice in libraries that permeates all aspects of library work and reaffirms core vocational principles of librarianship surrounding equity of access. This manifests in many ways within library work, both seen and unseen. As is often the case, the impacts may not be immediately evident within technical services work, but there are numerous avenues for technical services workers to foreground principles of IDEA and adapt a mindset for advocacy. This is frequently seen in reparative technical services work, wherein previously marginalized voices and perspectives are rightfully heard, and collection work that aspires to highlight a diverse array of subjects and creators that represent the populations we serve.

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This editorial was published open access in Library Resources & Technical Services in 2024.

DOI

10.5860/lrts.68n4.8321

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