*This webinar is provided for North Carolina library staff. Please use your library email address to register.

The process of creating an antiracist culture in your library should actually begin with your recruitment and hiring practices. In this webinar, Dr. Kawanna Bright will share information on how to review your library’s recruitment and hiring practices, in order to identify aspects that might negatively impact efforts to recruit and retain diverse employees. Additionally, steps for developing and implementing antiracist/antibiased recruitment and hiring practices, including antiracist interviewing and candidate selection, will be shared.

Dr. Kawanna Bright is Assistant Professor of Library Science at East Carolina University (ECU). Prior to ECU, Dr. Bright held the position of Assistant Professor of the Practice of Library & Information Science at the University of Denver. Dr. Bright earned her doctorate in Research Methods & Statistics from the University of Denver in 2018 and her MLIS from the University of Washington iSchool in 2003. Prior to earning her doctorate, Dr. Bright worked as an academic librarian specializing in public services. Her research focuses on the application of research methodology to the study of LIS, library assessment, diversity in libraries, and the role of liaison librarians.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services