Nonprint Media Services

The following are selected video titles in the collections of Nonprint Media Services that deal with diversity in general.

Cultural Baggage (9 min.)
BF575.P9C84 1995
Summary: This parody of cultural stereotypes takes place at a baggage carousel at an airport. Trying to find their luggage, people pick up different bags and suddenly assume the stereotypical personality of the bag's true owner.

Diversity Dilemmas (185 min.)
HD 4903.D59 1994 v-1-7
Contents: [v.1] Gender (28 min.) -- [v.2] Race and ethnicity (26 min.) -- [v.3] Age and experience (25 min.) -- [v.4] Physical ability (23 min.) -- [v.5] Sexual orientation (26 min.) -- [v.6] Interpersonal style (29 min.) -- [v.7] [General Diversity issues] (28 min.).
Summary: Discusses a mosaic of conflicts posed by differences in gender, race and ethnicity, age and experience, etc. at the workplace, and looks at how these conflicts can be managed skillfully.

Diversity: Food for Thought (21 min.)
HF5549.5.M5D568 1997
Summary: Conversations set in Diversity Diner illustrate the importance of valuing and appreciating diversity in the workplace.

The Mosaic Workplace (60 min.)
HF 5549.5.M5M676 1994
Contents: Why value diversity? (8 min.) -- Understanding our biases and assumptions (5 min.) -- Sexual harassment (14 min.) -- Managing a diverse workplace : recruiting and interviewing (13 min.) -- Managing a diverse workplace : helping new employees feel valued (7 min.) -- Managing diversity : meeting the challenge (13 min.) Summary: Shows value of diversity in workplace and how to handle sexual harassment, recruiting, interviewing, and helping new employees. Explains how businesses benefit from overcoming biases and meeting the challenge in multicultural workplaces.

Moving Toward Community: the Diversity Initiative at theUniversity of Maryland at CollegePark (7 min.)
HF5549.5.M5M68 1995
Summary: Highlights the campus-wide Diversity Initiative and the diversity of students, staff and faculty at the University of Maryland at College Park with regard to race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, and class. Also provides an overview of the myriad of educational, social, professional and political opportunities at UMCP.

A Tale of O (53 min.)
HD58.7.T25 1993
Summary: Insights into the impact of relative numbers on people's performance in work groups, when some people have a hard time fitting in because they are different from the majority. The consequences, pressure and stereotypes of being different are explored.

Valuing Diversity (230 min.)
HF 5549.5.M5V35 1990v.1-7
Contents: pt. 1. Managing differences (30 min.) -- pt. 2. Diversity at work (29 min.) -- pt. 3. Communicating across cultures (30 min.) -- pt. 4. You make the difference (25 min.) -- pt. 5. Supervising differences (31 min.) -- pt. 6. Champions of diversity (27 min.) -- pt. 7. Profiles in change (58 min.). Summary: Describes how management must consider race, ethnicity, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and culture in order to promote productive work relations and effective communication at the work place.