Resources
Contact Us
Email the BEBS Team at bebs@cla-net.org.
Listserv
- BEBS Listserv: Join to continue discussions, ask questions, and share ideas or resources.
Further Learning
- BEBS Podcast: Listen to this monthly podcast to explore more ideas related to equity in libraries.
- BEBS National Website: View case studies and find more equity resources.
- California State Library Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Webpage: Find webinars and toolkits related to equity, diversity, and inclusion in library services.
- Community Toolbox: Find toolkits and articles related to assessing community needs, developing partnerships, and working with the community to reach shared equity-based goals.
- Library Staff as Public Servants Field Guide: Learn essential tasks for working with the community to build equity-based services.
- Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth: Review professional development modules for library staff interested in improving their knowledge about race and racism, racial equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy.
- Targeted Universalism: Learn about creating and building targeted solutions to community goals.
Planning and Evaluation
- Child Opportunity Index: Explore datasets that measure the quality of local resources and conditions that inform a child’s future development.
- Community Centered Libraries: Find webinars and resources related to equitable data practices to better serve the community.
- YALSA Asset Mapping Instructional Video: Gain an understanding of what asset mapping is and why it is important to building library services for your community.
Summer Resources
- First Partner’s Summer Book Club: Learn about the annual First Partner’s Summer Book Club which provides participating California libraries with a collection of books highlighting values related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- iRead Summer Resource Guide: Find information related to the annual iRead Summer Resource guide and ordering process. All Interested California Public Libraries can order a free resource guide from iRead.
- Lunch at the Library: Learn about the annual California State Library grant opportunity to provide summer meals to children 18 and under in low-income areas.