August 2018

Greetings,
 Each Month, the ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion shares resources out on issues relating to diversity and inclusion. Here is another of our emails with items that may be of interest or value to those seeking to learn more about diversity, inclusion, and social justice. While we know we can’t be comprehensive, we do our best to collect timely resources on library-related issues and share those every few weeks. This month we have included a Special Topic section focusing on the conversations surrounding the ALA Library Bill of Rights Meeting Room Interpretation. We have also included a section with other topics below that. If you have resources that fall under the diversity and inclusion umbrella you feel might be helpful or interesting for the ILA membership, please send them my way and I will work with the committee to share them out as appropriate.
Sincerely,
Cara B. Stone
Chair, Committee for Diversity & Inclusion
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Special Topic: ALA Library Bill of Rights Meeting Room Interpretation 

ALA Council special online vote to take place Aug. 9 re: whether or not to rescind new Meeting Room Interpretation

• Follow the conversation on the ALA Council Meeting Room Discussion Board: https://tinyurl.com/Meeting-Room-Discussion (should be public) 

“The ALA Executive Board met on July 20, 2018 and unanimously voted to allow an on-line vote of Council on the Resolution to Rescind Meeting Rooms: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights (2017-2018 ALA CD#19.6_62617_act).

Discussion of this resolution will now proceed in this ALA Connect space from Thursday, July 26 through Thursday, August 9.

On Thursday, August 9, discussion will close and the poll will open. ALA Council will then proceed to an electronic ballot and vote on the resolution via Connect poll from August 9 through August 16. The ALA Governance Office staff will provide a link to the poll which will only be open to Councilors. Please note that this is not an anonymous poll as people's names will be associated with their votes the way they are in open Council meetings. The results of the vote will be announced on August 17.

As a reminder, for an on-line vote to be valid, at least 50 percent of Councilors must participate. According to the ALA By-laws, approval of the resolution in an electronic vote requires a 75 percent majority of those voting Yes or No.

The resolution is attached here for reference.
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JoAnne Kempf
Dir/Office of ALA Governance
American Library Association”

This is the version Council approved at Annual 2018, which is currently in effect, and which the motion at hand would rescind: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/meetingrooms

If the current motion passes, we would revert to the 1991 version, which was in effect until Annual 2018: https://alair.ala.org/handle/11213/1622

Then the IFC working group would draft their new revision and share it by 2018-10-01, which presumably Council will vote on at Midwinter after further revisions.

• CritLib Responding to ALA http://critlib.org/responding-to-ala-chat/ (Good background information of #NoHateALA timeline and includes suggested resources). 
• Follow the conversation online on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoHateALA?src=hash
• Libraries Respond: Hate Crimes and Libraries http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/EDI 
• Hate Groups and Violence in Libraries http://www.ala.org/advocacy/hate-groups-and-violence-libraries 
• Hate Speech and Hate Crime from ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/hate 
• Library Meeting Rooms for All https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=14997 
• To ensure that everyone has a voice during the library meeting room discussions, the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) Meeting Rooms Working Group has created a form and invited the library community to provide suggested wording on the current Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights meeting rooms language. Please note that all suggestions are due by August 24 and a final draft will be presented to the ALA Council by October 1. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXbV5avGgusW9S8pf3CoqiDvdLHVGg4IcYMfmulaGSuabk6w/viewform 

Other topics: 

