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library programs and spaces with empathy and accessibility </h2> <p class="article-header__publishing-info"> <span class="publishing-info__byline"> By <a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/authors/rachel-rosenberg/">Rachel Rosenberg</a> | </span> <span class="publishing-info__date">November 1, 2024</span> </p> </div> <div class="article-container"> <div class="article-body"> <div class="article-body__social-share"><div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/11/01/improving-inclusivity/" data-a2a-title="Improving Inclusivity"><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibrariesmagazine.org%2F2024%2F11%2F01%2Fimproving-inclusivity%2F&linkname=Improving%20Inclusivity" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" 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alt="Headshot of Librarian's Library columnist Rachel Rosenberg" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ll-rosenberg.jpg 465w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ll-rosenberg-300x200.jpg 300w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ll-rosenberg-200x133.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px" /></figure><p class="lead">Inclusivity requires intention and planning. More and more, library leaders are acknowledging that making our programs, hiring practices, and trainings inclusive and community-led benefit staff members and patrons. These six guides provide support for libraries looking to make thoughtful, impactful, and service-transforming changes.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Inclusive+Organization%3A+Real+Solutions%2C+Impactful+Change%2C+and+Meaningful+Diversity-p-9781119910176" target="_blank" rel="attachment noopener wp-att-145575"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-145575 size-full" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-inclusive.jpg" alt="Cover art of The Inclusive Organization: Real Solutions, Impactful Change, and Meaningful Diversity " width="200" height="296" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-inclusive.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-inclusive-101x150.jpg 101w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Inclusive+Organization%3A+Real+Solutions%2C+Impactful+Change%2C+and+Meaningful+Diversity-p-9781119910176" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Inclusive Organization: Real Solutions, Impactful Change, and Meaningful Diversity</a></strong><br /> By Netta Jenkins<br /> Jenkins, a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) executive, has worked with organizations of all sizes. Here she draws on her lived experiences and years of accumulated knowledge to suggest actionable ways that employees can improve their workplaces. The book shows readers how to create a framework that their organization can use to make meaningful changes, with a focus on allocating time and resources for implementing DEI learning and policies. While the book is aimed at organizational leaders, Jenkins’s insights will be useful to any library staffer, particularly in the ways she pinpoints how discriminative structures affect employees differently.</p> <p>Wiley, 2023. 240 p. $27.95. 978-1-1199-1013-8. (Also available as an ebook.)</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.bkconnection.com/books/title/The-Inclusive-Language-Field-Guide" target="_blank" rel="attachment noopener wp-att-145576"><img decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-145576 size-full" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-language.jpg" alt="Cover art of The Inclusive Language Field Guide: Six Simple Principles for Avoiding Painful Mistakes and Communicating Respectfully " width="200" height="286" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-language.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-language-105x150.jpg 105w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><a href="https://www.bkconnection.com/books/title/The-Inclusive-Language-Field-Guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Inclusive Language Field Guide: Six Simple Principles for Avoiding Painful Mistakes and Communicating Respectfully</a></strong><br /> By Suzanne Wertheim<br /> This book asks readers to consider the words they use and the nuanced ways in which context affects language. Wertheim offers examples of social interactions while explaining the cultural and historical connotations of particular words. For instance, the indefinite pronoun<em> everyone</em> isn’t always appropriate. (Wishing “everyone” a happy Mother’s Day isn’t inclusive of those who were raised without a mother, have lost their mother, or do not have a relationship with their mother.) Wertheim makes a great argument for adopting inclusive language, which can help our profession avoid inadvertently erasing or diminishing our colleagues’ and patrons’ life experiences.</p> <p>Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2023. 256 p. $21.95. PBK. 978-1-5230-0424-9. (Also available as an ebook.)</p> <p><strong><a href="https://alastore.ala.org/brca" target="_blank" rel="attachment noopener wp-att-145577"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-145577 size-full" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-archives.jpg" alt="Cover art of Building Representative Community Archives: Inclusive Strategies in Practice" width="200" height="300" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-archives.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-archives-100x150.