Collaboration with MSU St. Andrews facility to train staff on book design in MS Word to develop a compilation of student writing and research proceedings from the MSU St. Andrews Writing Fellowship. We printed 150 copies of Still Connected and 100 copies of Proceedings of the MSU St. Andrews Summer Research Fellowship. This collaboration brought in about $2400 to the Libraries for the consultation and book production, and it will likely be an annual collaboration. This collaboration strengthens the partnership between the MSU Library and the MSU St. Andrews facility. The service provided expertise to the St. Andrews research fellowship program and training for staff at the St. Andrews facility. The books we produced increase the visibility of MSU Libraries and MSU in general and the print-on-demand nature of the service provides an innovative way to disseminate student work.

The following LibGuides have been created providing a collection of information focused on the central theme of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). The collaborators are continuously looking to expand and update these guides with more information and resources to increase DEI awareness across the Libraries, MSU Campus, and the general public.

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the U.S., colleagues from the Library's Diversity Advisory Committee created a LibGuide compiling MSU Libraries’ and broader online resources to facilitate learning about the long path to voting equality. The guide outlines strategies for research, highlights sources specific to suffrage in Michigan, and explores how black women shaped the U.S. suffrage movement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as a critical force for change. https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/19thAmendment

A LibGuide was created through collaboration between MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center and the Libraries that is related to waste management, zero waste principles, and the connections to environmental racism/justice. This guide includes information and resources on waste management, consumerism, and the environmental justice impacts of disposing the products we buy. Promotion of the guide to other campus units has generated interest in additional collaboration with the library. https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/environmentaljustice

A LibGuide was created to provide MSU Libraries' staff with information on DEI and related topics. The information presented in this guide can act as an introduction or users can familiarize themselves more intimately with DEI education. Resources and tools will be periodically reviewed and continuously added to the guide in hopes of increasing awareness, improving intercultural understanding, and providing staff with the tools they need and desire to advance their DEI education. https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/staffdevelopment_dei

The pilot program for our first Supervisor Community of Practice cohorts launched last fall. This year we have two cohorts of 6 librarian and support staff supervisors. We meet once a month for a year long program to read chapters from a book called Be a Great Boss, and we have 90 minute discussions around the topics and how they relate to supervision at MSUL. The hope is to gain consistency among supervisors at MSUL, and bring any possible systemic changes to light.