DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS IN LIS RESEARCH.

The article presents an examination of the lack of diversity among librarians, library administrators, students enrolled in library and information science (LIS) programs and faculty teachers in LIS programs. It discusses the need for the profession to become as diverse as the population it serves. It explores the need for research to address the issue of diversity in librarianship and discusses how diversity and underrepresentation studies can help examine the problem. It also examines the role that education can play in increasing diversity in librarianship.