Skip to content
CVL: Colorado Virtual Library, connecting people and libraries throughout Colorado
Colorado Virtual Library
Connecting People & Libraries throughout Colorado
  • Digital Colorado
    • Colorado Histories
    • CVL Collections
    • Historic Newspapers
    • Plains to Peaks Collective
  • Learning
    • Continuing Education
    • Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
    • Library Trustees
    • Lifelong Literacy
    • School Libraries
  • Resource Sharing
    • Book Club Resource
    • Colorado Libraries Collaborate (CLC)
    • Colorado State Publications Blog
    • Mailing Lists
    • Resource Kits
    • SWIFT
  • Technology
    • Website Creation & Hosting
    • Free Online Tools
    • Online Reference Resources
  • CSL News
    • Our Libraries
    • Our Online Collections
    • Our Services & Programs
    • Our Social Media Terms & Conditions
  • Contact Us

Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

The Colorado State Library’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Team (EDIT) is dedicated to raising awareness about both contemporary and historical EDI issues, and spotlighting the EDI work that is being done in Colorado’s cultural heritage profession. These resources are primarily aimed at library workers as it is crucial for them to have an understanding of the importance of EDI in order to better serve their patrons and communities. For an archive of the quarterly Next Draft newsletter, click here. Questions? Feedback? Contact edit@coloradovirtuallibrary.org.

Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

What is Critical Race Theory?

Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic legal theory that originated in the 1970-80s from the…

Michael Peever, April 5, 2022
CSL News, Digital Colorado, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Learning, Plains to Peaks Collective

Locally Created Primary Source Education Set – Notable Colorado Women

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Plains to Peaks Collective (PPC), an online portal…

Leigh Jeremias, March 8, 2022
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, School Libraries

Navigating Waves of Censorship: Resources for Public and School Libraries

We’ve all seen the recent headlines highlighting a startling rise in censorship: legislation banning teachers…

Miranda Doran-Myers, February 24, 2022
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

19th Century Colorado Feminist Newspapers, The Antelope and The Queen Bee

On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution became law and American women…

Michael Peever, December 1, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Land Acknowledgements

A land acknowledgement is a statement that recognizes the history of colonization and the original…

Michael Peever, November 30, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Transgender Youth

It is hard sometimes for me to read the news, to be open to hearing…

Kieran Hixon, October 28, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Next Draft: EDI digest – September 2021

Next Draft is a digest from EDIT, the Colorado State Library’s (CSL) equity, diversity, and…

Michael Peever, September 22, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Diversity and Diversity Audits

The Associated Press recently reported that, although whites remain the largest racial group in the…

Michael Peever, August 24, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Nothing About Us, Without Us

When you wake up, one of the first things you might do is open your…

Leah Breevoort, August 4, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

What We Learned From the 2021 CAL EDSJI Conference

The Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) second annual Equity, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusion Conference…

Michael Peever, July 23, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

What is Racism? What is Antiracism?

The meaning of a word can be nuanced, multi-layered, and hard to fully comprehend. Adding…

Michael Peever, July 20, 2021
Continuing Education, CSL News, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Upcoming CSL in Session: Using Courage to Confront Bias

Join us on Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm MDT for…

Marisa Wood, July 15, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Being an Ally: What it Means and How to Do it

We all hold different identities simultaneously—an intersection of race, class, sex, gender, religion, ability, etc….

Leah Breevoort, July 9, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Why EDI Jargon Can Be Counterproductive

Incivility on the Web In the information age, online debates have come to represent the…

Michael Peever, June 17, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Next Draft: A Quarterly Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion digest from EDIT

This month we launched a quarterly Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion digest from EDIT, the Colorado…

Michael Peever, June 15, 2021
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

A Window to History: News from Amache – Colorado’s Japanese Concentration Camp

Camp Amache, also known as the Granada War Relocation Center, was a Japanese concentration camp…

Michael Peever, June 9, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

If Not Now, Then When? Starting your EDI process 

Starting the journey toward building a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization can evoke a…

Leah Breevoort, June 7, 2021
Book Club Resource, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

New Titles in the Book Club Resource Collection

Since August 2019, we have added around 200 titles to the Colorado Book Club Resource…

Michael Peever, June 7, 2021
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

Why Use Inclusive Language?

Using appropriate terminology is a vital part of being an effective communicator. Using inclusive language…

Michael Peever, May 14, 2021
Colorado Historic Newspapers, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

LGBTQ History Now Included in CHNC

The Colorado State Library (CSL) and History Colorado (HC) are excited to announce the addition…

Leigh Jeremias, February 1, 2021
1 2 3 Next »

Learning Sections

  • Continuing Education
  • Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
  • Library Trustees
  • Lifelong Literacy

Popular Learning Posts

Continuing Education, CSL News

Free Online Learning Opportunities for April 2022 for Library Staff

Lifelong Literacy

5 Early Learning Library Take and Make Kits

Lifelong Literacy

The 5 Early Literacy Practices: Sing

Lifelong Literacy

Bedtime Storytime

CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

#OceansofPossibilities: Growing Readers Together CSLP Social Media Campaign

Site Tags

#GetToKnowCSL #LibrariesCOnnect accessibility adult learners agriculture archaeology architecture archives and records art asbestos awards Bag of Tricks between a graph and a hard place biography birds book club resource bright by text broadband buildings business byways cataloging census 2020 chnc CHNC: Special Edition civic engagement COLibraries colorado history colorado's small mammals community connections community engagement conferences consumer continued education copyright coronavirus corrections covid-19 crime CSL in session csl kits CTBL customer service cvl collections cyber security diabetes digital collections digital literacy digital resources digital safety digitization disasters diversity driving tips early literacy earthquakes ecology economy edi education elections emotional intelligence energy environment equity Fine Free fire safety floods food for librarians for libraries for museums for schools for trustees free online learning friday grab bag funding gardening genealogy geology government governors grants growing readers together GRT Quick Bites GRT@Your Library gunnison health higher education historic newspapers historic places historic preservation holidays homeland security hospitals housing how do I human services I-70 information technology Institutional Libraries insurance K-12 Library Connection landslides law enforcement learning learning edge legal/judicial legislature Libraries library card sign up library leadership library organizations lifelong learning local history maps marijuana memorials mental health military/veterans mining museums OCR correction OER OER Week One Book Colorado online learning open educational resources oral history outdoors pandemic practices parents performing arts pets Phone-a-Story photography play learn and grow poetry politics population ppc primary sources privacy productivity professional development railroads Read to the Children Resource Sharing Conference school libraries schools seasons seniors smoking social distancing social media spanish flu sports spotlight on sharing state capitol state grants for libraries state parks state symbols statistics successful supervision summer learning summer reading SWIFT migration take & make taxes tech primer technology techtip teen programming teen video challenge teens the decade that was time machine tuesday topics in history touring colorado's collections tourism transportation Trustee Corner universe of stories user experience utilities virtual programming voices water weather web design web tools webinar webinar archive wildlife Window to History wine country women's history month workforce & labor young adults youth services

Subscribe

Institute of Museum and Library Services logo Colorado Department of Education logoThis site is made possible through grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the Colorado State Library.

Theme based on Griddle, by justnorris.