Learn to create a people-centered culture of belonging in your library with our new online course starting September 17.

Over two weeks, you will be guided through sensitivity training empowering you to serve your local community with cultural humility and compassion. You will leave this course with tools and resources that will help you understand and adjust power dynamics, prioritize people and relationships, and increase accessibility for everyone in your library.

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.

How to Build Inclusive Collections

Thursdays, Oct. 24, 31 and Nov. 7

Want to ensure that your collections are more reflective of the diversity of your community and the larger world? Register for How to Build Inclusive Collections starting October 24.

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.

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Group Rates

Request a discount for groups of 3 or more and work with your colleagues on a project for your library.

Credit Packages

Dedicate a portion of your annual PD budget towards seats in our courses and receive 25% off our lowest price for each seat.

Allocate seats to staff as needs arise over a 12-month period of your choosing.

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Spring Deals!

Individual Tickets

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Purchase one seat to any of our Spring 2024 courses and receive 50% off the price of one seat to a Fall 2024 online course.

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Group Tickets

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Use code BUY3GET1 to purchase 3 seats to an April, May, or June course & get 1 additional seat free to the 2024 course of your choice.

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* October Library Management Training 8-week course not eligible for 50% discount.

No promo code needed for purchase of Spring course. Once order has been completed a 50% off code will be emailed to you.

Must purchase first course on or before June 5, 2024.

*Free seat must be of equal or lesser value. Good for new registrations only. All seats must be booked together, including any free seats earned. Offer good thru June 5, 2024.