We’ve heard from many people who want to make progress on their library’s equity initiatives but don’t know how to start or where to go next. If this is you, we have a course you can’t miss.  

Transform your library culture and services through our online course, How to Build an Antiracist Library Culture, starting Sept. 28. This online workshop and guest speaker program provides tangible ways for you to enact necessary change in your library, regardless of your job title or function. Learn from experts in the field while you simultaneously produce an actionable, equity-focused project to implement in your library - all with expert, individualized feedback. All live sessions recorded for on-demand viewing.

Here are just a few of the powerful takeaways you will gain from this course:

• How to handle current challenges such as CRT, book bans, and trans rights
• How to use local history to build antiracist library programming
• How to build and maintain EDI momentum at your library
• Antiracist hiring and recruiting best practices 
• How to assess your current library policies and programs through an antiracist lens
• And much more! See full program here.

Register before September 15 and receive:

15% off any course! Use code FALL15 by September 15 to redeem.*

Buy one fall course and get one fully on-demand course** FREE.

Our courses are perfect for your team!

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and work with your colleagues on a project for your library.

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Want to get started learning right away? Register now for any fall course and get immediate on-demand access to bonus content from past courses. 

Check out the live guest speaker program:

Critical Conversations in the Library

Reimagining our libraries as antiracist spaces requires us to initiate and navigate high stakes conversations on complex issues such as race, identity, white supremacy, social consciousness, gender and more. In this session, you’ll hear two expert conversation-makers share their intention and techniques for cultivating dialogue that can redefine and revolutionize the culture of your library.

Andrea Blackman, (she, her) Chief Equity and Diversity Officer, City of Nashville

Tasneem Ansariyah Grace, (she, her) Vice President, Mosaic Changemakers

Handling Current Challenges in Information Library Science

In this session, we’ll discuss some of the most pressing equity, diversity, and inclusion issues facing librarians around the country right now, such as Critical Race Theory, book bans, trans rights, and more. You’ll hear tips for how to navigate challenges with library colleagues, community members, and stakeholders. We’ll also discuss how to support yourself and promote your psychological safety while you provide support and safety for your community.

Part One: Current Challenges and How to Address Them

Speaker:

Becky Calzada, (she, her) Library Services Coordinator, Leander ISD (TX), TLA Legislative Committee, AASL Director at Large

Part Two: Caring for Yourself and Your Safety in the Workplace

Speaker:

Stephen Jackson, (he, him) Director of Equity and Antiracism, Oak Park Public Library

Building Antiracist Programming Using Local History

Learn how connecting to your community’s past and confronting its racist history can open up rich conversations about the future in this inspiring session. Angel Jewel Tucker, Youth Services Manager at the Johnson County Library will share how Race Project KC has opened up awareness of the systemic injustices of redlining, racially restrictive covenants, and more among the young people of Kansas City. This session provides a deep dive into how librarians can use their institutions’ historical collections and resources to help patrons, students, and community members explore, critically analyze, and combat systemic racism.

Speaker:

Angel Jewel Tucker, (she, her) Youth Services Manager, Johnson County Library, Overland Park (KS)

Building Equity and Diversity Momentum at Your Library

In this session, we’ll discuss how to build momentum for social justice work at your library by connecting with fellow staff and colleagues and amplifying each other’s voices. We’ll discuss how to organize your efforts and develop internal library initiatives such as discussion groups, library audits, and more, to create true and sustained investments in equity.

Speakers:

Yesianne RamÍrez-Madera, (she, her) Meadowridge Branch Library Supervisor, Madison Public Library (WI)

Dominic Davis, (he, him) Pinney Branch Library Assistant, Madison Public Library (WI)

Jody Mohrbacher, (she, her)  Youth Collections Development Librarian, Madison Public Library (WI)

Antibias/Antiracist Hiring Practices and Recruitment

The work of creating more antiracist library organizations also involves reframing our approach to staff hiring and development. In this session, you’ll learn some approaches for implementing more equitable and antibiased recruiting and hiring practices, and how to further align such efforts towards building more inclusive workplaces, developing talent management strategies, and fostering staff retention.

Speaker:

Tarida Anantachai, (she, her) Director, Inclusion & Talent Management, North Carolina State University Libraries

Your Sphere of Influence: Doing the Work From Where You Are

In this closing session of our course, you’ll learn how to make valuable change from within your sphere of influence, regardless of your institutional support system or lack thereof. You’ll learn about what you can do as an individual to tap into your power to combat racism and promote antiracism in your library and community. You’ll also learn practical ways to navigate organizational politics and power structures, and come away with ideas for where to go next, now that you have the tools you need to dig deeper into cultivating actively antiracist practices at your library.

Speaker:

Maegen Rose, (she, her)  Middle School Librarian, Rye Country Day School (NY), Mover & Shaker 2021

New Fall Course Features We Know You’ll Love:

• Channels for community building and ongoing networking after the course ends
• Live, peer working groups with expert facilitators to immediately apply and practice skills
• Companion courses with bundled pricing to extend learning
• A mix of 1-day intensive workshops and 3-week workshops to fit your schedule
• Optional drop-in sessions highly tailored to specific library roles and functions

Our transformative online courses have given thousands of librarians the tools and vision for meaningful change. Here are just a few of the features and benefits you receive when you take part in any of our immersive online workshops:

• Programming designed and led by library leaders
• Live sessions (also available on-demand)
• Asynchronous, facilitated classrooms
• Project-based courses with individualized, expert feedback
• Comprehensive supporting materials and resources
• Certificate of Completion + 15 hours of PD Credit
• Early-bird rates and group discounts available

Here’s what one past participant said about their learning experience:

"This was a fabulous learning experience, and the information was timely and relevant. The speakers provided so much depth to course. Completing an audit of our collection was eye-opening. We were able to identify with real numbers what areas of our collection could use more focus to add diversity. I highly recommend this course!"

-Amanda DeKnight, Library Director, South Park Township Library

Want even more options for fall? Check out our entire fall lineup:

*Discounted Group Purchases cannot be combined with 15% off promotion.

**Available on-demand bonus courses include Serving Vulnerable Populations and Equity in Action: Solidarity in Social Justice. Choose from an extensive list of our fall courses and get one of these bonus courses free. Register today and double your learning!