Continuing Education, CSL News, Learning
How Wide is Your Window: A Thoughtful Approach to EDI Family Programming
Join us on November 19, 2024, at noon MT, for our CSL in Session, How Wide is Your Window: A Thoughtful Approach to EDI Family …
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Exploring Our Varied Humanity Through the Colorado Book Club Resource.
In recent years, the conversation around disability representation in literature has gained momentum, reflecting a growing awareness of the importance of diverse and authentic portrayals …
Book Club Sets, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Author Diversity in the Book Club Resource
The table below shows all the authors whose work is in the Book Club Resource collection, tags that reveal some identity traits (verified using publicly …
Book Club Sets, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Resources for Book Clubs on Indigenous Peoples’ Day…and beyond!
October 9th is the third Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the US, a holiday that was established in 2021 to celebrate “the invaluable contributions and resilience …
Book Club Sets, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Book clubs…en español!
Introducción en español ¿Alguna vez ha considerado iniciar un programa de club de lectura para hispanohablantes en su biblioteca? ¡Ahora es más fácil que nunca …
Book Club Sets, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
These Book Club Titles are the Pride of Our Collection
The Colorado Book Club Resource includes an ever-growing selection of titles from a broad range of genres and voices that cater to the needs of …
Hidden Gem: Community Dialogue Guide from Space Science Institute
Stephanie Vierow-Fields is the Education Associate at Space Science Institute . They’ve answered some questions below to help librarians around Colorado learn about their organization, …
Book Club Sets, CSL Kits, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Book Club – Inside and Out
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
DEI Efforts From the Bottom Up: Trial and Error in a Branch-Level Committee
Guest Post by Ellie Nash, Library Specialist Lead at Arapahoe Libraries While Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a growing field, with an increase in businesses …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Library Leadership
Transgender in the Workplace
Recently I attended a training held by the State of Colorado on how to understand and support employees who are transitioning. Dr. Renee McLaughlin provided helpful …
Colorado State Publications Blog, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Climate Equity and Environmental Justice
Climate change has been on our minds a lot lately. Long stretches of hot days and record setting temperatures this summer along with prolonged periods …
Colorado State Publications Blog, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
The history of Chinese and Japanese Americans in Colorado
Every May, Colorado celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month to recognize the contributions of AAPI communities to our state’s past, present, and …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
What is Critical Race Theory?
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic legal theory that originated in the 1970-80s from the work of Black scholars such as Derrick Bell and Kimberlé …
Colorado State Publications Blog, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Equal Pay Day and Wage Transparency in Colorado
This year, Equal Pay Day falls on March 15 in the United States. Equal Pay Day marks how far into the year that an average …
Colorado State Publications Blog, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
“Hidden Voices” in the American Music Research Center
One of the perks of working in a library is stumbling across intriguing new resources. The American Music Research Center (ARMC) at University of Colorado …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, School Libraries
The K-12 Library Connection, February 2022
Vol. 1, Issue 3 We’re excited to bring you this short-bytes newsletter focused on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) ideas and resources that we hope …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Land Acknowledgements
A land acknowledgement is a statement that recognizes the history of colonization and the original occupation of land by Indigenous peoples in a geographic location. …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Transgender Youth
It is hard sometimes for me to read the news, to be open to hearing the latest litany of disturbing or painful events without letting …
Colorado Authors in the Book Club Resource Collection
In 2020, we resolved to include more of our state’s literary talent in our Book Club Resource (BCR) collection. Since then, the BCR has reached …
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Next Draft: EDI digest – September 2021
Next Draft is a digest from EDIT, the Colorado State Library’s (CSL) equity, diversity, and inclusion team. It includes links to original articles by our …