Windows and Mirrors: Prepping for a Collections Audit with Dr. Tanisha Felder
This webinar will discuss how to effectively evaluate and audit your collection and how to apply the idea of "windows and mirrors" to make your collection more diverse.
What will be addressed in this webinar:
- Defining windows and mirrors
- Examining the current reality of literature
- Whose stories get told?
- Preparing for a collection audit
Webinar Details:
- Date/Time: Tuesday, November 17, 2021, 12:30 pm- 2:00 pm Eastern
- This session will be recorded and available to view on SLNC Academy.
- The State Library of North Carolina will provide live captioning for this program.
Register:
North Carolina library staff are invited to register for Windows and Mirrors: Prepping for a Collections Audit, https://slnc.info/TF2
About the speaker:
Tanisha Brandon-Felder is currently the Director of Equity and Family Engagement in the Shoreline School District. An educator in the Seattle Public Schools for 16 years, Dr. Brandon-Felder specializes in race and equity, culturally responsive practices, and primarily the achievement and opportunity gap occurring with Black and Brown students.
A graduate of both Grambling State and the University of Washington she focuses on equitable leadership with adults. Dr. Brandon-Felder piloted the Creative Schools Initiative through Arts Corps and is a firm believer that the arts create pathways for student engagement and academic success. Leading with equity is key in identifying all the ways in which we can build strong learning partnerships and ensure equitable outcomes for students. Dr. Brandon-Felder is committed to transforming institutional practices one system at a time.
This program is supported by grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (IMLS grant number LS-249980-OLS-21).