April 2022 | Diverse Collection Support Toolkit

Laura Damon-Moore
Laura Damon-Moore
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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.
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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
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

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