Core Diversity & Inclusion Committee Survey 

 

The Core Diversity & Inclusion Committee requests your assistance in learning about the perceptions and aspirations of membership towards the Division’s priorities for advancing our agenda with respect to accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion (ADEI). For the purposes of this survey we use the following definitions:

 

Accessibility: When a person with a disability or disabilities is afforded the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as a person without disabilities, in an equally integrated and equally effective manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use. (adapted from Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education definition)

 

Diversity: The range of differences that may exist between members of a community, including race and ethnicity, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, language, culture, national origin, religion, age, and (dis)ability status. (adapted from Association of American Colleges and Universities definition)

 

Equity: The guarantee of fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all members of a community, to be achieved by identifying and eliminating barriers that prevent full participation of some groups. (adapted from Association of American Colleges and Universities definition)

 

Inclusion: Inclusion is the active, intentional, and ongoing engagement with diversity—in individuals and in the communities (intellectual, social, cultural, geographical) with which individuals might connect—in ways that increase one’s awareness, content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and empathic understanding of the complex ways individuals interact within systems and institutions. (adapted from Association of American Colleges and Universities definition)

 

What we would like to learn about is your experience with ADEI initiatives in other membership organizations comprising individuals (not institutions), and what strategies or initiatives you have found to be particularly successful and why. We are also interested in your perceptions about fruitful and productive areas of focus for Core and its constituent units to investigate and pursue in the interests of social and racial justice, within Core’s areas of focus (assessment, buildings & operations, leadership & management, metadata & collections, and technology).

 

Please respond to the prompts below to the best of your ability. Responses are anonymous. We estimate that the entire survey should take approximately 5-10 minutes.

 

Thank you for your cooperation.