PCI Webinar with Jennie Garner

Mirrors and Windows: Why DEI Is Important for All Libraries

Think your small community isn't diverse? Don't understand why libraries have a role in social responsibility for their communities? Join this discussion about the creation of an IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) committee at the North Liberty Library and how the role of that committee is helping drive operations and services to create a place of belonging for all.

You’ll hear how we created and have sustained this committee, and how we have embedded IDEA principles into our strategic plan. We’ll address relationship building, looking at policies through an equity lens, and how our spaces can be more inclusive.

At the conclusion of this program, attendees will:

• Learn why building diversity into your library operations/services is important even if you don’t think your community is diverse
• Learn how to create and sustain an IDEA committee
• Learn techniques for applying an equity and diversity to all areas of library operations