Diverse reading 2017 readers' advisory
The 2017 seminar focus was on diverse reading.
The Readers Advisory Seminar was held on Wednesday, 22 March 2017 from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (AEDT) in the Metcalfe Auditorium at the State Library of NSW on Macquarie Street Sydney. Please scroll down to watch the videos of the day, or to look at the slideshares of the presentations.
2017 Readers’ advisory seminar 9.00 – 9.30 Registration
9.30 Welcome to State Library & housekeeping Oriana Acevedo, State Library of NSW
9.40am Robin Bradford @tuphlos watch on Blue Jeans at https://bluejeans.com/152373337 Robin Bradford works for Timberland Regional library district in Tumwater, Washington and started her career in book tyranny at the age of two, when she coerced her mom, dad, and sister into repeated readings of the relationship drama “The House that Jack Built”. Fast forward a [redacted] number of years later, and she is still addicted to books and dedicated to helping others discover the love of reading. Along the way, she has hit almost all of the reading related degrees (BA; MA in English, MS in Library Science, and a JD) but has found a permanent home in building reader focused, popular collections in public libraries. In 2016, she was awarded the librarian of the year award, from the Romance Writers of America. She has worked with authors to help get their titles into these collections, worked with librarians to push for equal treatment of genre fiction, and worked with readers so that they can find their favourite authors on their library’s shelves.
Video of Robin Bradford
10.40 Stand and find out from person next to you one idea they will take away from Robin’s session
10.50 An author’s perspective on diversity - panel discussion · Bronwyn Bancroft · Will Kostakis · Randa Abdel-Fattah · Benjamin Law
11.55 Stand and find out from person next to you one idea they will take back to work from the author panel
12.00 Janeese Hennaway Townsville Library, Murri rainbow book club.
12.20 Lunch
1.20 Share with a neighbour one title you read from Book riot's read harder challenge Video of first part of the afternoon session
1.25 Yasmin Greenhalgh, from North Sydney discussing Rainbow stickers, collection development, staff training and other ways to provide for GLBTIQA communities.
- 1.45 10 minutes sessions with question time
- Kemal Serdar – Turkish language reading group, Cumberland Council
- Mary Gissing –Newcastle Region Library is nurturing diversity, Newcastle City Council
- Therese Scott -Authors at Ashfield Podcasts,Ashfield Library, Inner West Council
- Alexia Estrellado,- City of Sydney, Unlimited possibilities: disability and science fiction
- Gareth Jenkins- City of Sydney,Programming for Participation: LGBTI Voices in Young Adult Literature and Zines
Video for the second half of the afternoon
3:00 Stephanie McLean, State Library of NSW on the depiction of disability in young adult fiction
Accessibility:
Language:
Study on stereotypes in media:
Diversity in YA:
- Disability in Kidlit:
- We Need Diverse Books:
- Through the Twisted Woods:
3.25 2 minutes to stand and share with someone near you, ideas from this afternoon you take back to the work place
3.30 10 slides in 5 minutes – not question time · Renee Fittler, Ashfield Library, Inner West Council staff picks presentation here
· Fiona Johnston Woollahra Libraries Quick browse collection at Woollahra Libraries : Offering the latest and greatest. presentation here
· Melanie Mutch, Update on Librarians’ choice presentation here · Karen Redlich, Mosman Library, What we love about Mosman Library presentation here · Sam Sbisa, Randwick City Library tabletop games collection. presentation here
· Therese Scott : Ashfield Library, Inner West Council, Ashfield Library Gazette
4.00 Indyreads and readers’ advisory Ross Balharrie presentation here
4.15 Seminar close
Most of this seminar will be live streamed on Blue jeans. If you are sharing about the day on social media, please use #ra2017.
Why is diversity in books important? Diversity is not important. Diversity is reality.Human beings are not all the same. We come from many different places and have many different identities and experiences. Having only one kind of human being in the stories being told is flat-out bad storytelling. Diversity is reality. Let’s stop erasing that." Malinda Lo
2.5% of NSW population are Indigenous, 31.4% of NSW people were born overseas, and this is often not fully reflected in readers' advisory services. How Libraries develop their collections and provide services for the diverse range of social, cultural, and language groups within their community is often a challenge but one we can learn from by sharing our experiences. Have a look at how King County Library Service reminds their community that this is your library.
Reading Lists and Suggestions: Reading suggestionsfrom and Abdel-Fattah, Bronwyn Bancroft, Will Kostakis and Benjamin Law
We recommend queer reads from Australian authors.
YASSMIN ABDEL-MAGIED -books I recommend
LoveOzYa Lists- Includes Muslim, Asian, Feminist
10 books by prominent LGBTQI Australians.
BOOKS BY ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN WRITERS YOU SHOULD READ
12 YA Books With Characters of Color and LGBTQ Characters | Teen Voguefrom YA Interrobang’sTweet
Exploring books by culture in NoveList
Diversity in Historical Romance
Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities
Children’s Books, Inclusivity, and Why It Matters
Reading Challenges:
Australian women's writers challenge - diversity
Book riot read harder challenge
I read books by only minority authors for a year.
Away with the white dudes: Damon Young tries reading outside his comfort zone
Libraries and Diversity:
The Seattle Public Library celebrates diversity
What teachers and school librarians can do to support Indigenous books- guest post by Ambelin Kwaymullina
I Can’t Even with Librarians Who Don’t Read Diversely
YALSA Promoting diversity in homogenous communities
Writers on Cultural appropriation.
‘Getting it Right’: Anita Heiss on Indigenous Characters Whose life is it anyway? Novelists have their say on cultural appropriation Not talking about race is a privilege and one that I had not acknowledged,; says @jodipicoult #ABCBookish @abciview Lionel Shriver’s Address on Cultural Appropriation Roils a Writers Festival
Articles about diversity Diversity, the Stella Count and the whiteness of Australian publishing Privilege and literature: three myths created by misdiagnosing a lack of Indigenous voices (and other diverse voices) as a ‘diversity problem’ - by Ambelin Kwaymullina ‘We Need Diverse Books Because’: An Indigenous perspective on diversity in young adult and children’s literature inAustralia Examining Australian queer young adult fiction: there’s not enough queer in AusQueerYA Nine people, all with very different experiences of what it means to live with privilege ABC 'Bookish'- interview withJax Jacki Brown. Lots of other great interviews on this web series. #SayTheWord: Why I'm reclaiming the word 'disabled' Having a disability is not a tragedy SBS Why you should care about casual racism ABC I see white people ijeoma oluo:writer. speaker. internet yeller MARLON JAMES: WHY I’M DONE TALKINGABOUT DIVERSITY Roxane Gay: Diversity is a "Problem Seemingly Without Solution" The Full Text of 'Bad Feminist' Author Roxane Gay’s WI12 Speech We need diverse books Superheroes in full color 'Whitewashing' in Dr Strange - Huffington Post and SMH Why there's no such thing as "Reverse Racism" What Is "Reverse Racism"? Here's Why It Doesn't Actually Exist in the United States