Embedding EDI into organizations requires strategic tools and practical approaches to create impact and represent diverse individuals and equity seeking groups. Our organization has undertaken several projects to address issues of inequality and access. These efforts have been coordinated by the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Strategist, the Community Engagement Librarian and the DEIA committee. Examples include hosting a Drag Story Time in collaboration with the Campus Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office, expanding and developing more formal prayer spaces in the library with the Muslim Student Association, hosting a Library Night @ Varsity Volleyball with Athletics and Recreation, having our local public library’s Bookmobile weekly stop on campus, creating a pronoun usage guide, developing diverse library displays and reading lists to represent cultural observances during the year and a Black History Month reading event.
