*️⃣ This course is designed for anyone working with readers, focusing on delivering robust anti-racist readers’ advisory services. Participants will gain a deep understanding of anti-racism and learn to integrate inclusive values into collection development. The course covers discovering, purchasing, and promoting diverse titles, and implementing steps to make organizations actively anti-racist. Instructors will share actionable plans and real-world examples, providing participants with tangible skills to foster enthusiasm for reading and building well-rounded, representative collections.

*️⃣ Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Understand the principles of anti-racism.
• Apply the concept of Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors in collection development.
• Discover, purchase, and promote diverse titles to decolonize your collection.
• Implement ten action steps to make your organization actively anti-racist.
• Address bigotry directly in your professional and community interactions.

*️⃣ Course instructors:
Robin Bradford is a collection development librarian in Washington State. During her 30 years of library life, she has been recognized for service to readers, genre readers especially, from institutions like Library Journal to RWA’s Cathie Linz Librarian of the Year in 2016. Robin is a book addict and has a long-time dedication to helping others discover a love of reading. She has earned a BA and MA in English, an MS in Library Science, and a Juris Doctor, but has found a home in building reader-focused, popular collections in public libraries. She has worked with authors to help get their titles into these collections, with librarians to push for equal treatment of genre fiction, and with readers to find their favorite authors on their library's shelves.

Becky Spratford [MLIS] is a Readers' Advisor in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog RA for All and is the author of The Reader’s Advisory Guide to Horror, Third Edition [ALA Editions, 2021]. You can follow Becky on Twitter @RAforAll.

Topics: working with readers, readers’ advisory, inclusive, diverse, anti-racist, practicing inclusivity, customer service

*️⃣ This course is designed for library staff in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Group rates are available:
20% off for 3-25 seats
30% off for 25-49 seats
40% off for 50-99 seats
Ask us if you need more than 100 seats.

This course is also available as part of our subscription offerings for libraries and consortia. For group rates or subscription package options, please contact us at novelist@ebsco.com.