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Recruitment & Retention

Places to Recruit

When a position becomes available for hiring at your library, you should strive to advertise the position in places that will reach job-seekers who are diverse and who come from historically marginalized communities. Here are some suggestions for places to recruit:

No cost:

Fee required:

  • ACRL/ALA: Posting options begin at $249.
  • APALA: The job board for the Asian-Pacific American Librarians Association. Fee options start at $199.
  • ARL: To post to the Association of Research Libraries' job board, non-ARL libraries must pay a one-time fee of $250.
  • Black Caucus, American Library Association: Posting here requires payment of a fee. Fee options start at $249.
  • Chinese American Librarians Association: Posting here entails payment of a $100 membership fee.
  • The Joint Council of Librarians of Color: ?
  • Rainbow Roundtable: ?
  • REFORMA: The job board for the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking. Posting here requires payment of a $100 membership fee.
  • We Here: We Here supports the BIPOC library and information science community. Job postings cost $50.
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