Diversity Talks and

Project SAFE Ally Profile Badges at

NCSU Libraries

Sydney Thompson
Vice Chair, NCSU Libraries Diversity Committee
27th Annual North Carolina Serials Conference
NCSU Libraries Diversity Committee Charge
To assess the Libraries' activities and recommend programs and policies to insure
consistency with the goals of fostering greater diversity and inclusion
To maintain and present diversity and cultural awareness and understanding information to
the Libraries staff and to the university community
To monitor and participate in similar diversity efforts at NCSU and elsewhere
To participate actively in planning and implementing of programs and events for Libraries
staff and with the university community to celebrate and enhance diversity and to bring
issues of relations between people from different racial and cultural groups into focus
To serve as a conduit/contact person/liaison for staff concerns related to the climate of
understanding and openness to all
To foster a dialogue on the climate for diversity to promote understanding across racial and
cultural lines within the Libraries and beyond, as appropriate
Monthly workshop, speaker, discussion group, or campus event sponsored or co-sponsored by
the Libraries Diversity Committee

Purpose is to foster engaging, open discussion about current diversity topics in the library, on
campus, and in our larger communities

Intended for all Libraries staff; occasionally open to students or the larger NCSU community
Guest speakers / workshops

Universal Design for Spaces & Services/Learning with Carli Spina, Boston College Libraries

Resisting Imposter Syndrome with Bess Sadler, Data Curation Experts

Discussions

Common Reading: “Between the World and Me”

Critical Librarianship
Show & Share of personally meaningful piece of art or literature
Careers in Libraries Panel
Campus workshops and events

Trans 101
Green Zone Training
Project SAFE Ally
Project SAFE Ally Profile Badges
Project SAFE Ally Workshops

Three-hour workshop led by NCSU GLBT Center staff

Designed to prepare participants to understand and address the needs of GLBT

students

Participants of the workshop are named Project SAFE Allies and provided a
physical badge to display outside their offices
Project SAFE Ally Profile Badges
Many Libraries staff work in spaces not easily accessible to the NCSU Community

Libraries Web Team created an electronic badge for Allies within the Libraries to
add to their staff profile pages

[Thank you to our Web Team!]

Thank you!

Sydney Thompson
NCSU Libraries
slthomp5@ncsu.edu