• Books on Borders | Collection Development https://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2018/07/collection-development/books-on-borders/
• Linguistic Diversity in Libraries | BackTalk https://lj.libraryjournal.com/2018/07/opinion/backtalk/linguistic-diversity-in-libraries-backtalk/
• Institutional Neutrality Isn’t Reality: Libraries and higher ed must acknowledge that some expression oppresses others https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2018/05/01/institutional-neutrality-isnt-reality/
• Twitter chats to consider following (thanks for the suggestions, Chelsea Sims): 
• From Chelsea: Both regularly have great conversations and resources for thinking outside of the white canon, especially in K-20 environment.
• #DisruptTexts https://twitter.com/hashtag/DisruptTexts?src=hash
• #EduColor https://twitter.com/hashtag/EduColor?src=hash 
• #ClearTheAir https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClearTheAir?src=hash: From Chelsea: an online book club centered on issues of race/diversity, sometimes focused on education but not always. The first new round starts soon and you don’t have to have read the books to participate in the discussion or you can always just read it later.
• A Source for Native American Lit: Visit the American Indians in Children’s Lit blog https://elabraveandtrue.com/2018/07/12/sources-for-native-american-literature/ (Thanks to Christine Sturgeon for sharing!) 
• Punishing Laura Ingalls Wilder Write inclusively… or else https://medium.com/@marilyn_yung/punishing-laura-ingalls-wilder-55ad3024d3b4 (Thanks to Christine Sturgeon for sharing!) 
• Renaming the Laura Ingalls Wilder award isn't disturbing, William Shatner – it's necessary https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/10/renaming-the-laura-ingalls-wilder-award-isnt-disturbing-william-shatner-its-necessary (Thanks to Christine Sturgeon for sharing!) 
• ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Serivces Travel Grants to National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color http://www.ala.org/advocacy/odlos-travel-grants-jclc (Deadline Aug. 18) 
• Archiving While Black https://www.chronicle.com/article/Archiving-While-Black/243981/#.W1Yi4B3EW6g.twitter
• Southern Utah library workers told to remove buttons, displays featuring LGBTQ-themed materials https://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/2018/07/25/hurricane-library-workers-removal-lgbtq-displays-discrimination/820469002/
• The State Library is officially unveiling a new resource to answer common questions on library law topics in Iowa, including the above and many more. Library Law FAQs is a trove of 75 questions and answers divided into categories of topics ranging from finance to human resources to copyright and beyond. https://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/k-p/legal
• DMACC is hosting Author Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give) at HyVee Hall on Friday, Nov. 2 at 1:30 PM. The event is free and open to the public (plenty of seating). She will present for 30 min and a Q&A for 20-30 min. She is coming as part of DMACC’s One Book One College One Community program: https://libguides.dmacc.edu/onebook201819 Questions may be directed to Rebecca Funke rsfunke[@]dmacc.edu 

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This message is sent on behalf of the ILA Committee for Diversity and Inclusion as a point of interest for the general membership; CD&I is not responsible for any of the content found within, and any views may not necessarily represent those of the committee, its members, or any associated organizations. It is shared for informational purposes only.
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July 2018

Greetings,
 Here's the latest edition of CD&I's resource round-up! As always, if you have resources that fall under the diversity and inclusion umbrella you feel might be helpful or interesting for the ILA membership, please feel free to send them my way and I will work with the committee to share them out as appropriate. The ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion’s charge includes promoting awareness of issues relating to diversity and inclusion to the greater ILA membership. While we know we can’t be comprehensive, we will do our best to collect timely resources on library-related issues and share those approximately once per month.
Sincerely,
Cara B. Stone
Chair, ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion

• WisCon 42’s Fight White Feminism! Reading List https://notyourexpectation.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/wiscon-42s-fight-white-feminism-reading-list/amp/?__twitter_impression=true (Thank you to Lisa Martincik for sharing!) 
• Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion University of Colorado at Colorado Springs https://www.uccs.edu/matrix/ (Thanks to Beth McMahon for sharing!) 
• Council resolution calls for libraries to create responsible spaces http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/council_documents/2017_annual/cd_44-44.2_cod_62617_FINAL.pdf http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/07/council-resolution-calls-libraries-create-responsible-spaces 
• Serving Neurodiverse Students On Leadership: Peter Eden https://www.chronicle.com/article/Serving-Neurodiverse-Students/242056 
• Is Your University Racist? https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/05/25/questions-institutions-should-ask-themselves-determine-if-they-are-operating 
• YA 2018 Booklist: First-Generation Tales https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/76775-ya-2018-booklist-first-generation-tales.html (Thanks to Becky Canovan for sharing!) 
• Library Instruction for Diverse Populations Committee - Bibliography (Zotero): https://www.zotero.org/groups/312120/acrl_instruction_for_diverse_populations_committee/items/ and more info: https://acrl.ala.org/IS/library-instruction-for-diverse-populations-bibliography/ 
• Understanding Diversity and Inclusion (MOOC) https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/diversity-inclusion-awareness?utm_campaign=Courses+feed&utm_medium=courses-feed&utm_source=courses-feed
• Proposed Ohio law would force teachers to 'out' transgender youth https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-ohio/proposed-ohio-law-would-force-teachers-to-out-transgender-youth 
• Cheap Trick’s Bassist Tom Petersson Help Kids With Autism Learn Language With Rock ‘n’ Roll: Discover “Rock Your Speech” http://www.openculture.com/2018/07/cheap-tricks-bassist-tom-petersson-help-kids-autism-learn-language-rock-n-roll-discover-rock-speech.html 
• Color Film Was Designed to Take Pictures of White People, Not People of Color: The Unfortunate History of Racial Bias in Photography (1940-1990) http://www.openculture.com/2018/07/color-film-was-designed-to-take-pictures-of-white-people-not-people-of-color.html 
• How White People Handle Diversity Training in the Workplace https://medium.com/s/story/how-white-people-handle-diversity-training-in-the-workplace-e8408d2519f 
• Hidden science superstars Making diversity visible to increase inclusion https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/17059/18796
• Teaching Tolerance to Activists: A Free Course Syllabus & Anthology http://www.openculture.com/2018/07/teaching-tolerance-activists-free-course-anthology.html 
• 9 Books About the Contemporary Immigrant Experience in America http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/06/books-contemporary-immigrant-experience-america/ 

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This message is sent on behalf of the ILA Committee for Diversity and Inclusion as a point of interest for the general membership; CD&I is not responsible for any of the content found within, and any views may not necessarily represent those of the committee, its members, or any associated organizations. It is shared for informational purposes only.
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June 2018

Greetings,
Here's the latest edition of CD&I's resource round-up! As always, if you have resources that fall under the diversity and inclusion umbrella you feel might be helpful or interesting for the ILA membership, please feel free to send them my way and I will work with the committee to share them out as appropriate. The ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion’s charge includes promoting awareness of issues relating to diversity and inclusion to the greater ILA membership. While we know we can’t be comprehensive, we will do our best to collect timely resources on library-related issues and share those approximately once per month.
Sincerely,
Cara B. Stone
Chair, ILA Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity & Inclusion

