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**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 &amp; 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

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[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NM2IagX37tpnbpZJAwIUNhq1KNVc7JBY/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]

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.

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12.20 Lunch

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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.

[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TiXQPTtkg5pLbOiLRn_aYJPnPtBrKvqg/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]  

  * 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

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3:00 Stephanie McLean, State Library of NSW on the depiction of disability in young adult fiction

[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eLNRkVyOgT6HeJZ3zIHPGzGCJkR6HS0K/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]

Accessibility:

  * http://designfordignity.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Design_for_Dignity_Guidelines_Aug_2016.pdf
  * http://www.disability.wa.gov.au/Global/Publications/Understanding%20disability/Built%20environment/State%20Government%20Access%20Guidelines.pdf
  * https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2010L00668
  * http://www.disability.wa.gov.au/understanding-disability1/understanding-disability/accessibility/built_environment/

Language:

  * http://www.pwd.org.au/student-section/terminology-used-by-pwda.html
  * http://www.aussiedeafkids.org.au/terminology-for-deafness.html
  * http://www.visionaustralia.org/learn-more/newly-diagnosed/blindness-and-vision-loss
  * http://www.and.org.au/pages/inclusive-language.html
  * http://www.ideas.org.au/uploads/events/148/Arts%20Access%20Australia-%20Terminology.pdf

Study on stereotypes in media:

  * http://disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/files/library/Barnes-disabling-imagery.pdf

Diversity in YA:
  * Main: http://www.diversityinya.com/
  * Tumblr: http://diversityinya.tumblr.com/tagged/disability
  * Disability in Kidlit:
  * Main: http://disabilityinkidlit.com/
  * Tumblr: http://disabilityinkidlit.tumblr.com/
  * We Need Diverse Books:
  * Main: http://weneeddiversebooks.org/
  * Tumblr: http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/
  * Through the Twisted Woods:
  * https://throughthetwistedwoods.wordpress.com/tag/disability/

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
[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P77bpx2Qc2fr-Xk5gC8N2s0NwtTK7L_v/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]  

· Fiona Johnston Woollahra Libraries Quick browse collection at Woollahra Libraries : Offering the latest and greatest.
[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/19JYE98OUU6Jtpv0aKHXkYrrMMly1vjmf/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]  

· Melanie Mutch, Update on Librarians’ choice
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· Karen Redlich, Mosman Library, What we love about Mosman Library
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· Sam Sbisa, Randwick City Library tabletop games collection.
[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PZmNYbDIv1R9ZXYI_f-hqItvF39upM-X/view?usp=sharing|presentation here]]  

· Therese Scott : Ashfield Library, Inner West Council, Ashfield Library Gazette

4.00 Indyreads and readers’ advisory Ross Balharrie
[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/15ExdyGg502vonYLckmJr2whL9ILLgPEw/view?usp=sharing|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.&quot; [[https://www.malindalo.com/2015/02/why-is-diversity-important/ | 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 [[https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21APVj1wF4MVQe6Bk&amp;cid=32F85E73B6F12ADA&amp;id=32F85E73B6F12ADA%2121401&amp;parId=32F85E73B6F12ADA%2121337&amp;o=OneUp |and Abdel-Fattah, Bronwyn Bancroft, Will Kostakis and Benjamin Law ]] 

[[https://www.readings.com.au/news/we-recommend-queer-reads-from-australian-authors | We recommend queer reads from Australian authors]].

YASSMIN ABDEL-MAGIED [[http://www.yassminam.com/recommended-reading/ | -books I recommend]]

[[http://www.yassminam.com/recommended-reading/ | LoveOzYa Lists]]- Includes Muslim, Asian, Feminist

[[https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2017/02/23/10-books-prominent-lgbtqi-australians/ | 10 books by prominent LGBTQI Australians.]]

[[https://bookriot.com/2016/06/23/not-just-cleverman-books-by-aboriginal-australian-writers-you-should-read/ | BOOKS BY ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN WRITERS YOU SHOULD READ]]

[[https://www.readings.com.au/news/20-compelling-australian-stories  Here is a list of 20 true stories from Australian voices.]]

[[https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/diverse-ya-books-fall-2016?platform=hootsuite | 12 YA Books With Characters of Color and LGBTQ Characters | Teen Voguefrom YA Interrobang’sTweet ]]

[[https://www.ebscohost.com/novelist-the-latest/blog-article/new-explore-books-by-culture?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=pl_blogpost_explorebyculture_20161200&amp;eis-cmp=NOVBLOG&amp;eis-src=social&amp;eis-type=website-novelist&amp;eis-code=pl_blogpost_explorebyculture_20161200  | Exploring books by culture in NoveList]]

[[https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2017/03/guest-post-diversity-thorn-ethnic-identity-history-historical-romance/ | Diversity in Historical Romance]]

[[https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2017/03/guest-post-diversity-thorn-ethnic-identity-history-historical-romance/ | Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities]]

[[https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/12/09/childrens-books-inclusivity-and-why-it-matters?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=referral | Children’s Books, Inclusivity, and Why It Matters]]

Reading Challenges:

[[http://australianwomenwriters.com/diversity/ | Australian women's writers challenge - diversity]]

[[https://bookriot.com/2016/12/15/book-riots-2017-read-harder-challenge | Book riot read harder challenge]]

[[https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/24/i-only-read-books-by-minority-authors-for-a-year-it-showed-me-just-how-white-our-reading-world-is/?noredirect=on | I read books by only minority authors for a year.]]

[[https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/away-with-the-white-dudes-damon-young-tries-reading-outside-his-comfort-zone-20161208-gt6uel.html | Away with the white dudes: Damon Young tries reading outside his comfort zone]]

Libraries and Diversity:

[[https://www.spl.org/about-the-library/leaders-and-organizations/city-librarian | The Seattle Public Library celebrates diversity]]

[[http://alphareader.blogspot.com/2015/06/what-teachers-and-school-librarians-can.html | What teachers and school librarians can do to support Indigenous books]]- guest post by Ambelin Kwaymullina

[[https://bookriot.com/2016/08/12/i-cant-even-with-librarians-who-dont-read-diversely/ | I Can’t Even with Librarians Who Don’t Read Diversely]]

[[http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2016/12/17/promoting-diversity-in-homogeneous-communities/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feedburner%2Fyalsa+%28YALSA+Blog%29 | 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 &quot;Problem Seemingly Without Solution&quot;
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 &quot;Reverse Racism&quot;
What Is &quot;Reverse Racism&quot;? Here's Why It Doesn't Actually Exist in the United States