The Diversity We Seek: A Document Analysis of Diversity and Inclusion in the Australian Library and Information Sector Job Advertisements
ORCID iD
Muir: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3140-672X
Thompson: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9486-3688
Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
library job ads, library recruiting, diversity and inclusion
Abstract
A finding of the 2019 Australian Library and Information Association’s Workforce Diversity Trend Report was that the diversity of Australian communities has not translated to diversity in the library and information science professions. In the wake of this report, we reviewed how Australian library and information science job advertisements discuss and recruit for diversity in their organisations. Drawing from a sample of 208 job advertisements collected from 22 January to 22 February 2019 and 86 job advertisements collected during 22 January to 3 February 2018, and using qualitative and quantitative document analysis, we provide an analysis of how the wording in library and information science job advertisements can specifically invite application from diversity groups including people with a disability, LGBTIQA+, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, age, and by gender.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Publication Info
Published in Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, Volume 69, Issue 4, 2020, pages 473-495.
© Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association 2020, Taylor & Francis
APA Citation
Muir, R., Thompson, K. M., & Qayyum, A. (2020). The diversity we seek: A document analysis of diversity and inclusion in the Australian LIS sector job advertisements. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 69(4), 473-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2020.1812023