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How Inclusive and Diverse is your Local History Collection? Join the online discussion Wednesday, April 28

  • 1.  How Inclusive and Diverse is your Local History Collection? Join the online discussion Wednesday, April 28

    Posted Apr 19, 2021 08:13 PM
    This upcoming discussion may be of interest to History Librarians Interest Group members.

    Join the RUSA Local History Section to kick-off our series on how to make your local history collections more diverse and how to promote more widespread use of materials within your larger community.  Mary K. Mannix, Maryland Room Manager, C. Burr Artz Public Library, Frederick County Public Libraries will be leading our discussion.

     

    How Inclusive and Diverse is your Local History Collection?

    Wednesday, April 28, 2021 – 2:00 pm Eastern

    Virtual discussion group on Zoom – free

     

    Description: Many Local History Collections are centered on wealthy white males from our communities, and that this is a situation which needs to be addressed. Please join the RUSA History Section, Local History Committee for the kick-off event to our series on how to find the diverse and inclusive items already in your collections and promote their availability and use, and how to focus on the addition of more diverse items to your local history collections through outreach to your larger local community. This free discussion group event by the Local History Committee of the RUSA History Section may be of interest to those of you working in archives and/or special collections at a variety of types of institutions, and those with an interest in promoting diversity and inclusion within our collections and our programming and outreach.

     

    Register at https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdO2tqTovG9C_e6YkwhjFeAOHK8FBJYfg

     

    This event is not limited to ALA members, and should be attended by anyone with an interest in this topic.

     

    Learn more about the RUSA History Section at http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/history