The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) empowers individual members of the Dominican community in their efforts to create a just and humane campus; ODEI is dedicated to assisting the community in discovering how to live together, inclusively. The goal of the ODEI is to extend the benefits of diversity to all members of the Dominican community by working to equip students, faculty and staff for responsible global citizenship. ODEI's goals and mission are supported by the values of caring and compassion, welcoming and hospitality, confidentially and acceptance, fairness, continuous improvement and periodic review.
The office, led by the Chief Diversity Officer, will:
Statement taken from the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
In harmony with the University Mission to pursue truth, give compassionate service and contribute to a more just and humane world, the mission of the RCL mandates the academic support of students, faculty and staff for specific resources and services....Faculty librarians teach information literacy across colleges in keeping with our information literacy mission stating "all Dominican students approach research with curiosity and confidence." As the university strives to expand and aspires to become a premier academic institution, the library must reflect and support those goals. Key values of librarianship that are practiced in our teaching include advocating for intellectual freedom and privacy, advocating against censorship, providing access to information that represents a wide range of perspectives, collaboration, collegiality, inclusivity, and respect.
Faculty librarians ensure that the library is a welcoming space for Dominican students. Student engagement has been an important focus as the faculty librarians plan for the new learning commons. Active and inclusive learning pedagogy are essential to library instruction sessions.
Excerpts taken from the RCL's Mission Statement, dated 2019.