Presentations
Works in Progress Webinar: Listening to community-centered archives about sharing collections online
Viewers will gain insights into the priorities of community-centered archives, understand initial steps to build reciprocal relationships, and learn about opportunities and challenges to collaborating with larger institutions to share digital collections online.
Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Works in Progress Webinar: Developing and maintaining culturally conscious descriptive practices at the Rockefeller Archive Center
View this webinar to learn how the Rockefeller Archive Center has operationalized reparative description and bias consciousness in their work.
Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Works in Progress Webinar: Diversifying library collections through student-led collection development
This webinar outlines a library-run student internship aimed at promoting diversity in the Bryn Mawr College Libraries’ collections. The program empowers students with the knowledge and budget to select and purchase diverse popular reading material from independent bookstores.
Topics: Works in Progress, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Collection Management
Works in Progress Webinar: Towards diversifying collections—Implementing strategies
In this webinar, colleagues from University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) discuss their ongoing efforts to identify and implement sustainable practices for building diverse collections, including work at SPSCC to utilize reparations-informed practices.
Topics: Works in Progress, Collection Management, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Works in Progress Webinar: Why don't research impact LibGuides include bias-related resources?
In this presentation, Sheila Craft-Morgan shares insights from her recent investigation into the content of LibGuides on research impact topics at ARL institutions.
Topics: Works in Progress, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Research Support
Striving for Inclusivity: Supporting Research and Teaching Within Local and Global Ecosystems
UOC Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
In this keynote, Connaway discusses how new model libraries and information centers within local and global networks and ecosystems can accommodate the diverse needs and expectations of users, who are embedded in communities in various ways.
Topics: Research Support, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Distinguished Seminar Series: "Strategies to preserve the past and shape our collective future: The HBCU Library Alliance – A Sankofa Experience"
In this presentation, Sandra Phoenix, Executive Director, described the organization’s Sankofa Experience in remembering and embracing the past to make positive progress in the future. Learn about collections, HBCU Library Alliance programs, and how together we can envision a future to strive toward.
Topics: Distinguished Seminar Series, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Works in Progress Webinar: Understanding and mitigating bias and racism across collections at Yale University’s museums, libraries, and archives
Learn about the process and interim findings from a multi-year project at Yale University to understand and mitigate issues of bias and racism in collections, metadata, and digitized content.
Topics: Works in Progress, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Metadata
Works in Progress Webinar: Ngangaanha (to care for)--Improving cultural safety at the University of Sydney Library
virtual
The Library has recently published Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Protocols, which demonstrate its commitment to embedding culturally competent practice in all it does across services, spaces, and resources.
Topics: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Works in Progress
Works in Progress Webinar: Slavery, abolition, emancipation, and freedom—Primary sources from Houghton Library
Berry talks about lessons learned from the planning and remote management of a project to create digital access to hidden African American special collections
Topics: Works in Progress, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion