Learning for All: Book Challenges primarily reviews the concepts of Book Challenges and how they situate into the overall concepts of Intellectual Freedom, Censorship, Challenges to Library Materials, and Library Responses. Additionally, this course is being published at a time (mid-2022) where many additional challenges are being thrust upon public libraries. Content comes from the 2022 Curriculum of Advanced LATI and is open to all library staff members.
This course covers:
- Book Challenges
- DEI and Implicit Bias
- Customer Interactions, Empathy, and De-Escalation
- Book Challenges -- A Historical View
- Resources to Help with Book Challenges
- Book Challenges in the News
- Libraries and Responses to Book Challenges
- Advocacy and Support
- Book Challenges and Maryland
This course takes about 4 hours to complete. Contact laticoor@gmail.com to enroll.