The K-12 Library Connection, March 2022
Vol.1, Issue 4 Welcome to March, all, and our newsletter this month focuses on a variety of different topics that we hope you will find …
Learning
From the many facets of literacy to continuing education and professional development, lifelong learning takes many forms. Explore the opportunities and ideas that await you.
Locally Created Primary Source Education Set – Notable Colorado Women
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC), an online portal of digitized historic collections from Colorado and Wyoming, recently launched …
CSL News, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Plains to Peaks Collective
“Hidden Voices” in the American Music Research Center
One of the perks of working in a library is stumbling across intriguing new resources. The American Music Research Center (ARMC) at University of Colorado …
Colorado State Publications Blog, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
The K-12 Library Connection, February 2022
Vol. 1, Issue 3 We’re excited to bring you this short-bytes newsletter focused on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) ideas and resources that we hope …
Navigating Waves of Censorship: Resources for Public and School Libraries
We’ve all seen the recent headlines highlighting a startling rise in censorship: legislation banning teachers from discussing racism, lists of books to pull from school …
The K-12 Library Connection, 9 February 2022
Vol. 1 part 2 Welcome to Short Bytes II mini-newsletter! This twice-a-month second edition features a potpourri of short articles and information that we’ve culled …
The K-12 Library Connection, January 2022
Welcome to the first installment of our Short Bytes twice-monthly mini-newsletter! This twice-a-month short-bytes newsletter will feature short articles and information that we’ve culled on …
19th Century Colorado Feminist Newspapers, The Antelope and The Queen Bee
On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution became law and American women were finally guaranteed the universal right to vote. This landmark …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Land Acknowledgements
A land acknowledgement is a statement that recognizes the history of colonization and the original occupation of land by Indigenous peoples in a geographic location. …
Transgender Youth
It is hard sometimes for me to read the news, to be open to hearing the latest litany of disturbing or painful events without letting …
Next Draft: EDI digest – September 2021
Next Draft is a digest from EDIT, the Colorado State Library’s (CSL) equity, diversity, and inclusion team. It includes links to original articles by our …
Hispanic Heritage in Colorado
Today marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month running from September 15th through October 15th this year. Colorado has always had a significant Hispanic …
Colorado State Publications Blog, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Diversity and Diversity Audits
The Associated Press recently reported that, although whites remain the largest racial group in the US, their share of the population has fallen by 6% …
Nothing About Us, Without Us
When you wake up, one of the first things you might do is open your weather app to see what the temperature is and if …
What We Learned From the 2021 CAL EDSJI Conference
The Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) second annual Equity, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusion Conference was a jam packed day of sessions led by some …
What is Racism? What is Antiracism?
The meaning of a word can be nuanced, multi-layered, and hard to fully comprehend. Adding to the confusion is that each one of us labors …
Being an Ally: What it Means and How to Do it
We all hold different identities simultaneously—an intersection of race, class, sex, gender, religion, ability, etc. that impacts how we experience the world around us. As …
Why EDI Jargon Can Be Counterproductive
Incivility on the Web In the information age, online debates have come to represent the more toxic parts of our culture and are one reason …
Next Draft: A Quarterly Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion digest from EDIT
This month we launched a quarterly Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion digest from EDIT, the Colorado Virtual Library EDI Team. In it you’ll find recent EDI-related …
A Window to History: News from Amache – Colorado’s Japanese Concentration Camp
Camp Amache, also known as the Granada War Relocation Center, was a Japanese concentration camp located in Granada, Colorado from 1942-45. Japanese people had long …
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion