Access & equity
Access & Equity are broad areas for libraries and they encompass many issues. This includes, among so much more, making sure your facility is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, serving patrons on the autism spectrum, building a diverse collection, and creating a welcoming environment that represents your entire community no matter ethnicity, heritage, gender identity or sexual orientation.
Self-paced courses and webinar recordings on this topic are freely available in the WebJunction Course Catalog.
Most Recently Added
Healthy Places by Design: Advancing social connection and community wellbeing
Publish Date: News / 25 February 2025
Healthy Places by Design is a nonprofit consulting organization dedicated to advancing community-led action and implementing proven, place-based strategies to improve health and wellbeing for all. By focusing on the built environment and social facto...
Neurodiversity and libraries
Publish Date: News / 18 February 2025
In recent years, society has focused more on neurodiversity – for example, you hear it mentioned in popular media and movies, as more diverse characters are represented in mainstream media. New research has led to an expanded understanding of neurodi...
Rooted in connection: Libraries designing for belonging and community
Publish Date: News / 11 February 2025
Despite living in an age of unprecedented digital connectivity, people are feeling the increasing effects of loneliness and isolation. These challenges extend beyond individuals, weakening the health, resilience, and trust of entire communities. The ...
2025 National Day of Racial Healing
Publish Date: News / 17 December 2024
The National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH) is an opportunity for people, organizations, and communities to call for racial healing, bring people together in their shared humanity and take action together to create a more just and equitable world.
Climate change communication: How and why to do it in libraries
Publish Date: Webinar / 5 December 2024
Explore effective climate change communication strategies to engage communities and inspire action.
Building community in a changing climate
Publish Date: Webinar / 21 November 2024
Explore how public libraries and their partners are empowering communities to address climate change collaboratively.
Serving Communities: Inclusion-centered leadership practices that engage the community in actionable science
Publish Date: News / 13 November 2024
Adults can address a range of pressing issues when and if they have the ability to access and understand scientific information that is meaningful to them, their families, and communities. This includes health concerns such as the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Expanding collections with a Library of Things
Publish Date: News / 21 August 2024
Everybody loves a Library of Things. Stories about these popular lending libraries are popping up all over mainstream and social media. Community members are heading to their local library branch to borrow everything from cookware and tools to prom d...
Fostering public library teen engagement through connected learning
Publish Date: News / 31 July 2024
Learning and literacy that is grounded in personal relevance, meaningful relationships, civic engagement, and a sense of purpose, is what the Connected Learning Alliances describes as “connected learning.” For public libraries, building connected lea...
Cultural humility in library work
Publish Date: Webinar / 17 July 2024
Explore the benefits of incorporating cultural humility into library practice, whether through interpersonal interactions or to inform and improve policies and procedures.
Community engagement
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