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| | In our How to Build Diverse Collections online course starting March 8, you’ll complete work to ensure that your collections are diverse, equitable, and inclusive—with personal coaching from experts in the field. You’ll conduct a diversity audit of your collections, and hear about ways to include wider perspectives from and about LGBTQIA people; people of color; ethnic, cultural, religious minorities and more. You’ll learn how to ensure that your collections are more reflective of the diversity of your community and the larger world. The speaker program runs on March 8, 15, and 22, 2:00-4:30 pm ET (recordings available) with an ongoing workshop over 3 weeks. Check out the program below.
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| | Discounted registration fees are available for groups of 3 or more. To get details on group pricing, email [email protected]. |
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| | | Week 1: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Session 1 | 2:00-2:45 pm ET
Opening session to be announced.
Speaker: TBA Intermission | 2:45-3:00 pm ET Session 2 | 3:00-3:45 pm ET
Conducting a Diversity Audit of Your Collections and Ordering
In this session, we’ll discuss the process of conducting a diversity audit of both your collections and your ordering processes. You’ll learn how to plan a diversity audit, which salient data points should be included, how to gather the requisite information, how to set goals to address gaps, and how to make diversity and inclusion natural and ongoing parts of collection management and promotion. You’ll come away with an understanding of what to do with your data once you have it, how to create a plan of implementation, and where to go next.
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| | | Betsy Bird, Collection Development Manager, Evanston Public Library (IL) |
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| | | Dontaná McPherson-Joseph, Collection Management Librarian, Oak Park Public Library (IL) |
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| | Session 3 | 3:45-4:00 pm ET
Auditing Your Non-Fiction Collection
Can we apply the same audit process to all of our collections, both fiction and non-fiction? In this session, you’ll learn where the processes align, and where they differ, including top tips and considerations for your non-fiction collection audit. You’ll come away with a framework for assessing your current non-fiction collections and the vital information you need to know to make progress on your goals.
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| | | Colleen Wood, Knowledge and Learning Services Librarian, Darien Library (CT) |
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| | Week 2: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Stereotypes, Tropes, and Cultural Appropriation: A Collection Development Deep Dive
Some common stereotypes in books and media are easy to spot—others require a more fine-tuned understanding of culture and history. In this series of enlightening sessions, you will learn how to spot problematic stereotypes and tropes and how to avoid unintentionally perpetuating such depictions. You will hear from several experts in the field about the ways that specific marginalized cultures—Native American, Asian American, African American, and LGBTQIA+—are portrayed in mainstream media, their cultural traditions misunderstood or misrepresented, and their stories appropriated by cultural outsiders. You’ll walk away with the knowledge you need to build a more representative, inclusive collection at your library or institution. Session 1 | 2:00-2:30 pm ET
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| | | Session 2 | 2:30-3:00 pm ET
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| | | Mahasin Abuwi Aleem, Childrens Collection Management Librarian, Oakland Public Library (CA), Co-Founder, Hijabi Librarians |
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| | | Hadeal Salamah, Lower and Middle School Librarian, Georgetown Day School, Washington DC |
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| | Intermission | 3:00-3:15 pm ET Session 3 | 3:15-3:45 pm ET
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| | | Carson Williams, Adult Services Librarian, Benson Memorial Library (NM) |
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| | Session 4 | 3:45-4:15 pm ET
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| | | Kara Stewart, Author, Teacher, Literacy Specialist |
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| | Week 3: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Session 1 | 2:00-2:45 pm ET
Reading, Writing, and Reviewing Diverse Books: A Conversation
There’s more to building diverse collections than auditing! In this session, we’ll approach diversifying your collections from new angles, considering the author and reviewer’s perspectives in the process. You’ll hear why one author started writing, what they found missing from the books they were seeing on the shelves, and what improvements they’ve seen since they’ve been in the business. You’ll also hear from a collection development expert and reviewer on both the great benefits and the limitations of the review. This session will help you broaden your approach to collection development and enhance your ability to build a more equitable collection.
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| | | Kristi Chadwick, Science Fiction & Fantasy Columnist, Library Journal, Consultant, Massachusetts Library System |
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| | Additional Speakers TBA Intermission | 2:45-3:00 pm ET Session 2 | 3:00-3:45 pm ET
Librarianship Through a Racial Reckoning
How do our personal identities impact the culture of our libraries? A truly inclusive library culture begins, first, with ourselves and considering how our blindspots can impact what our library spaces become. Creating libraries that reflect, and are safe for, BIPOC children and youth, is an active, ongoing practice requiring intent and unflagging effort. In this closing keynote, Dr. Kim Parker will help you think through how you can create an environment that is liberatory and reflective of diverse populations, on your shelves and beyond. |
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| | | Speaker: Dr. Kimberly N. Parker, Director, Crimson Summer Academy, Harvard University (MA) |
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| | | | Group rates are available. Collaborate with your team. Please contact us at [email protected] to learn more about our discounted rates. |
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