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A Call For Action: Mississippi’S Need For Minority Librarians, Stacy Creel, Elizabeth Haynes
A Call For Action: Mississippi’S Need For Minority Librarians, Stacy Creel, Elizabeth Haynes
SLIS Connecting
Recently, The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science successfully recruited ten minority students in the following specialties: three public, three academic, two general, one special and one school for “The Minority Scholarship Initiative.” The scholarship was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Service’s Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program and created in partnership with the Mississippi Library Commission and The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. Currently, the minority enrollment at the university is 40%. The minority enrollment for the MLIS is 17%; however; it falls to 11% when not including the aforementioned scholarship …
The Imls Minority Scholarship Initiative, Xinyu Yu
The Imls Minority Scholarship Initiative, Xinyu Yu
SLIS Connecting
The IMLS Minority Scholarship Initiative at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) is a three-year (2009-2012) project to increase the number of underrepresented minority librarians in the state. Southern Miss SLIS (Xinyu Yu, Principle Investigator) and University Libraries (Ann Branton, Co-Principle Investigator) have partnered with the Mississippi Library Association (MLA) and the Mississippi Library Commission (MLC) for the recruitment of students and professional mentoring. Through targeted recruiting of minority undergraduates in Mississippi's universities and colleges, the project awarded IMLS-funded scholarships to support 10 students earning a master's degree in librarianship.