Diversity Movement Gains Visibility at ALA Annual

If you ran into a youth services librarian at the American Library Association (ALA) Conference in Las Vegas (June 26-July1), odds were good that they were sporting a colorful “We Need Diverse Books“ button. That recent campaign harnessed the collective power of social media to highlight the need for more resources depicting a range of cultures and experiences. Those buttons were a conspicuous sign of how the#weneeddiversebooks movement has gained traction in the reading community over the past few months.