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 two courses you can’t miss.
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 two courses you can’t miss. Center equity and transform your library leadership, culture, and services with help from our two online September courses, How to Build an Antiracist Library Culture and Equity-Centered Library Leadership. Both of these online workshops and guest speaker programs provide 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. Can’t make a live session? All sessions are available on-demand! | Learn about the concrete actions library leaders are taking to help cultivate an antiracist, inclusive library culture—from examining the impacts of implicit bias, to evaluating spaces, programs, and services and examining policies and practices through an antiracist lens—to ensure that there is a shared value of antiracism at the library. Register now! | Infuse equity into every part of your library leadership and administration, from hiring, onboarding, and retention, to personnel management, budgeting, and more. Register now! | 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. Here are just a few of the powerful takeaways you and your team will gain from this course: Self- and organizational assessment tools How to craft an equity-centered strategic plan and lead organizational change Equity-centered recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and retention best practices Strategies for trauma-informed staff leadership Strategies to handle current challenges such as CRT, book bans, and trans rights How to use local history to build antiracist library programming Tools to build and maintain EDI momentum at your library How to assess your current library policies and programs through an antiracist lens And much more! | Our courses are perfect for your team! Group rates available now! Request a discount for groups of 3 or more and work with your colleagues on a project for your library. Purchase 15 or more registrations and apply them across multiple courses. | 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. 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 with one of our courses: | "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 | |