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Author: Merrilee Proffitt

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 6 August 2024

August 6, 2024August 6, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: new WebJunction course on community-centered digital collections; Indigenous sovereignty and DSI; investigating book bans; time inclusivity.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 23 July 2024

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: Mental illness in the library profession; Disability Pride Month resources; National Indian Boarding School Digital Archive

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 9 July 2024

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: Discussion on confronting book bans; Task group addresses metadata related to Indigenous Peoples of the Americas; the impact of book bans.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 25 June 2024

June 25, 2024June 26, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: Core Career LIFT Award; quiet rooms at conferences; librarians in the culture wars; gender and collections

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 10 June 2024

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: Knowledge equity and ontologies; Houston’s LGBTQ radio archives; Patterns in library censorship; FAIR + CARE survey

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 28 May 2024

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: presentations for everyone; support for domestic and sexual violence survivors; extending borrowing privileges to Indigenous people; the Queer Liberation Library.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 14 May 2024

May 14, 2024May 15, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

CILIP library awareness campaign; book bans impact API authors; the importance of representation in literature for young people

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Linked Data / Metadata

Reimagine descriptive infrastructure: dreaming and enacting change together

May 13, 2024May 15, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

Learn how OCLC has applied principles from Reimagine Descriptive Workflows project to reimagine components of the OCLC linked-data ecosystem.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 30 April 2024

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: Libraries Northern Ireland defends stocking LGBTQ+ children’s books; Using AI to create inclusive spaces; Support for menopause in the workforce.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 16 April 2024

April 16, 2024April 17, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: reclassification and religious equity; book censorship in academic, public, and school libraries; students passport assistance; reparative archival description.

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