LibGuides: Committee for the Promotion of Diversity & Inclusion: Overview

Welcome!

The Committee for the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion's (CDPI) mission is to develop, coordinate and support events, programs, resources, and communications that create an inclusive and equitable environment in which MIT Libraries staff are valued and empowered to effect positive change by actively pursuing a social justice agenda within the Libraries and the communities we serve.

CPDI is committed to embedding diversity, inclusion and social justice throughout the organization’s practices, policies, services, and culture by partnering with staff, students and faculty to advocate for broader adoption and implementation of these goals.

To that end, we commit to the following:

Raise awareness of and address issues of power and privilege on a structural as well as at a representational level within and across the organization, our collections and services.
Engage with and support marginalized communities as they challenge systemic oppression.
Highlight and uplift the voices and visibility of marginalized communities in our events, programs, resources and communication.
Hold the Libraries accountable to our stated values.
Categorically reject the concept of library neutrality.
CPDI will also act in an advisory and support role for the Libraries leadership as well as groups and individuals within the MIT community and beyond that are involved in or wish to engage in DISJ work.

See current CPDI membership (page restricted to MIT Libraries staff).

MIT Libraries Resources

MIT Libraries mission and values statements:

The MIT Libraries aspires to advance knowledge by providing a trusted foundation for the generation, dissemination, use, creative engagement with, and preservation of information, in support of the MIT mission and so that it can be brought to bear on the world’s great challenges and in the cause of social justice.

By pursuing Social Justice and an Ethic of Care

We foster deep respect and understanding for human beings inside and outside our organization and the communities in which they live; we approach our work and one another from an ethic of care.
We aim to provide equitable service to all people, regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or national or ethnic origin.
We place special emphasis on services that are welcoming and inclusive of members of groups who are currently and/or have historically been marginalized or denied full participation in society.
We strive to promote many voices, and to reflect diversity of both knowledge itself and ways of knowing in our collections, and in our approach to information management and organization.
We aspire to leverage the work, values, and resources of libraries and archives as forces for social justice in our communities.

Managing for Learning and Inclusion

Office of the Director libguide - Managing for Learning and Inclusion

Committees & Groups

Staff Advisory Council (SAC)

Reports

2017 Report of the Collections Directorate Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Task Force

Other libraries libguides + resources

Anti-Oppression Libguide for UNLV Students
With a focus on student safety and well-being, this guide is designed to provide general information and links to resources about anti-oppression and related topics such as diversity, inclusion, and social justice for the UNLV academic community. Intended to be non-partisan, many resources offered here are for everyone regardless of political affiliation or viewpoint. In some cases, resources and links related to issues and specific policies proposed by elected officials are part of this guide as these issues and proposed policies directly impact professional and personal lives of members of our community, such as immigrants or people of color.
Beatley Library Anti-Oppression Libguide
This guide is intended to provide some general information about anti-oppression, diversity, and inclusion as well as information and resources for the social justice issues key to the Simmons University community.
The Design for Diversity Learning Toolkit
The Design for Diversity Learning Toolkit is a prototype exploring the resources and strategies needed to help cultural heritage practitioners advocate for and create more inclusive information systems. It is a collection of learning resources, gathered between 2016 and 2018, that can be used in a classroom, workplace, or volunteer organization. This project is based in the Digital Scholarship Group at the Northeastern University Library.
New York Tech Anti-Oppression Libguide
This guide attempts to provide general information and a starting point to learn about anti-oppression, inclusion, and privilege, as well as provide knowledge and resources to key social justice issues. The NYIT community is welcome to suggest resources.

MIT Resources

2018 Academic Climate Survey
Council on Staff Diversity & Inclusion
The Council on Staff Diversity & Inclusion is an advisory body charged with encouraging and informing efforts to utilize the diversity of MIT's staff to advance the work of departments, laboratories, and centers. The diversity of staff includes racial, cultural, demographic, cognitive, and technical characteristics.
Employee Resource Groups
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are employee-led groups formed around common interests, common bonds, or similar backgrounds.
LGBTQ@MIT
An intercultural resource for diverse gender, romantic, and sexual identities.
It's Intuitively Obvious videos (staff stories)
In the mid-90s, an ad hoc group of faculty, staff, and students, in collaboration with Dr. Clarence G. Williams, Special Assistant to the President, produced a videotape entitled It’s Intuitively Obvious. The videotape recorded African American students discussing their experiences with race at MIT. Subsequent to the production of that video, an invitation was extended to the larger MIT community to make similar tapes, and Dr. Williams’ office went on to produce four more videotapes in which students of different racial backgrounds discussed issues of race on the MIT campus.
MIT Human Resources - Diversity & Inclusion
Human Resources is advancing staff diversity and inclusion efforts and offers assistance in reaching the goals of affirmative action.
MIT ICEO
The Institute Community and Equity Officer (ICEO) serves as a thought leader on the subjects of community, equity, inclusion, and diversity; a focal point for organizing MIT’s related activities and conversations; and a hands-on practitioner who disseminates best practices and inspires the awareness and enthusiasm to help them flourish. The acronym ICEO can refer to either the Office or to the Officer.
MIT Ombuds Office
The Ombuds Office is a confidential and independent resource for all members of the MIT community, including students, faculty, employees, alumni, and employees of Lincoln Lab, to constructively manage concerns and conflicts related to your experience at MIT.

Teaching and training tools

Project Implicit
The Project Implicit website has online tests where individuals investigate and begin to understand their implicit and explicit social biases. The Project Implicit website also provides research and educational services on implicit bias, diversity and inclusion, leadership, applying science to practice, and innovation.
Diversity Game
Online interactive game that challenges players to diversify a typical newsroom, while testing their basic knowledge of cultures.