Keeping the Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Conversations Going

This article focuses on the challenges and successes Stony Brook University Libraries’ Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Committee encountered from its inception in 2017 to the present. The formation of this committee was in response to a new university-wide program. A pool of more than 80 library personnel made quick and thoughtful decisions to determine the composition of the Committee. In the months that followed, members learned to navigate the challenges of goal setting, collaborating with others outside the library, funding, event planning, and marketing. One of the primary goals of the Committee was to initiate and maintain conversations and collaborations around equity, inclusion, and diversity. Efforts included the celebration of Native American heritage and culture, women’s history, hip-hop history, and others. Another goal was to produce a meaningful and relevant mission to serve as a guide for our fledgling committee. The committee’s efforts were inclusive of the communities both outside and inside of the library’s sphere. Efforts were made to increase awareness and sensitivity among our library personnel via lectures, self-reflection workshops, and discussions. Further, committee members’ attendance and participation at conferences and webinars provided many opportunities to engage in discussions with others who have started similar committees at their libraries

Interested in institutional open access policies? COAPI can help!

Open access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Institutional open access policies serve as a pledge by institutional authors to make their works open access in a repository to ensure that anyone can access and use their research—to turn ideas into industries and breakthroughs into better lives. Librarians that support policy implementation connect readers from far and wide to research—getting to the heart of what an academic library should be. Often trained in providing faculty guidance and familiar with scholarly publishing, librarians are well positioned to build the support needed to make open access initiatives successful.Creating, promoting, and implementing an institutional open access policy is no easy task, and a library should not face it alone. Fear not, be it looking at examples or best practices for forming an open access policy, successful strategies to engage faculty, workflows to streamline policy implementation, or answers to thorny questions, the Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) is here to help.COAPI is an informal, free organization of 121 members across North America which provides education, advocacy, and member-to-member assistance to support institutions in developing, promoting, implementing, and assessing open access policies. This poster presents an overview of COAPI, its range of members, and the resources it provides, including an internal platform exchange news and information about open access policies, a public toolkit built and informed by members, working groups, and community calls

Oral History Interview with Inel Lewis

Inel Lewis is the Director of Diversity Initiatives for the School of Medicine. The narrator\u27s affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/racialunrest/1013/thumbnail.jp

Oral History Interview with Carol Hernandez

Carol Hernandez is a Senior Instructional Designer in the Center for Excellence and Learning and Teaching. The narrator\u27s affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/racialunrest/1006/thumbnail.jp

Oral History Interview with Dejeuné Davis

Dejeuné Davis attended Stony Brook University for three years and graduated May 2021.https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/racialunrest/1003/thumbnail.jp

Oral History Interview with Aaron Das

Aaron Das was a sophomore student at Stony Brook University with jobs on campus in the Libraries Dean\u27s office and the Intro to Bio labs at the time of their interview.https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/racialunrest/1007/thumbnail.jp

Oral History Interview with Stefan Judex

Stefan Judex is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Judex came to Stony Brook University in 1999 starting as a Post-Doctorate after receiving their PhD at the University of Calgary. The narrator\u27s affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/racialunrest/1004/thumbnail.jp

Oral History Interview with Nancee Moes

Nancee Moes is a Professor of Practice Lecturer at the School of Communication in Journalism. The narrator\u27s affiliation with Stony Brook University was true at the time of their interview.https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/racialunrest/1018/thumbnail.jp