What training and preparation does your Board of Trustees need to be prepared for a crisis? Learn how to be proactive in developing a well-prepared board, and what best practices, policies, and procedures need to be developed or revisited.
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Learn best practices for providing safe, appropriate, compassionate outreach services based on healthy boundaries.
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Learn to identify opportunities for authentically collaborative community partnerships focused on local history.
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The presenters share ways they have implemented change in their library spaces and will engage participants in critical discussions and reflection about how we can further improve our practices to achieve social justice within our sphere of influence.
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Hear the process, results, and learnings from Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library’s first diversity audit of YA materials.
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These two webinars will help you function effectively across national, ethnic, and organizational cultural boundaries.
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Curating a school library collection extends beyond selecting popular titles, and the roles that school librarians fill have evolved well past maintaining materials. Explore all the aspects of the Curate Shared Foundation in the National School Library S
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Learn to identify potential barriers to library use in your community and how to develop policy solutions.
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Examine how to build and safeguard LGBTQ+-inclusive collections, instruction, and spaces using AASL’s resource guide, Defending Intellectual Freedom: LGBTQ+ Materials in School Libraries.
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In this on-demand webinar, learn best practices for providing disability services. Be guided through the process to create or expand these services in your library, for all ages and for any budget. Also learn about assistive technology options, and how to advocate with your administration and staff for inclusion of these services.
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Learn about strategies to empower institutions and communities historically marginalized, underserved, and underrepresented.
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Presenters provide an overview of the consequences of implicit bias and the impact of microaggressions and outline strategies for addressing specific actions that may create uncomfortable spaces for black, indigenous, and people of color.
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This session focuses on the collaborative efforts to bring authentic conversations about current issues directly relating to underrepresented student populations into the classroom.
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This session will provide proven tips and tools on how to make your library a welcoming place and an information hub for Newcomer students.
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Do your apps, social media, and website make your library less inviting to visitors with limited abilities? Technology Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
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This virtual training series includes examples of library services for incarcerated people and people who are previously incarcerated.
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Talking about issues related to racial justice is difficult in today's political climate. Given the uptick of reported incidents of racism that students of color are experiencing in schools, alongside recent developments with state laws, educational policies and instructional practices connected to anti-racism and equity, this webinar will focus on children's literature that supports racial literacy development.
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How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive
We know why diversity is important, but how do we drive real change at work? Diversity and inclusion expert Jennifer Brown, author of author of How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive, provides a step-by-step guide for the personal and emotional journey we must undertake to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
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Learn how to boost authentic, equitable representation in your library collection through selection auditing, weeding, and marketing.
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Auditing libraries is vital work and ensures that stories captured within the collection create positive views, showcase many perspectives, and celebrate what makes all humans unique.
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Learn to design library programs that meet the needs of vulnerable populations through an equity-focused model.
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Keeping Governance on Track - A FREE Webinar Series for Library BoardsThis two-part series is presented by the United for Libraries Intellectual Freedom Task Force and is made available FREE to all participants by the Jack Neal Fund.Keeping Governance on
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Hear how one library leveraged staff talent to successfully reboot their strategic vision, centered on equity.
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Library Policies and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: What Trustees & Boards Need to KnowLive Webinar: Sat., Jan. 21, 2023, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EasternDescriptionCrafting and revising library policies with an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens
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ALA has taken highlights from the over 120 LLX sessions and packaged them into a convenient, accessible set of recordings, available to you at ALA eLearning.
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Learn to implement changes in public library spaces to better meet the needs of patrons with disabilities.
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Ashley J. Cooksey shares actionable tips to take the first steps to create a school library that is inclusive and mindful of all learners, including those struggling with self-identification, mental disorders (including depression and anxiety).
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Learn how to evaluate the impact of summer learning programs and how to build programming that targets underserved youth.
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Authors and former educators discuss how unpacking the racial and class biases of our identities better enable us to foster more positive and authentic relationships with the young people in our lives.
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Problematic Award-Winning Texts: Daniel Boone, the Newbery Award, and Children's Librarianship
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