• Giving up on 'diversity and inclusion' https://finance.yahoo.com/news/giving-apos-diversity-inclusion-apos-130012756.html 
• Between the Lines: Disability Invisibility in Literature http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/05/between-the-lines-disability-invisibility-in-literature/
• Interactive Map Shows the Seizure of Over 1.5 Billion Acres of Native American Land Between 1776 and 1887 http://www.openculture.com/2018/05/interactive-map-shows-the-seizure-of-over-1-5-billion-acres-of-native-american-land-between-1776-and-1887.html
• How Young Adult Fiction Helps Teens Better Understand Their Mental Health https://medium.com/everylibrary/how-young-adult-fiction-helps-teens-better-understand-their-mental-health-dc0bd0c177e5
• Traveling in Color: Where to Go? https://thegloriousglobe.com/traveling-in-color-where-to-go/
• Amping up Diversity & Inclusivity in Medical Librarianship https://acrlog.org/2018/05/25/amping-up-diversity-inclusivity-in-medical-librarianship/
• June is GLBT Book Month™ http://www.ala.org/rt/glbtrt/glbt-book-month
• What Should Inclusion Really Look Like In The Workplace? https://www.forbes.com/sites/peggyyu/2018/01/17/what-should-inclusion-really-look-like-in-the-workplace/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
• Senior services at St. Louis County Library https://www.districtdispatch.org/2018/06/senior-services-st-louis-county-library/
• How the Comics Code Erased LGBTQ Characters from Mainstream Comics http://cbldf.org/2018/06/how-the-comics-code-erased-lgbtq-characters-from-mainstream-comics/
• Rachael Herron on the US Tradition of Racist 911 Calls http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/06/rachael-herron-on-the-us-tradition-of-racist-911-calls/
• 8 Books That Illuminate the History of the Rwandan Genocide http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/05/8-books-that-illuminate-the-history-of-the-rwandan-genocide/
• 10 Books That Attest to the Subversive Side Of Queer History http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/05/books-that-attest-to-the-subversive-side-of-queer-history/
• Book About Transgender Girl Breaks Ground — And Stirs Controversy — In Oregon Schools https://www.opb.org/news/article/george-book-transgender-girl-oregon-battle-district/
• Yuyi Morales keynote | SLJ Day of Dialog 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF8Qb6S2RME (Telling her immigration story and artistic process) [~25 min] 
• Angie Thomas keynote | SLJ Day of Dialog 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlKXMFb-6Ok (Author of The Hate U Give) [~3 min] 
• White librarianship in blackface: Diversity initiatives in LIS, April Hathcock http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/lis-diversity/ 
• STUDENT OPINION Should All Americans Receive Anti-Bias Education? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/learning/should-all-americans-receive-anti-bias-education.html 

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This message is sent on behalf of the ILA Committee for Diversity and Inclusion as a point of interest for the general membership; CD&I is not responsible for any of the content found within, and any views may not necessarily represent those of the committee, its members, or any associated organizations. It is shared for informational purposes only.
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March 2018

Greetings,

It has been just over one year since we began sending our Diversity & Inclusion Resource Round-Up emails. As always, if you have resources that fall under the diversity and inclusion umbrella you feel might be helpful or interesting for the ILA membership, please feel free to send them my way and I will work with the committee to share them out as appropriate. The ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion’s charge includes promoting awareness of issues relating to diversity and inclusion to the greater ILA membership. While we know we can’t be comprehensive, we will do our best to collect timely resources on library-related issues and share those approximately once per month.

We are also working to conduct an assessment of needs survey to learn more about Iowa library employees, their experiences, and the communities they serve. The survey will gather baseline demographic information from library professionals and will focus on experiences and interests in relation to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek the input of all voices within the library, including part-time staff, full-time staff, trustees/board members, retired professionals, and administrators, as we value bringing all perspectives to the table, including those who are not ILA members. Be watching for that survey to launch in April and, when it arrives, please share it with your colleagues.

Sincerely,

Cara B. Stone

Chair, ILA Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity & Inclusion

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P.S. This Wednesday (tomorrow) is also Legislative Day at the Iowa Capitol! More information may be found here: https://www.iowalibraryassociation.org/index.php/advocacy-a-legislative/legislative-news

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·         Tell Them We are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/tell-them-we-are-rising/

·         Algorithmic Bias in Library Discovery Systems https://matthew.reidsrow.com/articles/173

·         Librarians Seek to Foster Inclusive Spaces, Fear Legal Action https://nulronlineforum.wordpress.com/2018/02/13/librarians-seek-to-foster-inclusive-spaces-fear-legal-action/

·         Diverse YA Lit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fIlonCDu1uOqkYAttjmhf4RHbF_2iACwi9rf6Kmjorw/edit?usp=sharing (Thank you to Suzette Kragenbrink and Abigail Hendrickson for sharing!).

