{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"smdillon","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/smdillon\/","title":"Annual - Diversity Leadership Institute Preconference","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"APc5PYNLCh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/annual-diversity-leadership-institute-preconference\/\">Annual &#8211; Diversity Leadership Institute Preconference<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/annual-diversity-leadership-institute-preconference\/embed\/#?secret=APc5PYNLCh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Annual &#8211; Diversity Leadership Institute Preconference&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"APc5PYNLCh\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"I was so happy to be included in the Diversity Leadership Pre-conference at ALA here in Anaheim. It was an amazingly inspiring day featuring presentations, discussions and brainstorming. The day started off with ALA President Loriene Roy speaking about her vision of &#8220;celebrating community, collaboration, and culture&#8221; during her tenure as ALA&#8217;s first American Indian President. A highlight was her vision of workplace wellness. Next up was Dr. Clara M. Chu (UCLA Department of Information Studies). She focused on institutional assessment, and helped participants find the best path to help bring best practises of diversity to their own institutions, whether they are academic, public, special or school libraries. Mark Winston (UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science) was the next speaker, and he presented an intriguing talk asserting that Leadership Diversity needs to take on a three pronged approach of demographics, social justice and economic imperatives. He spoke about..."}