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American Library Association releases national study of diversity in library workforce

Confirms need for continued recruitment of people of color

DALLAS – Today the American Library Association (ALA) released “Diversity Counts,” a comprehensive study of gender, race and age in the library profession.

Using 1990 and 2000 Census data (the most current available), the study found that the nearly 110,000 credentialed librarians were predominantly ages 45 [...]