DIP RAFFLE GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCED: WEEK 22

Congratulations to Raina Bloom, the randomly selected winner of the Week 14 DIP Raffle Giveaway, who has been awarded a gift bag of items donated by the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement.

Thank you to Raina for submitting an initiative on the Diversity Resident Librarian Program. Established in 2013, this residency provides entry level librarians from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to develop skills and professional growth in academic librarianship. The program is designed to meet both the professional goals and interests of the Resident as well as the service and operational priorities of the Library. The program supports the goals of the Association of Research Libraries Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce.

From 2013-2016, the residency was a two-year program. Beginning in 2017, the residency has been expanded to a three-year program. Year one will include a placement in College Library, the library with primary service to undergraduates, to give the resident a firm foundation in academic librarianship with experience in reference, instruction, and collection development. After the first year, when the resident also gets familiar with the large UW-Madison campus and learns about the many different libraries and library services available, a two-year placement in a library will be arranged based on the resident’s interests and the needs and priorities of the libraries. For example, this placement could be at a science library, such as Steenbock Library, or a department such as Special Collections or Archives.

We encourage campus community members to continue reporting information to DIP, as this effort is essential to creating the best database possible!