Upcoming RAILS Events & Presentations
For upcoming events on equity, diversity, and inclusion issues, see the calendar on the Library Directory & Learning Calendar website.
Recordings of RAILS Webinars and Other Presentations
Social Justice in Public Libraries from Freedom Lifted
- Inclusive Cataloging: Maintaining Your Momentum
- Inclusive Cataloging: Maintaining Your Momentum
- Equity in Collections: Audits, Weeding, Purchasing, & More!
- Diversity Audits for Library Collections
- Building Accessible Library Collections for Individuals with Disabilities presented by Renee Grassi
- Developing Responsive Collections for LGBTQ+ Patrons of All Ages
- Auditing Your Collection for Diversity and Inclusion
- Building African American, African, and Caribbean Collections
- Authentic Voices in Children’s and Teen Literature: What’s Socioeconomics Got to Do with It?
Other Events & Initiatives
Upcoming Opportunities
- For upcoming events on equity, diversity, and inclusion issues, see the calendar on the Library Directory & Learning Calendar website.
- ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services: EDI & Social Justice Opportunities.
- ILA Noon Network: Balancing Equity and Freedom in Collection Development Policies - Recording
- ILA Noon Network: Breaking Canons and Building Community: Zines, DEI, and the Academic Library - Recording
- ILA Noon Network: Are You Ready to Celebrate Rainbow Book Month? - Recording
- Webinar Series on Collection Development to Support EDI
- ALA's Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services EDI & Social Justice Opportunities
- Radical Cataloging: Using alternative subject headings locally to promote inclusiveness and diversity (View Recording)
- Combating Racism in Libraries: Creating Spaces to Educate and Inform Our Communities, New York Library Association webinar series recorded.
- Strengthen Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Practice Through Self-Paced Learning (View recording) Will need to log into WebJunction
- Receptive to Race: Normalizing the Discussion of Race with Children in Libraries (View recording)
- ILA Noon Network: We Can Walk Together: Creating Meaningful Dialogue on Race in our Communities (View recording)
- Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth. A free online professional development curriculum.
- LibraryReads in Conversations: Actively Anti-Racist Reader's Advisory. View recording.
- Race Forward – Race Forward works with communities, organizations, and sectors to build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture.
- ALA's Office for Diversity, Literary, and Outreach Services Webinar Archives
- Luna Jiminez Institute Upcoming Events
- Public Library Association On Demand Webinar: Understanding Power, Identity, and Oppression in the Public Library