[CASL-L] auditing tool?

[Cathy Andronik]

 Elaine,
Thanks.  I'm not in a K-12 school anymore, but when I started hearing about this, what you described is what I assumed.  If we don't look in more depth at the actual books that come up on the report, it can look like a library is nicely diversified.  Or not, since any given book in today's children's/YA fiction can feature characters from a variety of marginalized groups, but if the book isn't catalogued to include those groups, the collection as described vs. on the shelf can be interpreted very differently.  And, with the example I gave earlier of Native American books, how would we know from the cataloguing that Eric Gansworth IS a Native American author of YA books featuring Native American characters, which is such a crucial detail?
Who knew deep, accurate cataloguing could become so vital???!!!  
Just thinking out loud here about an important subject . . . 
Cathy Andronik(Retired, Brien McMahon HS, Norwalk)
    On Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 03:00:17 pm GMT-5, Elaine Shapiro <elaine.shapiro7 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 It's a feature in the Title wave Analysis. You upload your collection from Destiny. You choose which Diversity and SEL subjects you want searched and it will show you titles you have in those areas 
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 2:17 PM Cathy Andronik <cathyandronik at yahoo.com> wrote:

 Following this thread.  I'm assuming the audit is tied to the library's catalog records?  Any idea whether the audit credits only the subject area for groups (such as Native Americans) or whether the subject is also linked with the pub. date?  Wondering, because a library that has many hits for a subject like Native Americans, but has an older collection ('80s/'90s, primarily non-Native American authors), would not have something we would now consider an acceptable collection, regardless of whether Follett were trying to sell the library more current materials.
Asking because I teach grad.-level library courses including School Media Centers and Diversity in Children's/YA Lit., and my students were wondering the same thing (including whether they should contact Lee & Low for an audit instead; they're a publisher that knows and lives diversity perhaps better than Follett does).  And yes, the university I teach at provides teachers to areas that have a substantial percentage of students who identify as part Native American, so we've all become sensitive to this.
Cathy Andronik
(Retired, Brien McMahon HS, Norwalk)
    On Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 01:43:49 pm GMT-5, Elaine Shapiro <elaine.shapiro7 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I did it.  I had to spend a half hr on Zoom with my sales rep, hearing stuff I already knew, and THEN she said I had to make an email request to turn on the Diversity/SEL tool.  I gave her an earful of how we don't have that kind of extra time and why not turn it on for everyone?  But it did work.  It seems to be tied to their sales stats -Follett wants to see books being purchased because librarians are using the analysis, so reps are pressured to do this long sales pitch.
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 11:37 AM Jen <jlarkin24 at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Christine - Yes - this is the process I had to go through as well.  I actually had to have my principal fill something out or email as well. But I did complete all of their steps and got access to it.
On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 11:15 AM Christine Bairos <cbairos at oldsaybrookschools.org> wrote:

Has anybody used the diversity auditing tool in Follett? I am getting the run around. I went to the training and was told I need to email and request access to use it.
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