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Core webinar: Using Diversity Awards to Assess eBook Collections
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2021
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
Description: This webinar will discuss an ebook collection diversity assessment project undertaken at St. John's University Library. The project was based on one undertaken by Laurel Kristick at the University of Oregon Library, which used a bibliography of books that received awards from organizations representing different groups of people, including
- African Americans
- Arab Americans
- Asian Americans
- People with Disabilities
- Latinx
- LBGTQ+
- Native Americans
- Women
Librarians at St. John's University modified the study to include only ebooks, and rather than comparing only to peer institution libraries, also included aspirational institution libraries. This webinar will explain how St. John's University libraries undertook the ebook assessment and what it learned from the process.
Much of the Webinar will be delivered through slides, which will explain:
- The origins of the eBook collection diversity assessment project at St. John's.
- How we carried out the project.
- What we learned from the project.
Other resources that will be discussed include:
- Zotero, as a means of creating and managing a bibliography.
- Worldcat, for obtaining bibliographic information.
- Gobi, for verifying the availability of titles as ebooks for library purchase.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to
- Use a bibliography of diversity titles to compare a collection with peer institution libraries
- Identify peer libraries
- Modify the bibliography based on institutional needs and format, such as print or ebook
Who should attend?
Although the ebook collection diversity assessment was conducted at an academic library, the study could easily be modified for a public library. The primary audience for this webinar is therefore academic and public librarians who manage collections.
Presenter:
Ben Turner (he/him/his) is Program Coordinator of Library Assessment and Inclusive Practices at St. John's University Libraries. Publications include:
Dent, Valeda, et al. "Wayfinding Serendipity: The BKFNDr Mobile App." The Code4Lib Journal, 2018.
Turner B, et al. "Static Vs. Dynamic Tutorials: Applying Usability Principles to Evaluate Online Point-Of-Need Instruction." Information Technology and Libraries, 2015.
Turner, Benjamin. "Promoting Information Literacy through Engagement with Wikikpedia." The Global Librarian. Edited by Lisa Chow et al., 2013.
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Registration Fees: Core Member $43; Non-member $59; Group rate $129; Student $0
For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:
https://www.ala.org/core/using-diversity-awards-to-assess-ebook-collections
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Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.
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Julene Jones
Director of Library Assessment and Organizational Effectiveness
University of Kentucky
julene.jones@uky.edu------------------------------