·         Engaging in Conversations About Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Workplace http://www.catalyst.org/system/files/engaging_in_conversations_about_gender_race_and_ethnicity_in_the_workplace.pdf

·         Book chapter: Disability at Work: Libraries, Built to Exclude by Jessica Schomberg  https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1148&context=lib_services_fac_pubs

·         Jodi Picoult takes on racism, discrimination in "Small Great Things" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4RopkEjUvU Case mentioned in the interview: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/18/black-nurse-lawsuit-father-request-granted/1928253/

·         IFLA LGBTQ Group Protests Kuala Lumpur Conference Location https://lj.libraryjournal.com/2018/02/organizations/ifla-lgbtq-group-protests-kuala-lumpur-conference-location/#_

·         National Network of State Teachers of the Year Social Justice Book List (Aug. 2017) http://www.nnstoy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/NNSTOY-Social-Justice-Book-List.pdf

·         More Than Half Of Transgender Teachers Surveyed Tell NPR They Are Harassed At Work https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/08/575723226/more-than-half-of-transgender-teachers-face-workplace-harassment

·         The Race Issue, National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/?utm_source=ContributorSocial&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_cs20180312ngm-raceissuehubcontributorsocial&utm_campaign=Content

·         46 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2018 https://electricliterature.com/46-books-by-women-of-color-to-read-in-2018-70a0bf5bf4f2

·         Rod Library Continues Diversity Initiatives https://library.uni.edu/rodcast/201802/rod-library-continues-diversity-initiatives

·         ACRL Board to Establish New Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiative http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/15380

·         Ava DuVernay Cautions Against Premature Victory Lap for Hollywood’s Diversity Gains https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ava-duvernay-cautions-premature-victory-lap-hollywood-s-diversity-gains-1088211

·         Where your focus should be during Black History Month according to Black Lives Matter co-founder https://mashable.com/2018/02/28/black-lives-matter-black-history-month/#n46dd0drImqP

·         For decades, 'Every Day' author David Levithan has paved the way for queer YA https://mashable.com/2018/02/26/mashreads-podcast-david-levithan/#fHUppQpDNkqc

·         Christian Group Demands LGBTQIA Book Ban, Orange City, IA http://cbldf.org/2018/02/religious-protest-over-iowa-librarys-lgbtqia-books/

·         Sarah McBride on the Fight for Transgender Equality http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/02/sarah-mcbride-on-the-fight-for-transgender-equality/

·         9 Necessary Works of Non-Fiction by Black Women http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/02/necessary-works-of-non-fiction-by-black-women/

·         The growing acceptance of autism in the workplace https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-growing-acceptance-of-autism-in-the-workplace/

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This message is sent on behalf of the ILA Committee for Diversity and Inclusion as a point of interest for the general membership; CD&I is not responsible for any of the content found within, and any views may not necessarily represent those of the committee, its members, or any associated organizations. It is shared for informational purposes only.

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February 2018

Greetings,

In working to partially fulfill the ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion’s charge of promoting awareness of issues relating to diversity and inclusion to the greater ILA membership, here are some items that may be of interest or value to those seeking to learn more about issues surrounding diversity, inclusion, and social justice. While we know we can’t be comprehensive, we do our best to collect timely resources on library-related issues and share those every few weeks. If you have resources that fall under the diversity and inclusion umbrella you feel might be helpful or interesting for the ILA membership, please send them my way and I will work with the committee to share them out as appropriate. 

