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ALCTS e-Forum: Assessing Collections for Diversity & Inclusion

April 16-17, 2019

Moderated by Katy DiVittorio, Katherine Brown, Keri Prelitz, and Jeff Eller

Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!

Registration information is at the end of the message.

Each day, discussion begins and ends at:

Pacific: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Mountain: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Central: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Eastern: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Are you looking to take steps to identify or address a lack of diversity and inclusion within your library’s collections? Do you want to go beyond usage stats and cost-per-use and assess collections using values-based metrics? Attend this ALCTS AS Committee on Research & Statistics sponsored e-Forum to learn about the need, techniques, and tools to assess collections for diversity and inclusion.

Moderators

Katy DiVittorio is the Collections Strategies Librarian at the Auraria Library in Denver, CO. The Auraria Library serves the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, & Community College of Denver.

Katherine Brown is the Collections Analyst at the Auraria Library in Denver, CO. The Auraria Library serves the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, & Community College of Denver.

Keri Prelitz is a Collection and Workflow Consultant for ProQuest, advising libraries in the Western United States, Canada, and Australia on their e and print approval and DDA profiles for over 5 years.

Jeff Eller is the Head of Acquisitions & Description at Wake Forest University's Z. Smith Reynolds Library, where he oversees acquisition and cataloging of monographic materials in all formats. He has also worked at Tulane University, the University of Memphis, and the Urbana Free Library.

What Is an e-Forum?

An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free.

For information about upcoming e-forums, please visit http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum

How to Register

You must register your email address to subscribe to or access an electronic discussion list on ALA's Mailing List Service. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the list. Find instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing online. (http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum/sympa)

If you have any problems, please contact alcts-eforum-request@lists.ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.*