Diversity Counts In October of 2006, the American Library Association (ALA) released "Diversity Counts," a comprehensive study of gender, race and age in the library profession. The study was conducted by the ALA Office for Research & Statistics, ALA Office for Diversity and Decision Demographics, a research firm based in Arlington, Va. and confirms the need for continued recruitment of people of color.
ALA Member Demographics Survey By undertaking this member survey ALA takes a big step toward knowing itself and being able to describe itself to others. Access articles on the findings to date, locate the rfp for research studies, and take the survey.
Serving Non-English Speakers in U.S. Public Libraries Study provides new information about library services and programs developed for non-English speakers, including effectiveness of services, barriers to library use, most frequently used services and most success library programs by language served.
Spectrum Survey Report Bridging Boundaries to Create a New Workforce: A Survey of Spectrum Scholarship Recipients, 1998-2003. The Bridging Boundaries report represents the first published survey on the progress of ALA's national diversity and recruitment effort designed to address the specific issue of under-representation of critically needed ethnic librarians within the profession.
