Truth and Reconciliation: Decolonizing Approaches Within Social Memory Institutions

 Date:     October 13^th 2021

Time:    12:00 Noon EST

 Description: In this session, Ry Moran will discuss foundational principles of decolonization and how they relate to the broad work of Truth and Reconciliation underway across Canada and beyond.  The presentation will take into consideration multiple pasts, presents and futures enmeshed in this work and will explore how human rights-based frameworks provide a path forward.

 Speaker: Ry Moran, M.S.C.

                    Associate University Librarian – Reconciliation

                    McPherson Library

                   University of Victoria

                   Canada.

Register: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rIuoImJ-RBiYzaQauz9-Rw

"Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project" - New OA book !

Check out the "Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project" - a new OA book published by Maize Books!

Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project contains 19 chapters by 52 authors from Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Scotland, Spain, and the United States. The chapters in this book are authored by both new and longtime members of the Wikimedia community, representing a range of experiences.

Read the chapters here: https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/cv43p013f

IFLA BSLISE (Building Strong Library and Information Science Education) International Internship Opportunity DEADLINE 9/15

 

IFLA BSLISE (Building Strong Library and Information Science Education) International Internship Opportunity

The BSLISE Working Group of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) is seeking up to three library science and information science (LIS) students to work as interns with BSLISE communication activities, including maintaining its website and social media accounts. This is an opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from many countries and a global community. The BSLISE is devoted to strengthening the international quality of LIS education, and as a result, the excellence of LIS professional practice.

The virtual internships last for one semester, with the possibility of extension based on performance and may be coordinated with your home institution. Interns are expected to participate in monthly meetings and provide updates about social media and website activities as well as project updates. They report to the Communications Group of the BSLISE which is responsible for coordinating the intern program. The Communications Group is headed by Dr. Albina Krymskaya, Deputy Dean at St. Petersburg State University of Culture, Russian Federation and Dr. Barbara Marson, Program Director, East Carolina University Library Science Program, Greenville, NC.

Responsibilities include maintenance of the BSLISE internet presence including the website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube channel. Links to these are provided below:

https://bslise.org/

https://www.facebook.com/bslise/

https://www.instagram.com/bslise_ifla/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/bslise_ifla

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNEku2aF7wJM-3vR4YkRZKA/featured

Responsibilities will be divided among the interns. We seek individuals with skills in social media maintenance and possible use of Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides, Window Snipping, Canva, Adobe Spark, and others as needed.

If you are interested in serving as an intern for either the fall/spring 2021or spring/fall 2022 semester, please send a letter stating:
1) Name & contact information
2) LIS program affiliation
3) Name of a professor at your institution who will serve as a liaison

4) Term available
5) Internship interest statement (max 300 words)

6) Description of relevant competencies

The deadline for application submissions is September 15, 2021. Email your information to:
Dr. Albina Krymskaya krymskayaalbina@gmail.com and

Dr. Barbara Marson marsonb@ecu.edu

#CriticalConversationsinLIS

 BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! We have ANOTHER NEW Augusta Baker lecture series this fall! Introducing #CriticalConversationsInLIS!  Which is based on @UofSC_iSchool's Critical Cultural Information Studies Course.

Check out the Baker site for more information and registration links. We begin September 16th! Please join us for tough, enlightening, action focused conversations! 

https://sites.google.com/view/bakerlectures/critical-conversations-in-lis

Course Description:

This course examines how issues of diversity, social justice, race, gender and sexuality are represented in the information professions and will study how these social imperatives affect, and are affected by, information technologies. Socially constructed (mis)representations (or lack of representations) of race, gender and sexual identity will be critically examined in different settings as they intersect, overlap, and impact the information use, technology practices, and the design of information resources and services in the processes of creation, organization, and dissemination of information in library and information science and related fields. This course will also provide a historical and contemporary overview of social justice and advocacy work in librarianship during the 20th and 21st centuries. The role of information services in social action will also be explored and the course will introduce prominent philosophical and pedagogical concepts related to social justice, as well as researchers and proponents of marginalized or “underserved” groups.

Webinar: “Libraries recovering better for an equitable, sustainable and peaceful world”, Sept. 21

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“Libraries recovering better for an equitable, sustainable and peaceful world”

September 21, 2021; 12:00-1:15pm CT (Chicago | Check for local time here: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/) 

Register FREE for webinar at: https://go.illinois.edu/L4P

 

Speakers:

Elizabeth Pierre-Louis Augustin, Program Director, Fondation Connaissance et Liberté - FOKAL (Haiti)

Ana María Talavera Ibarra, Professor, Information Sciences Program, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Peru)

 

Moderator:

Clara M. Chu, Director and Distinguished Professor, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

Summary

As the world recovers from the pandemic, the recovery process is unequal. Libraries can take action by sharing best practices to lead and support local needs across the globe. In their role as community hubs, all libraries contribute to their communities to recover better for a more equitable, sustainable and peaceful world. Since launching the Libraries for Peace Initiative in 2016, the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs has invited the library and information community to celebrate Libraries for Peace (L4P) Day as the world community observes International Day of Peace on September 21 every year. In celebration of the United Nations’ 2021 theme  “Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world” and the Mortenson Center's 30th anniversary, we invite you to celebrate peace by providing information on protecting communities against the coronavirus variants, promoting the right to health information and preservation of traditional medicine, combatting acts of hate online and offline, and providing spaces that foster community engagement and understanding. 

In this webinar, speakers will present how libraries in their countries can recover better for an equitable, sustainable and peaceful world from a time of difficulty, not only because of the pandemic but political instability, economic insecurity, and environmental hazards. The presentations will be followed by a panel conversation and Q&A with the audience.

 

Celebrate Libraries for Peace Day 9/21

 

For more information: https://librariesforpeace.org/l4pday/2021-2/

A webinar in celebration of the Mortenson Center’s 30th Anniversary. See: https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/30th-anniversary/

 

 

Mortenson Center for International Library Programs

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1402 W. Gregory Drive, Room 142

Urbana, IL 61801 USA
Office (217) 333-3085

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https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/