The information and resources from the monthly toolkit modules have been reorganized and published as a standalone guide/toolkit, available here as a Google document. This toolkit is also linked from the Selector Resources page on the WP...

Committee Updates
Ongoing work to make the Digital Library collection more inclusive of all users continues to be a focus in the 2023-2025 initiatives proposed by the Collection Development Committee. Specific activities include:

Committee Updates

Project Manager Updates
We are coming up on a year of the Diverse Collection Support Toolkit. February's module will include a short feedback form on what's worked and what you'd like to see more/less of in the toolkit. A...

To celebrate the close of the calendar year, we're doing something a little different with the toolkit this month! We're looking to each other, and all of you, to crowd-source some ideas to kick-start your front-end audits next year.

Here...

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Project Manager Updates
Thank you to Kayla M., Chris H., Samma J., and Loralee P. for your test-driving help as we better understand how to utilize shelf talkers at the consortium level. Project managers are working with ...

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Project Manager Updates
We know that developing and maintaining a rich collection with diverse author perspectives and voices requires a multi-pronged approach: selecting/purchasing, promoting/marketing, and weeding/desel...

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Katie Hanson shared that she test-drove the new shelf talker feature with a couple of titles in Madison Public Library's Advantage account. Project managers will follow up with OverDrive on a couple of feature-related qu...

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We got a great question posed by Chris Hamburg about whether the committee is aiming to reach a specific threshold in terms of the number of unique titles with OverDrive's diverse BISAC codes in the consortium collection...

Our big update this month is that OverDrive sent the July 2022 diversity audit report for the WPLC Digital Library. 

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At the most recent committee meeting, there were requests for booklists related to mental health as well as intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Diverse Families Bookshelf, featured in this module's Resources...

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This month we're sharing some documentation from Samma Johnson with tips and suggestions for using Marketplace to search for diverse titles within genres.

Project Manager Updates
Sara Gold has created a google form for que...

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Tip from Selection Committee member: use OverDrive's sales and promotions calendar to find and save on diverse titles.

Project Manager Updates
Sara G. signed up for the African American Literature Book Club's newsletter an...

Welcome to the Diverse Collection Support Toolkit! We wanted to give a short introduction to and overview of the toolkit for new selectors and as a refresher for current selectors.

This toolkit is made up of tips, action items, and resou...