LGBTQ+ Crisis Resources
Our hearts are so heavy with the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado…
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. Volunteer State Library staff provide these resources for library and other cultural heritage workers as it is crucial for them to have to this knowledge and understanding in order to better serve their patrons and communities. For an archive of the occasional Next Draft newsletter, click here. Questions? Feedback? Contact edit@coloradovirtuallibrary.org.
Pouncing on Prejudice: Mitigating Assumptions and Bias in Research
It is often stated that, “If you have a brain, you have bias.” Along these…
#OpenEd22 Starts Monday! Last Chance to Register
The 2022 Open Education Conference is next week on October 17-20th. The four-day virtual event will convene…
OER Grant Request for Proposals
The 2022/23 Colorado Open Educational Resources Grant RFP is now live! The Colorado OER Grant…
A Trauma-Informed Lens: Communities, Libraries and Research
This post will delve into trauma-informed practices for research and everyday interactions for library workers….
Climate Equity and Environmental Justice
Climate change has been on our minds a lot lately. Long stretches of hot days…
DEI in Libraries and Archives: Lessons Learned from a Reparative Description Project
This guest post is written by Nancy Henke. Henke earned her MA in Literature from…
The history of Chinese and Japanese Americans in Colorado
Every May, Colorado celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month to recognize the…
Colorado’s new accessibility law HB21-1110 and your library’s website
House Bill 21-1110 makes it a state civil rights violation for a government agency to exclude people with disabilities from receiving services or benefits because of lack of accessibility.
What is Critical Race Theory?
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic legal theory that originated in the 1970-80s from the…
Equal Pay Day and Wage Transparency in Colorado
This year, Equal Pay Day falls on March 15 in the United States. Equal Pay…
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…
“Hidden Voices” in the American Music Research Center
One of the perks of working in a library is stumbling across intriguing new resources….
The K-12 Library Connection:
Vol. 1, Issue 3 We’re excited to bring you this short-bytes newsletter focused on Equity,…
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…
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…
Land Acknowledgements
A land acknowledgement is a statement that recognizes the history of colonization and the original…
Transgender Youth
It is hard sometimes for me to read the news, to be open to hearing…
Next Draft: EDI digest – September 2021
Next Draft is a digest from EDIT, the Colorado State Library’s (CSL) equity, diversity, and…
Hispanic Heritage in Colorado
Today marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month running from September 15th through October…