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crln-25402	Brown, Elizabeth; Pierce, Jeannette E.	2020 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey: Highlights and key EDI findings	2022-04-04	6	.pdf	application/pdf	2023	99	34	Applying the DEI Scorecard rubric to the 2020 Trends questions offers a useful framework for understanding how libraries are implementing EDI initiatives.11 Cultural Embeddedness: Many of the responses to the 2020 Trends questions provide insight into embeddedness in academic library culture, with 27% of academic libraries having formal written goals for EDI that include working to foster an inclusive climate and working to improve workplace culture. Benchmark also offers dashboard visualizations aligned with principles in the ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education.3 Academic libraries completing the survey have free access to their own survey responses and selected aggregate data within Benchmark.4 COVID-19 and academic libraries The 2020 survey gathered data for fiscal year 2019-20 and captures the impact of COVID-19 on academic libraries by asking two COVID-19-specific questions, including the number of weeks during the fiscal year that the library was closed when it otherwise would have been open.	cache/crln-25402.pdf	txt/crln-25402.txt