Application Window Now Closed!
Applicants to Receive Response Mid-August.
Application Window Now Closed!
Applicants to Receive Response Mid-August.
The Diverse BookFinder is a comprehensive, online, searchable database and associated physical collection designed to facilitate the discoverability and exploration of children's picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC). We've cataloged and analyzed trade picture books fitting this criteria, published since 2002.
Our goal is to diversify and balance bookshelves everywhere, so that all children can find themselves reflected and celebrated in libraries, schools, and homes across the nation.
With a recently awarded National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) titled “Middle Grade and Young Adult Books with Black, Indigenous People, and People of Color: Where Are They?” the Diverse BookFinder will build upon its existing infrastructure to integrate early readers, chapter books, middle grade books, young adult books, graphic novels, and comics into the database and Collection Analysis Tool (CAT).
The Diverse BookFinder (DBF) seeks applications for the 2023-2024 Metadata Community of Practice to code books for children and youth featuring BIPOC characters.
We believe BIPOC communities must be centered in the work we do, and we encourage applications from those who identify as BIPOC. We also specifically seek candidates with a critical understanding of race, culture, gender, and power and a strong interest in the application of this knowledge to analyses of BIPOC representation in children’s and young adult books. We envision a world overflowing with books by and about BIPOC, a world of children’s literature that reflects the diverse voices and experiences of BIPOC-identified people and communities.
Commit to participating for 14 months: September 2023 to December 2024, with nine (9) weeks of training sessions from September through November 2023;
Read, code, and discuss with team members the content of assigned books (35 books/year, 3-5 hours/week), using systems and processes established by the Diverse BookFinder; and
Participate in regular discussions via Zoom to share and discuss findings.
Demonstrate the ability to work effectively, both independently and as part of a team;
Maintain professional, positive, cooperative, team-oriented working relationships with colleagues;
Exhibit effective communication and interpersonal skills; and
Practice initiative and flexibility.
Contribute to furthering the discoverability of BIPOC children’s and young adult literature;
Develop a skill set for coding or adding nuance to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work that explores not just who is represented but how;
Expand cultural competencies and increase knowledge of diverse books for young people;
Create a professional network of like-minded librarians and children’s literature experts invested in equitable collections and diverse programming; and
Receive public thanks and acknowledgement via the Diverse BookFinder’s website and social media.
Application Window Now Closed!
Applicants to Receive Response Mid-August.
Did you miss our helpful information session? No worries, we recorded it and you can view it below!
Have more questions? Please do not hesitate to reach out to our Project Manager; Lisely Laboy at llaboy@diversebookfinder.org.
Application Window Now Closed!
Applicants to Receive Response Mid-August.