IU Indianapolis University Library Diversity Scholars Program Fund

IU Indianapolis University Library

The goal of the Diversity Scholars Program Fund is to help the library gain a broader perspective by diversifying our student-employee population. It also serves as a means of introducing the work of libraries and librarianship as a career to individuals who may not have otherwise considered this field.

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IU Indianapolis University Library

The goal of the Diversity Scholars Program Fund is to help the library gain a broader perspective by diversifying our student-employee population. It also serves as a means of introducing the work of libraries and librarianship as a career to individuals who may not have otherwise considered this field.

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The Diversity Scholars Program gives undergraduate students a paid opportunity to learn about library science through a mentored program that rotates each student through various aspects of library operations, such as acquisitions, collection development, archives, and bibliographic services. The program seeks to foster research, international study, service learning, and workplace/community experiential learning. The collections, exhibits, and events created by our diversity scholars help our students, faculty, staff, and community users become better informed about the world and their place in it. 

Past diversity scholars projects include:

  • Organizing a lending library for a community center in La Lagunilla (Mexico City)
  • Installing a public exhibit focused on the cultures and history of China and Southwest Asia
  • Digitizing scholarly and cultural materials in 2D and 3D formats and creating descriptive metadata for them
  • Archiving data from the historic Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • Creating metadata for the OBAT Helpers digital collection (OBAT Helpers is a nonprofit organization committed to supporting displaced and disadvantaged refugee populations.)

Thank you for supporting this important initiative!

Your giving matters

Ashley Mack-Jackson – Former Diversity Scholar

University Library is where I learned that colleges and universities, especially college libraries, are instrumental in shaping lives by providing access to the information that helps broaden perspectives on and deepen our connections to our communities.

Ashley Mack-Jackson, Former Diversity Scholar Lecturer at Butler University and Chair of University Library Community Board

Important Disclosures

Please note, the name and purpose of the fund displayed on this page constitute the authorized description of the fund by the Indiana University Foundation, Inc. Your gift supports the fund as described herein.

In July 2024, IUPUI became Indiana University Indianapolis and is no longer affiliated with Purdue University. The IU Foundation is in the process of updating all fund titles and fund descriptions to reflect this change. Effective July 2024, even though IUPUI may be mentioned on this page, gifts to this fund will be administered by the Indiana University Foundation, Inc., on behalf of Indiana University Indianapolis.