Sincerely,

Cara B. Stone

Chair, ILA Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity & Inclusion

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• The Matrix: Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion: https://www.uccs.edu/matrix/index.html (Thanks to Beth McMahon for sharing!)
• Library Instruction for Diverse Populations Bibliography http://acrl.ala.org/IS/library-instruction-for-diverse-populations-bibliography/
• Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, JCLC 2018 September 26-30, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.jclcinc.org/conference/2018/
• Apply Now: Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Great Stories Club http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/apply-now-truth-racial-healing-transformation-great-stories-club Visit the project guidelines and apply online by Feb. 16, 2018.
• Activist Patrisse Cullors sets the record straight about Black Lives Matter in new book http://mashable.com/2018/01/17/mashreads-podcast-patrisse-cullors-book/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds#wJQIIUI9NmqG
• Nikole Hannah-Jones on Race, Education, and Growing up in Waterloo http://iowapublicradio.org/post/nikole-hannah-jones-race-education-and-growing-waterloo#stream/0 (~30 minutes)
• Netflix has a hidden gem to help you celebrate Black History Month https://mashable.com/2018/02/01/netflix-pioneers-african-american-cinema-black-history-month/#Qbyb.9Uom5qJ
• 'Iowa nice' hasn't stopped profiling, Cedar Rapids Gazette http://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/guest-columnist/iowa-nice-hasnt-stopped-profiling-20180206 (Thank you to Heather Meyer-Boothby for sharing!)
• Questioning ‘Algorithms of Oppression’, Inside Higher Ed https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/02/06/scholar-sets-twitter-furor-critiquing-book-he-hasnt-read
• Black history is U.S. history — but some of my students don’t want to hear it https://washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/07/black-history-is-u-s-history-but-some-of-my-students-dont-want-to-hear-it/
• Hear Their Voices: 10 Must-Reads for Black History Month http://www.signature-reads.com/2018/02/10-must-reads-for-black-history-month/
• A Guide to Gender: Social Justice Advocate's Handbook By Sam Killermann http://guidetogender.com/ (Thanks to Julie Finch for sharing!)
• Theorist Judith Butler Explains How Behavior Creates Gender: A Short Introduction to “Gender Performativity” http://www.openculture.com/2018/02/judith-butler-on-gender-performativity.html
• African American History Month https://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/
• National Parks Service African American Heritage https://www.nps.gov/aahistory/
• EDSITEment's Guide to Black History Month Teaching Resources https://edsitement.neh.gov/feature/edsitements-guide-black-history-month-teaching-resources
• Smithsonian Education Black History Teaching Resources http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/african_american_resources.html

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This message is sent on behalf of the ILA Committee for Diversity and Inclusion as a point of interest for the general membership; CD&I is not responsible for any of the content found within, and any views may not necessarily represent those of the committee, its members, or any associated organizations. It is shared for informational purposes only.

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January 2018

Greetings,

In working to partially fulfill the ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion’s charge of promoting awareness of issues relating to diversity and inclusion to the greater ILA membership, here is our first email of 2018 featuring items that may be of interest or value to those seeking to learn more about issues surrounding diversity, inclusion, and social justice. While we know we can’t be comprehensive, we do our best to collect timely resources on library-related issues and share those every few weeks. If you have resources that fall under the diversity and inclusion umbrella you feel might be helpful or interesting for the ILA membership, please send them my way and I will work with the committee to share them out as appropriate.

Sincerely,

Cara B. Stone

Chair, ILA Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity & Inclusion

·         ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy & Outreach Services Newsletter Dec-Jan https://ala.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9NzI0MjA4MCZzdWJzY3JpYmVyaWQ9MTA3MTk1MjAzNA==

o    National Day of Racial Healing

o    ALA Committee on Diversity Seeks Feedback on Libraries as Responsible Spaces

o    Special Midwinter Edition of Newsletter on January 18, 2018

o    GLBTRT Extends Deadline for 2018 Professional Awards

o    Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants Accepting Applications

o    2018-2019 Diversity Research Grant Call for Proposals

o    Nominations for Round Table Elections Deadline is January 18

o    The Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Great Stories Club Implementation Team Announced

o    Call for Diversity & Outreach Fair Poster Proposals: ALA Annual Conference Poster Session

o    Spectrum Spotlight

o    Online Learning from ODLOS Addressing Cultural Humility and Implicit Bias in Information Literacy Sessions Webcast Jan 17 1-2 PM, registration link in full newsletter

o    How Cultural Intelligence Makes a Difference in the Information Profession: Are You Culturally Competent? Webinar

o    Affiliate Updates Black Caucus of the American Library Association

o    Affiliate Updates Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services

o    Affiliate Updates Asian Pacific American Librarians Association

o    ODLOS Invites Webinar Proposals

·         Libraries as Responsible Spaces - Committee on Diversity Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/responsiblespace ~5-10 minutes to complete, Deadline 1/12/18 (Friday) (Thank you to Rebecca Funke for sharing!)

