Committee Updates
This month we're sharing some documentation from Samma Johnson with tips and suggestions for using Marketplace to search for diverse titles within genres.
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 questions and red flags about materials, including potential inaccuracies or problematic content. Take a look and let us know what details might be missing.
Link to form
Diverse Collection Action Plan Ideas | April
- Check out this list of OverDrive's diverse BISAC codes to help in your genre collection development work.
- FYI: OverDrive's Spanish-language sale is coming up in May.
Resource or Tool of the Month
Diverse Book Finder
You might know Diverse Book Finder as a research collection aiming to collect "all picture books featuring BIPOC (Black and/or Indigenous people, and people of color) characters published since 2002." While DBF is a collection of all picture books, not a curated selection of what they call the "good" ones, DBF staff do curate book lists and spotlight trends and specific titles in their Highlighted Books section.
Diverse Book Finder
You might know Diverse Book Finder as a research collection aiming to collect "all picture books featuring BIPOC (Black and/or Indigenous people, and people of color) characters published since 2002." While DBF is a collection of all picture books, not a curated selection of what they call the "good" ones, DBF staff do curate book lists and spotlight trends and specific titles in their Highlighted Books section.
Stay in touch
We encourage you to comment on this and other modules, add YOUR tips and suggestions, or email us with ideas for future modules. We are excited to hear and learn from you! Find the complete toolkit here.
Keywords:
BISAC codes, front-end audit, collection development, juvenile, toolkit, genre
We encourage you to comment on this and other modules, add YOUR tips and suggestions, or email us with ideas for future modules. We are excited to hear and learn from you! Find the complete toolkit here.
Keywords:
BISAC codes, front-end audit, collection development, juvenile, toolkit, genre