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News post on website for AAPI Heritage Month

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News post on website for AAPI Heritage Month

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I put together a news post with links to curated book lists by AAPI authors in our catalog, a couple of upcoming book discussions, and select digital resources (Kanopy, Mango languages).

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I think that we have greatly improved our internal book displays over the last year to include authors and stories that represent diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. It has been hard not to with all of the great books coming out especially those considered YA. And we have seen that our patrons are picking these titles off our displays. The next step is to share that EDI outward in our digital platforms not just internally (which for some reasons feels more comfortable or safe than putting it out there on the internet).

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Our last email to patrons was this Saturday. The list is comprised of adults who primarily check out children's material and people who subscribe to receive emails with kids and families content.

In the email, we included a link to a list of titles (with lists for kids, teens, and adults) for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. These type of monthly lists are created by our collection staff and feature books written by AAPI authors. The graphic featured a collage of book covers from the kids' list.

We create monthly posts focusing on EDI, but our collection librarians work very hard to make every collection promotion post diverse.

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We're currently celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, with a series of weekly social media posts that highlighted staff curated reading lists from Asian American and Pacific Islander authors and creators for all ages. We also had a book display in our Youth Services dept that also featured titles from AAPI authors. Our community includes many patrons with Korean and Chinese heritage.

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I feel some of our social media posts for our popular collections are fairly generic in that they promote reading, but do not focus on the variety of stories and authors we have.

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We have a display case in the Youth Department that is used almost exclusively for promotion of EDI, marginalized, etc., materials. For example, this month we are promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The display contains books, Graphic novels, any music, DVDs, Lg print material we may have. We also include booklists with the above materials as well as items not displayed. Great for a display as well as keeping us up to date with current materials on these subjects.

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Our last newsletter of most recent acquisitions does reflect EDI principles in the titles we are adding. There are times when I feel like incorporating EDI (via stock images, etc.) in our marketing materials feels a little disingenuous simply because our area is SO overly homogenous.

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Collection post for AAPI Heritage Month on social media

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Collection post for AAPI Heritage Month on social media

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We included intersectional authors and topics, so books by AAPI writers that were also immigrants, identified asLGBTQ+, etc.

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Choose one of the promotional tactics your library uses from the list below.

Flyers, signs, posters 📙 Newsletter 📙 Digital signage 📙 Social media posts 📙 Website 📙 Quarterly program brochure 📙 Email 📙 Book display 📙 Video

Then, look at the last promotion your library did involving that tactic.

If collection items were included, were there any books that authentically highlighted underrepresented identities in your community?

Could the amount of total representation be improved?

Write a few sentences reflecting on how well the promotion included accurate representation, or how the promotion could have been improved by more accurate representation.