Inclusive Services Department Head
Brooklyn Public Library
Carrie Banks has been the in charge of Brooklyn Public Library’s (BPL) Inclusive Services, since 1997. She taught Including Youth with Disabilities at Pratt Institute from 2013 to 2015. Active in ASGCLA and ALSC since 2000, she was president of ASGCLA in 2020. From 2017 to 2019, she was part of ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo’s EDI Presidential Team. In 2014, she substantially revised Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How to Do It Manual for Librarians. Libraries and Garden: Growing Together, written with Cynthia Mediavilla, was published in the Spring of 2019. Library Programming for Adults with Developmental Disabilities, written with Barbara Klipper, was published in Spring 2021. Ms. Banks is a frequent presenter on topics such as virtual accessibility, including children with disabilities and Universal Design/Universal Design for Learning.
Saturday, January 20, 2024
1:00pm – 2:00pm EST