Introduction to Library Diversity and Residency Studies
This journal, Library Diversity and Residency Studies (or LDRS for short), is a new publication dedicated to the exploration of these two broad topical areas, library external and internal DEI programs. The journal was founded as part of the Library Diversity Institutes Pilot Project, a project funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In this article I will provide a brief overview of the motivations and aims of the project, the structure of the titular Institutes, our findings from the project, and finally a summary of our project recommendations on futures steps concerning library diversity residencies.