In this course, you’ll learn from an outstanding group of experts as they explore key concepts essential to cultivating and promoting inclusive and equitable collections. You’ll 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.
Create library collections that are inclusive and reflect a diverse range of people, stories, and experiences by learning how to conduct a diversity audit, ensure representation, and defend your collections against censorship challenges.
COURSE PROGRAM
Week 1 Session 1 | 2:00-2:45 pm ET
Creating Inclusive Library Collections
Led by: Kymberlee Powe, (she, her) Children and YA Consultant, Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development
Week 1 Session 2 | 3:00-3:45 pm ET
Conducting a Diversity Audit of Your Collections and Ordering: Where to Start
Led by: Betsy Bird, (she, her) Collection Development Manager, Evanston Public Library (IL) and Dontaná McPherson-Joseph, (she, her) Collection Management Librarian, Oak Park Public Library (IL)
Week 2 Session 1 | 2:00-2:30 pm ET
Black Stories in Library Collections
Led by: Jennifer Baker, (she, her) Writer, Editor, Advocate, and Founder, Minorities in Publishing podcast
Week 2 Session 2 | 2:30-3:00 pm ET
Muslim Stories in Library Collections
Led by: Mahasin Abuwi Aleem, (she, her) Childrens Collection Management Librarian, Oakland Public Library (CA), Co-Founder, Hijabi Librarians and Hadeal Salamah, (she, her) Lower and Middle School Librarian, Georgetown Day School, Washington DC
Week 2 Session 3 | 3:10-3:40 pm ET
Queer Stories in Library Collections
Led by: Carson Williams, (he, him) Collection Development Librarian, Cornell University (NY)
Week 2 Session 4 | 3:40-4:10 pm ET
Native American Stories in Library Collections
Led by:Stacy Wells, Youth Librarian
Week 3 Session 1 | 2:00-2:45 pm ET
Assessing and Revising Your Collection Management Policies to Protect Your Collections and Yourself
Led by: Kelly Jensen, Editor, Book Riot
Week 3 Session 2 | 3:00-3:45 pm ET
Auditing and Recataloging Your Non-Fiction Collection
Led by: Meghan O’Keefe, (she/her) Readers' Services Librarian
Week 3 Session 3 | 3:45-4:15 pm ET
Sustaining Collection Assessment Momentum
Led by:Kymberlee Powe, (she, her) Children and YA Consultant, Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development
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