Sign Up for ALA Annual Virtual and See Me

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ALA Annual moved its conference to a virtual platform and I just wanted to remind all of you to signup now. It is only $60 to access the conference both live and throughout the summer on demand.

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I also want to remind you that I am presenting, with Robin Bradford, as part of ALA Virtual. Details are below. But note, we taped this at the beginning of May and we only got 30 minutes total to present on a complicated topic. However, Robin and I will be there answering a live Q&A during the program's initial airtime.

I have loaded my slides and a handout on the site. I even included a link to the slides for the longer version of my #OwnVoices for All Readers in the slides.

We hope to see some of you there.

Speaker(s)

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  Becky Spratford

  
  

  Readers' Advisory Specialist
  RA for All
  La Grange, Illinois
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  Robin Bradford

  
  

  Collection Development Librarian
  Pierce County Library System

Providing robust readers advisory service that values equity, diversity and inclusion principles goes beyond simply adding more titles by “own voices” authors to our collections. Join two national experts on the topic of EDI in Collection Development and Readers’ Advisory as they provide the information librarians need to confidently place more “own voices” titles into adult patrons’ hands, in every community, serving all populations, not just the ones most represented in the local census. Learn tangible skills to help build enthusiasm for reading & discovering diverse books, to deepen readers’ advisory service through thoughtful inclusion of EDI principles in all RA interactions, and to explore small press and self-publishing as sources for new titles to discover. It’s a core mission of libraries to connect books with the readers whose lives will be enriched by them.