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Karen Jensen, MLS, November 1, 2017 | Professional Development
Tomorrow as part of the Library Journal/School Library Journal training on diversity Diversity and Cultural Competency Training: Collections & RA (which you should do), I will be doing a presentation on doing a diversity audit. I will outline what a diversity audit is, how to do one, and what I learned doing mine. I will […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, March 1, 2018 | Things I Never Learned in Library School
Yesterday I was honored once again to present with School Library Journal about doing a diversity book audit. As always, there are questions afterwards which make you think about what you might do differently the next time. Here are some thoughts I had afterwards based on follow-up questions. Hello, I just had the honor of […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 31, 2018 | Diversity, Diversity Discussions, Diversity in YA
When I talk about doing a diversity audit, one of the first questions I get asked is how I know whether or not a book is diverse. There is no easy answer that does not involve doing a small amount of research. Though over time, because I tend to deal exclusively with YA, I gain […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, December 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Earlier this week, The New York Times posted an article about sensitivity readers that prompted a heated discussion on Twitter. Because of the holidays I didn’t follow all of the conversations happening, though I did see that author Joyce Carol Oates suggested that historically marginalized authors start their own small presses and literary magazines to […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, January 12, 2024 | Middle Grade, Mind the Middle, Mind the Middle Project
Educator Caitlin Nichols Martin shares how she amplifies diverse, authentic voices in a middle grade classroom
Karen Jensen, MLS, July 12, 2021 | Professional Development
Teen Librarian and TLT Creator Karen Jensen shares her 10 favorite posts to celebrate 10 years of TLT
Karen Jensen, MLS, July 20, 2020 | Collection Development, Professional Development
A massive list of collection development resources
This month, Teen Librarian Toolbox is celebrating 9 years of talking about teen librarianship, young adult literature, and the world at large. It’s been an amazing experience and I am so happy that we’re still here doing this thing that I love. But also, what a weird time to be celebrating anything. The world is […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, June 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last night I sat and watched with my entire family the Kid Lit Rally for Black Lives Matter hosted by The Brown Bookshelf. It was a powerful, important and moving call to action. Below I am including a link to the recording in hopes that you will check it out and spend some time with […]
Robin Willis, March 22, 2019 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Monsters united can never be defeated: sentimental queer horror YA, a guest post by Hal Schrieve Beyond the Collection Diversity Audit: Inclusion is More Than a Book, Why we should be auditing all of our library services for inclusion and best practices Book Review: Night Music by Jenn Marie Thorne Feminist […]
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