This fall we have online courses taught by experts who will give you tangible techniques to implement that will make your library more inclusive. In How to Build a Library Culture of Belonging starting Sept. 24, you’ll be guided through sensitivity training to help better equip you to serve your local community with cultural humility and compassion. In How to Build Inclusive Collections starting Oct. 24, you’ll learn how to ensure that your collections are more reflective of the diversity of your community and the larger world and how to establish policies for keeping your inclusive collections safe against book challenges.
Course Features
This will be a 2-week online course and will include:
Live sessions: Guest speaker presentations by leaders in their field. (All sessions are recorded for on demand access for six months after the course ends.)
Facilitated discussions: Audience participation in Q&A and discussion with guest speakers.
Interactive working sessions: Optional breakout groups during live sessions to practice skills with peers.
Asynchronous workshop: Project-based weekly assignments to connect what you’re learning to your professional life. Includes written feedback from an expert in the field who functions as the workshop facilitator, as well as peer conversation via discussion forums.
Early access on-demand resources: Access to a series of past live session archives from Library Journal and School Library Journal courses to explore at your own pace.
Online Classroom: The virtual learning platform that holds all course content and is accessible for six months after the course ends.
Course Advisor
Christina Fuller-Gregory, Assistant Director of Libraries, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville
All attendees are eligible to receive a certificate of completion and PD credit hours. Hours vary based on length of course.
Why take this course: In this course, you’ll learn from a group of experts as they explore key concepts essential to cultivating and promoting inclusive collections. You’ll gain the tools to 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 and how to establish policies for keeping your inclusive collections safe against book challenges.
Who should take this course: This course is for any librarian who influences or manages library collections and materials.
