UCSF Library

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Library has been actively engaged in promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) goals through a variety of approaches, including outreach and education to targeted campus groups, research collaborations, exhibits and public programming, participation in UC-wide groups, and collections. The library has incorporated DEIA into the library’s strategic plan goals, created rubrics for use in the hiring process, and incorporated DEIA activities and goals into the performance evaluation process for library employees. The University of California has also developed transformative publishing agreements with multiple publishers, allowing UC authors the option of publishing their articles open access with no or low article processing charges (APCs). These agreements allow UC authors to maintain their copyrights and encourage young researchers, LGBTQ+ researchers and other minority researchers to publish and promote their projects from the diversity of our campus populations. All of these activities promote UCSF’s PRIDE values of professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity, and excellence. This poster will highlight numerous activities and initiatives both within the library and on the UCSF campus promoting DEIA and beyond that, the campus mission of Advancing Health Worldwide.  

Presented at the American Library Association 2024 Conference.