Join us for this 3-part series designed to provide academic librarians a deeper understanding of Open Access. Through panel discussions with librarians developing OA collections, this series will provide an overview of the current OA landscape and offer practical advice for implementing an OA strategy at your library.

SirsiDynix & Library Journal bring you this series of panel discussions with public library staff who are developing OA collections. Join us for an overview of the current OA landscape and practical advice for implementing an OA strategy at your library that can bring down costs and improve usage of your digital reference collections. 

Learn about the concrete actions library leaders are taking to help cultivate an antiracist, inclusive library culture—from examining the impacts of implicit bias, to evaluating spaces, programs, and services and examining policies and practices through an antiracist lens—to ensure that there is a shared value of antiracism at the library.

Infuse equity into every part of your library leadership and administration, from hiring, onboarding, and retention, to personnel management, budgeting, and more. 

Learn how to approach your practice, programs, and partnerships through a social emotional lens and better support yourself, colleagues, and your community. 

Learn innovative and equity-centered instructional strategies for engaging learners, teaching sensitive topics, and handling censorship. 

Learn how to cultivate and promote inclusive collections to ensure your library materials reflect the diversity of your community.

Learn vital skills for dealing with some of today’s most pressing issues, including book banning, disinformation, patron and staff safety, and more, all from an equity and trauma-informed lens.

Learn how to build a plan to fulfill the vision of federal COVID relief funding for your school before the impending deadline.

Drive greater impact in your community, and realize greater efficiency and confidence in your work, by becoming proficient in project management skills.