·         Intersections http://www.ala.org/advocacy/diversity/odlos-blog Intersections, the blog of the ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services (ODLOS), highlights the work of library and information science workers as they create safe, responsible, and all-inclusive spaces that serve and represent the entire community, as well as initiatives and projects supported by the office that promotes their work.

·         My Editor Was Black: Debut author Naima Coster on working with Morgan Parker, the whiteness of publishing, and literary self-determination. https://catapult.co/stories/naima-coster-debut-novel-my-editor-was-black

·         Taking Diversity to the Next Level https://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/post/taking-diversity-to-the-next-level (If first link doesn’t work, try http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/)

·         BitchReads: The Best Black Women’s History Books fo 2017 https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/bitchreads/best-black-women-history-books

·         From Refugees to Voting Rights, Books to Inspire a Just, Inclusive Society http://www.slj.com/2017/02/collection-development/from-refugees-to-voting-rights-books-to-inspire-a-just-inclusive-society/

·         Anti-Racist Education & Critical Pedagogy spreadsheet of resources https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UgCcDEdJwT3eTcgF4wRSFXC9_vHdB2x0Ivw9NS3-9sA/edit?usp=sharing (thanks to Becky Canovan for sharing)

·         Intersections | A Queer Library Outreach Zine by University of Dubuque’s Kate Kitchens http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intersections-queer-library-outreach-zine (Also see attached PDFs)

·         Lambda Literary announced 2 upcoming award deadlines: Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers http://www.lambdaliterary.org/emerging-writer-award/?utm_source=Markowitz-Cordova+announcement&utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_medium=email and Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian Nonfiction https://www.lambdaliterary.org/jeanne-cordova-prize-lesbian-nonfiction/

·         National Day of Racial Healing - Jan. 16, 2018 http://healourcommunities.org/?zbrandid=4053&zidType=CH&zid=50609130&zsubscriberId=1071952034&zbdom=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net

·         Improving Digital Equity: The civil rights priority libraries and school technology leaders share http://www.districtdispatch.org/2018/01/digital-equity-civil-rights-cosn/

·         2017 K-12 Edition Horizon Report http://2017-nmc-cosn-horizon-report-k12resources.org/

·         Do Librarians Discriminate? | BackTalk http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2018/01/opinion/backtalk/librarians-discriminate-backtalk/#_

·         What does a library accessibility specialist do? How a new role advances accessibility through education and advocacy http://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/16861/18483

·         From “life support” to collaborative partnership: A local/global view of academic libraries in South Africa http://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/16863/18487

·         Carnegie Medal Shortlist Read-alikes, 2018: You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie http://www.bookclubcentral.org/2018/01/04/carnegie-medal-shortlist-read-alikes-2018-dont-say-love-sherman-alexie/

·         Helping Child Refugees in School Through Creating Books http://wuwm.com/post/helping-child-refugees-school-through-creating-books#stream/0

·         12 Best Books Celebrating Women Writers of the Asian Diaspora http://www.signature-reads.com/2017/12/12-best-books-celebrating-women-writers-asian-diaspora/

·         Fighting Bias With Board Games https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/01/09/575952575/fighting-bias-with-board-games

·         The case against library fines—according to the head of The New York Public Library https://qz.com/1158839/the-case-against-library-fines-according-to-the-head-of-the-new-york-public-library/

·         The Burial and Resurrection of LGBTQIA Comics http://cbldf.org/2017/12/the-burial-and-resurrection-of-lgbtqia-comics/

·         "Mirror, Mirror, Who Do You See in Your Books? Reaching Diverse Readers" Booklist Webinar January 23 ,1 PM https://ala-publishing.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9NzIzNTk0MCZzdWJzY3JpYmVyaWQ9MTAyNjY0NDU0MQ==  (Thank you to Becky Canovan for sharing!)

