RA for All Virtual Roadshow Visits the Library Journal Course on Evaluating, Auditing, and Diversifying Your Collections

Today is the final day of the aforementioned Library Journal multi-week course, and I am kicking off today's schedule with my presentation: From Reading Diversely to Buying Diversely: Collection Development and RA for the Inclusive Librarian.

I only have 30 minutes for this complicated topic today, but I am developing a similar program which will be 1 hour that I can give in person or as a webinar. That one is slightly different and will be called "#OwnVoices for All Readers: Incorporating EDI Values into Readers’ Advisory Service." Here is the description of that longer program.

Providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity and inclusion principles is essential to all library service. Join Readers’ Advisory specialist Becky Spratford as she provides the information you need to diversify your suggestions, identify resources, and include more staff input in order to confidently promote and place more #OwnVoices titles into adult patrons’ hands. You’ll come away with an understanding for how easy it to incorporate EDI values into your normal RA practices. All you need is a little nudge in the right direction.

 So if you are intrigued by this topic, contact me for more information. I am anticipating that this talk will become part of my standard programming beginning this Fall.

In the meantime, the live slides from today's presentation are available to all and are filled with links to longer pieces by me to help you get started.

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