Antiracist Resources

This guide is intended to provide general information about anti-oppression, diversity, and inclusion as well as information and resources for the social justice issues key to current dialogues within the Simmons Community. This guide is by no means an exhaustive list of anti-oppressive initiatives nor does it capture all of the many facets of the larger conversations about the issues listed here. This guide serves as an introduction to these issues and as a starting place for finding information from a variety of sources.

This guide was created as a pathway to resources on antiracism for the Bard College community.

How can libraries address equity in our organizations and communities?
Training and personal work, look at our own biases and blind spots. Learn and build relationships as a staff and as individuals. Systemic changes, look at policies and practices (how they affect patrons and staff) and workplace culture, making sure you are inclusive and not just "diverse. Public services, provide relevant resources for growth, learning, and conversations in our community. This guide contains resources to get started.

A Guide to Un-learning racism for all white people.

This guide, a joint effort of the USC Libraries and the Anti-Racist Pedagogy Organizing Committee, provides resources for developing anti-racist pedagogical strategies and syllabi. Use the tabs along the top to navigate to different categories of resources.

This bibliography contains citations and links (when available) to resources focused on race, racism, and disrupting whiteness and white supremacy in libraries. Particular emphasis is placed on the field of library and information science and librarianship as a profession. The resources are organized by topic; non-LIS-specific resources can be found at the bottom of the list. Updates to the list will be highlighted at the top with the date. “New” indicates a new addition to this guide, not necessarily a newly-published resource.
Developed by Karla J. Strand, DPhil, MLIS
Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian
University of Wisconsin System
2019