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><a href="https://alastore.ala.org/brca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Building Representative Community Archives: Inclusive Strategies in Practice</a></strong><br /> Edited by Hannah Leah Crummé<br /> Using case studies, this guide outlines the differences between community-created archives, community-centered archives, and archives that document communities from <em>afar</em>. As oral historian Alissa Rae Funderburk explains in her chapter, “Talking White,” a collection should not just preserve people’s stories but should originate from the people and places the stories are about, since a storyteller from outside the community might miss important details and context. While Crummé’s text is aimed at librarians who do archival work, it can also serve as an insightful blueprint for public and university librarians, as well as communities that seek to tell their stories with the help of archives, libraries, and museums.</p> <p>ALA Neal-Schuman, 2024. 288 p. $64.99. PBK. 978-0-8389-3959-8.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://litwinbooks.com/books/trans-and-gender-diverse-voices-in-lis/" target="_blank" rel="attachment noopener wp-att-145578"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-145578 size-full" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-trans.jpg" alt="Cover art of Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries " width="200" height="300" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-trans.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-trans-100x150.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><a href="https://litwinbooks.com/books/trans-and-gender-diverse-voices-in-lis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries</a></strong><br /> Edited by Kalani Keahi Adolpho, Stephen G. Krueger, and Krista McCracken<br /> This collection of essays by trans and gender-diverse people in the library field covers areas based on the library spaces each author occupies, including MLIS programs, archives, and public and academic libraries. Authors discuss topics such as visible and invisible labor, coming out as trans at work, and pronouns. The contributors also frankly discuss the work libraries need to do to be more welcoming to trans and gender-diverse communities. These essays are full of rage, sorrow, and frustration, and their honesty can help educate readers on how to better support trans and gender-diverse colleagues.</p> <p>Library Juice Press, 2023. 560 p. $75. PBK. 978-1-6340-0120-5. (Also available as an ebook.)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://islandpress.org/books/empathic-design#desc" target="_blank" rel="attachment noopener wp-att-145579"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-145579 size-full" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-empathic.jpg" alt="Cover art of Empathic Design: Perspectives on Creating Inclusive Spaces " width="200" height="308" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-empathic.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-empathic-195x300.jpg 195w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-empathic-97x150.jpg 97w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><a href="https://islandpress.org/books/empathic-design#desc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Empathic Design: Perspectives on Creating Inclusive Spaces</a></strong><br /> Edited by Elgin Cleckley<br /> Designer and architecture professor Elgin Cleckley defines <em>empathic design</em> as a process in which planners work thoughtfully to create spaces that welcome all members of a community. Since that approach aligns with libraries’ missions, this title will be helpful to those planning new facilities. Each chapter details design approaches and methods that acknowledge the history and lived experiences of residents, especially those from underrepresented communities. Architect Liz Ogbu, for example, explains how she sought insight from local activists in the Baywood neighborhood of San Mateo, California, to plan a community center that has hosted workshops and cultural events and served as a food access point during the pandemic.</p> <p>Island Press, 2024. 208 p. $32. PBK. 978-1-6428-3205-1. (Also available as an ebook.)</p> <p><strong><a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538139783/Creating-Inclusive-Libraries-by-Applying-Universal-Design-A-Guide" target="_blank" rel="attachment noopener wp-att-145580"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-145580 size-full" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-universal.jpg" alt="Cover art of Creating Inclusive Libraries by Applying Universal Design: A Guide " width="200" height="300" srcset="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-universal.jpg 200w, https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/lib-universal-100x150.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538139783/Creating-Inclusive-Libraries-by-Applying-Universal-Design-A-Guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Creating Inclusive Libraries by Applying Universal Design: A Guide</a></strong><br /> By Carli Spina<br /> Universal design makes physical spaces appealing and accessible to users with varying needs. This valuable resource explores universal design style and how libraries can implement it for their community’s benefit, discussing topics such as determining the right kind of questions to ask architects and how basic elements like lighting and furniture make a difference. Libraries may have financial or other limitations; still, Spina’s work suggests that implementing these practices to whatever degree possible is a step toward equitable facilities.