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In How to Build Inclusive Collections, starting Oct. 24, you’ll learn from a group of experts as they explore key concepts essential to cultivating and promoting inclusive collections. Over three weeks online, you’ll gain the tools to conduct a diversity and inclusion audit of your collections, and you'll 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. Hurry, early bird rates end tomorrow, August 29! |
Week 1: Thursday, October 24, 2024 Establishing goals and priorities: Defining inclusive collections and learning how to build and maintain them |
| Session 1 | 2:00-2:45 pm ET - Creating Inclusive Library Collections Session 2 | 3:00-3:45 pm ET - Conducting a Diversity Audit of Your Collections and Ordering: Where to Start Session 3 | 3:45-4:15pm ET - Metrics for Inclusive Collections: Goals, Benchmarks, and Evaluation Workshop Explanation & Q&A | 4:15-4:30pm ET |
Preparing for your collection assessment: Identifying harmful – and amplifying authentic – stories in our library materials |
| Pre-Session: Workshop Explanation | 1:50-2:00 pm ET Session 1 | 2:00-3:15 pm ET - Assessing and Revising Your Collection Management Policies to Protect Your Collections and Yourself Session 2 | 3:15-3:45 pm ET - Black Stories in Library Collections Session 2 | 4:00-4:30 pm ET - Muslim Stories in Library Collections |
Week 3: Thursday, November 7, 2024 Beginning your audit and defending inclusive collections |
| Pre-Session: Workshop Explanation | 1:50-2:00 pm ET Session 1 | 2:00-2:30 pm ET - Native American Stories in Library Collections Session 2 | 2:30-3:00 pm ET - Disability Stories in Library Collections Session 3 | 3:10-3:40 pm ET - Queer Stories in Library Collections Session 4 |3:40-4:05 pm ET - Inclusive Publishers Session 5 | 4:05-4:30 pm ET - Sustaining Collection Assessment Momentum |
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