Greetings Colleagues,
I trust you're well. Today I'm celebrating, really celebrating the partnership with Wayne State University and the Increasing Diversity of Librarians project. As you know, the project goals are to recruit, mentor, and deliver an online MLIS degree to 10 students from underrepresented groups in order to achieve greater diversity among practicing library professionals. Recruitment efforts will be extended particularly to undergraduates currently attending HBCU institutions and library paraprofessionals currently employed by HBCU libraries.
The major goals of this two-year project are to:
recruit underrepresented students to the library profession
provide graduate library science educational opportunities to promising bachelor's degree holders and library paraprofessionals from underrepresented group
test the efficacy of a distributed online degree program, supported by mentors, to retain students from underrepresented groups through degree completion and employment as professional librarians.
Applications will be accepted until June 1st. Paste this link into your address bar http://slis.wayne.edu/diversity/projectidol.php for the application and more information.
Respectfully,
Sandra
SANDRA M. PHOENIX
Executive Director
HBCU Library Alliance
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