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2019 Annual Conference

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Thursday, November 7 • 8:45am - 9:45am
Expanding Our Horizons: Curating Diverse Collections in School Libraries

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Does your school library reflect the rich diversity of the students who attend your school? This session will help you develop a collection that allows students to see themselves and to explore cultures & experiences that are different from their own. Participants will learn how to conduct a diversity audit of their collection, develop an action plan to make changes, and work together to crowdsource resources to explore materials outside of the mainstream publishers & reviewing sources.
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April Dawkins

Assistant Professor, The University of North Carolina Greensboro
April M. Dawkins is an assistant professor in library and information science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She earned her doctorate in library and information science from the University of South Carolina in May 2017, and earned her MLS from NC Central University... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2019 8:45am - 9:45am EST
Washington Lecture Hall
  Collection Development

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