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November 2017

Greetings,
 In working to partially fulfill the ILA Committee for Diversity & Inclusion’s charge of promoting awareness of issues relating to diversity and inclusion to the greater ILA membership, here is another of our periodic emails with items that may be of interest or value to those seeking to learn more about issues surrounding diversity, inclusion, and social justice. While we know we can’t be comprehensive, we do our best to collect timely resources on library-related issues and share those every few weeks. If you have resources that fall under the diversity and inclusion umbrella you feel might be helpful or interesting for the ILA membership, please send them my way and I will work with the committee to share them out as appropriate.
Sincerely,
Cara B. Stone
Chair, ILA Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity & Inclusion

• Video: The Empathy Gap, SoulPancake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdLOkqMfRJk (8:10) 
• Publisher apologises for 'racist' text in medical book http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41692593 
• As non-binary actors become more visible, this website supports their work https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/as-non-binary-actors-become-more-visible-this-website-supports-their-work (Cara Stone can also help put you or colleagues in contact with Woodzick, if interested) 
• Stop Sexual Harassment in Your Library: Protecting librarians from inappropriate patrons https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/11/01/stop-sexual-harassment-your-library/   
• Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/arts/princeton-digs-deep-into-its-fraught-racial-history.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news 
• The Princeton and Slavery Project https://slavery.princeton.edu/ 
• ALA receives $1.1 million from W.K. Kellogg Foundation for reading and discussion model for underserved youth as part of national Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation effort http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/10/ala-receives-11-million-wk-kellogg-foundation-reading-and-discussion-model   
• Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism http://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntowns.php 
• A Guide To Non-binary Pronouns And Why They Matter https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/non-binary-pronouns-why-they-matter_us_5a03107be4b0230facb8419a (Shared by Jody Gray via Twitter) 
• Teaching Activities for: ‘Running Through the Heart of Navajo’ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/learning/teaching-activities-for-running-through-the-heart-of-navajo.html 
• Collections Decoded: Reflections and Strategies for Anti-racist Collection Development https://brickclickanacademiclibrary2017.sched.com/event/Aj5e/collections-decoded-reflections-and-strategies-for-anti-racist-collection-development (Presentation ) 
• Dying Trans: Preserving Identity In Death http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/dying-trans-preserving-identity-death (Shared by mortician and author Caitlin Doughty) 
• 6 Notable New Books On Black Women’s History https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/six-notable-new-books-on-black-womens-history_us_5a0b54cde4b006523921846f 
• Doing a YA Diversity Audit: Answering some follow up questions, including “What about the Conservatives?” http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2017/11/doing-a-ya-diversity-audit-answering-some-follow-up-questions-including-what-about-the-conservatives/ (Includes links to additional YA Collection Diversity Audit links: Understanding your local community, the how-to, resources and sources, and an outline) School Library Journal Teen Librarian Toolbox 
• Oakland Public Library Takes Action Against Islamophobia http://www.slj.com/2017/10/public-libraries/oakland-public-library-takes-action-islamophobia/ 
• The World Of Children’s Books Is Still Very White https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-world-of-childrens-books-is-still-very-white/ 
• Standing Up to Islamophobia http://www.slj.com/2017/10/industry-news/standing-up-to-islamophobia/ 
• Teens Tackle Race and Identity, Aided by a Graphic Novel | SLJ Summit 2017 http://www.slj.com/2017/10/diversity/teens-tackle-race-identity-aided-graphic-novel-slj-summit-2017/ 
• Cherie Dimaline On Erasure, the Power of Story, and “The Marrow Thieves” http://www.slj.com/2017/11/interviews/cherie-dimaline-erasure-power-story-marrow-thieves/ 

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This message is sent on behalf of the ILA Committee for Diversity and Inclusion as a point of interest for the general membership; CD&I is not responsible for any of the content found within, and any views may not necessarily represent those of the committee, its members, or any associated organizations. It is shared for informational purposes only.
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