How to Build Inclusive Collections starts this Thursday! In this online course, you’ll learn from a group of experts as they explore key concepts essential to cultivating and promoting inclusive collections.
After you leave this course, you should have the ability to:
Assess current library collections, book promotions, and displays through a diverse lens in order to assess gaps in collections and service areas
Understand key diversity and cultural literacy concepts such as white privilege, unconscious bias, cultural appropriation, and intersectionality
Recognize common problematic stereotypes, tropes, and microaggressions in media
Assess the diversity and inclusiveness of current collection development and readers advisory practices
Plan and execute a diversity audit
Diversify collections and displays with cultural humility and confidence
