In this course, you’ll learn from an outstanding group of experts as they explore key concepts essential to cultivating and promoting inclusive and equitable collections. You’ll conduct a diversity and inclusion audit of your collections, and hear about ways to include wider perspectives from and about LGBTQIA people, Black, indigenous, and people of color, and historically underrepresented ethnicities, cultures, and religions. You’ll learn how to ensure that your collections are more reflective of the diversity of your community and the larger world.
How To Build and Defend Inclusive Collections |
Create library collections that are inclusive and reflect a diverse range of people, stories, and experiences by learning how to conduct a diversity audit, ensure representation, and defend your collections against censorship challenges. |
Week 1 Session 1 | 2:00-2:45 pm ET Creating Inclusive Library Collections Led by: Kymberlee Powe, (she, her) Children and YA Consultant, Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development |
Week 1 Session 2 | 3:00-3:45 pm ET Conducting a Diversity Audit of Your Collections and Ordering: Where to Start Led by: Betsy Bird, (she, her) Collection Development Manager, Evanston Public Library (IL) and Dontaná McPherson-Joseph, (she, her) Collection Management Librarian, Oak Park Public Library (IL) |
Week 2 Session 1 | 2:00-2:30 pm ET Black Stories in Library Collections Led by: Jennifer Baker, (she, her) Writer, Editor, Advocate, and Founder, Minorities in Publishing podcast |
Week 2 Session 2 | 2:30-3:00 pm ET Muslim Stories in Library Collections Led by: Mahasin Abuwi Aleem, (she, her) Childrens Collection Management Librarian, Oakland Public Library (CA), Co-Founder, Hijabi Librarians and Hadeal Salamah, (she, her) Lower and Middle School Librarian, Georgetown Day School, Washington DC |
Week 2 Session 3 | 3:10-3:40 pm ET Queer Stories in Library Collections Led by: Carson Williams, (he, him) Collection Development Librarian, Cornell University (NY) |
Week 2 Session 4 | 3:40-4:10 pm ET Native American Stories in Library Collections Led by: Stacy Wells, Youth Librarian |
Week 3 Session 1 | 2:00-2:45 pm ET Assessing and Revising Your Collection Management Policies to Protect Your Collections and Yourself Led by: Kelly Jensen, Editor, Book Riot |
Week 3 Session 2 | 3:00-3:45 pm ET Auditing and Recataloging Your Non-Fiction Collection Led by: Meghan O’Keefe, (she/her) Readers' Services Librarian |
Week 3 Session 3 | 3:45-4:15 pm ET Sustaining Collection Assessment Momentum Led by: Kymberlee Powe, (she, her) Children and YA Consultant, Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development |
Our courses are perfect for your team! Group rates available now! Request a discount for groups of 3 or more and work with your colleagues on a project for your library. Purchase 15 or more registrations and apply them across multiple courses. |
Introducing course credit packages! Buy now, decide later. Plan your library’s professional development for the year by purchasing course credits. Starting at $5,000, purchase packages of course tickets that you can allocate to your staff as needed and apply to our full roster of courses. Contact us to plan your group purchase. |
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