</p> <p>Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 187 p. $51. PBK. 978-1-5381-3978-3. 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Then about 15 months ago, I started capturing the survey instruments to see what the demographic question trends really were and the variety of risks surveyors were introducing.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/2024/11/20/call-me-re-identified/" target="_blank">Hedgehog Librarian, Nov. 20</a></p> </div> </li> <li id="post-145894" class="post-145894 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">2d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145895" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/point-of-sale-150.jpg" alt="Point of Sale unit" width="150" height="100" />“Some public libraries in Japan will trial sales of new books from fiscal 2025 to fill the void caused by a nationwide decline in the number of physical bookstores, industry officials said. The program is aimed at increasing opportunities for people to buy books, particularly the elderly who may be unfamiliar with the process of using online shopping sites. The trial will be conducted in a number of libraries by TRC Library Service Inc., which provides library services for local governments and others, in conjunction with book wholesaler Nippon Shuppan Hanbai Inc.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/11/b2b0de69ee4c-japan-libraries-to-trial-book-sales-amid-decline-in-bookstores.html" target="_blank">Kyodo News, Nov. 23</a></p> </div> </li> <li id="post-145892" class="post-145892 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">2d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145893" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/library-joy-150.png" alt="The Public Libraries Podcast" width="150" height="100" />Kathleen Hughes writes: “In this episode of <em>FYI: The Public Libraries Podcast</em>, we share inspiring stories of library joy. Ten stories in under 20 minutes! Inspired by Mychal Threets’ focus on celebrating joy in libraries, this episode highlights moments from library workers across the country that capture the magic, connection, and transformation that happen in libraries every day.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2024/11/new-podcast-episode-ten-stories-of-library-joy" target="_blank">Public Libraries Online, Nov. 25</a></p> </div> </li> <li id="post-145890" class="post-145890 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">3d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145891" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cookbooks-150.jpg" alt="Page from a midcentury recipe book featuring a gelatin salad" width="150" height="100" />Hannah Ostroff writes: “Library of Congress collections hold some 40,000 cookbooks, plus thousands of recipe booklets, archival recipes and dietary therapy books, that reflect America’s holiday food traditions—a seasonal smorgasbord of ingredients, techniques, technology and culinary viewpoints. <em>McCall’s Book of Merry Eating</em>, published in 1965, offers multiple recipes for [gelatin-based] so-called salads, to be chilled in a mold and served over salad greens. One contains canned corn, a package of frozen peas and carrots and chicken bouillon.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/11/historical-holiday-cookbooks-did-we-really-eat-this-stuff-yes/" target="_blank">Library of Congress: Timeless, Nov. 22</a></p> </div> </li> <li id="post-145888" class="post-145888 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">3d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145889" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gift-guide-feat-150.jpg" alt="2024 Holiday Gift Guide" width="150" height="100" />Alison Marcotte writes: “Giving gifts feels great, but shopping for them can be stressful. We’re here to help you reduce the anxiety and bring some of the fun back this holiday season. Our roundup of bookish gifts focuses on presents to entertain, delight, and inspire the family, friends, and colleagues on your list. And to help reduce the pressure on your wallet, items start at $10, and everything is under $50.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="" target="_blank"></a></p> </div> </li> <li id="post-145883" class="post-145883 latest-links type-latest-links status-publish hentry"> <div class="latest-library-links__timestamp-container"> <span class="link-timestamp">3d</span> </div> <div class="latest-library-links__content-container"> <p class="link-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-145884" src="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/wicked-150.png" alt="Screencap from Wicked depicting an awe-struck Elphaba and Glinda" width="150" height="100" />“So, you saw <em>Wicked</em> on the big screen and you loved it! The soaring vocals of the cast transported you to a land somewhere over the rainbow and you want more. But the next movie installment won’t come out for another 365 days! What’s a fan like you to do until then? Follow the yellow brick road to these reads to grant your wish of escaping into a wonderful world.”</p> </p> <p class="link-source"><a href="https://www.quincylibrary.org/posts/what-read-if-you-loved-wicked" target="_blank">Quincy (Ill.) 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