2017 ALA Diversity & Outreach Fair

Saturday, June 24
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: McCormick Place, Exhibit Floor-Special Events Area
 

The annual Diversity and Outreach Fair celebrates library services, programs and collections to underserved and under-represented communities. Visit with program leaders, learn details and strategies for success, and consider how they might be repeated in your library community. Enjoy the festive atmosphere while networking and learning about these important programs! Sponsored by DEMCO, Inc. 

During this year's Fair, Dr. Nicole A. Cooke, Spectrum Doctoral Fellow and assistant professor and MS/LIS program director at the iSchoolat Illinois, will be honored with the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Achievement in Library Diversity Research. The Diversity Research Grants Advisory Committee, a subcommittee of the Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services Advisory Committee, are pleased to recognize her for her contributions to the profession and her promotion of diversity within it. Achievement is defined as a body of work or a groundbreaking piece whose dissemination advances our understanding of or sparks new research in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services began designating this honor in 2004.

Meeting Type: Poster Session

Interests: Equity Diversity & Inclusion

Sponsors: ALA

Cost: Included with full conference registration.

Open/Close: Open

The Jean E. Coleman lecture series honors Dr. Jean E. Coleman, the first director of the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (now the Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services) for her leadership in focusing the Association's attention on issues affecting traditionally underserved and underrepresented people in libraries. 

This year's lecture will be presented by Janice Rice, retired Outreach Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Rice retired from the University of Wisconsin following a distinguished 36-year career and a long record of commitment to improving diversity issues in the University of Wisconsin General Library System and the library profession through active participation in the Wisconsin Library Association, the Association of College & Research Libraries, the ALA Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table and the American Indian Library Association. For her efforts, Rice has received several awards, including the UW-Madison and UW-System Outstanding Woman of Color in Education Award in 2009 and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Indian Library Association in 2012.

Meeting Type: Program

Content Area: Core Values

Interests: Outreach Services

Type of Library: Native, Prison Library, Public, Rural, Tribal

Sponsors: ALA

Cost: Included with full conference registration.

Open/Close: Open

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

3-4pm Central Time

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Call in 866-801-5789

Passcode 78965432

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Agenda:

1. Welcome/Roll Call (Lessa)
2. ODLOS Update (Jody)
3. IMLS Funding/How we can help (Omar)
4. Refugee Resolution/Working Group (Jody)
5.  EDI Recommendations (Jody)
1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11psKIPXYCf48MChuGtCsABMfe612PWpzju5P-ojSejM/edit#gid=0
6. Sub-Committee Reports (All)
1. Best practices (Gwenn Weaver, Lessa Pelayo-Lozada, Lian Ruan)
2. Environmental Scan (Kate Rojas, Megan Drake, Mimi Lee)
3. Resource Updates (Julie Winkelstein, Jane Cronkhite, Heidi Daniel, Marianne Thompson)
7. New Sub-committees Updates (Jody)
1. Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture: http://www.ala.org/offices/olos/olosprograms/jeanecoleman/jeanecoleman
2. Diversity & Outreach Fair: http://www.ala.org/offices/olos/divfair/diversityfair
8. Reminders/Looking forward (Lessa)
1. Monthly Form -- Please fill out! -- http://bit.ly/odlosaffiliateupdates 
2. Helps increase communication between groups
9. Reporting between ODLOS & our groups: http://connect.ala.org/node/264202 

Call in number 866-801-5789

Participant Passcode 78965432

Agenda

*Note Taker - Kate Rojas?

1. Welcome/Roll Call (Lessa)

2. ODLOS Update (Jody)

3. EDI Recommendations (Jody)

1. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11psKIPXYCf48MChuGtCsABMfe612PWpz...

4. Midwinter Resolution Recap (Lessa)

1. Gun Violence Resolution: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_t8olxo4sDaYnlPaG43Mlp2X1U/view?usp=sh...

2. Family/Caregiver Status Resolution: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_t8olxo4sDaNVZhdDcyMzJ6TFE/view?usp=sh...

5. Sub-Committee Reports (All)

1. Best practices (Gwenn Weaver, Lessa Pelayo-Lozada, Lian Ruan)

2. Environmental Scan (Kate Rojas, Megan Drake, Mimi Lee)

3. Resource Updates (Julie Winkelstein, Jane Cronkhite, Heidi Daniel, Marianne Thompson)

6. New Sub-committees  (Lessa)

1. Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture: http://www.ala.org/offices/olos/olosprograms/jeanecoleman/jeanecoleman

1. 3-4 people

2. Diversity & Outreach Fair: http://www.ala.org/offices/olos/divfair/diversityfair

1. 5 people

7. Reminders/Looking forward (Lessa)

1. Monthly Form -- Please fill out!

1. Helps increase communication between groups

2. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewRGsKjH2cKq1-XyxOqJXxD_USpzQg5V9gcexdYzXw1rzaXQ/viewform?c=0&w=1

2. Reporting between ODLOS & our groups

**The Town Hall Meeting will be in lieu of an in-person ODLOS Advisory Committee Meeting**

Location: GWCC B203

This past year has been extraordinarily hard on communities of color and marginalized identities. Numerous shootings, sexual assaults, attacks in the legislation against the rights of GLBT communities and an election that continues to challenge our identity as a country. As librarians, we continue to advocate and fight for the communities we serve, but we need to recognize how our personal identities impact our work and our profession. This town hall was proposed as an opportunity to come together and start some healing within our organization. We will review the progress of initiatives within the Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services and across the association, then we want to hear from you. The Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services invites everyone to join us in this space to reflect together.

Meeting Type: Committee Meeting

Interests: Diversity, Literacy, Outreach Services

Sponsors: ALA

Cost: Included with full conference registration.

Open/Closed: Open

https://www.eventscribe.com//2017/ALA-Midwinter/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInf...

Toll Free Number: 866-801-5789
Participant Passcode: 78965432

ODLOS Advisory Committee

Meeting Agenda

*Note Taker -

1. Welcome/Roll Call (Lessa) -- End of the year traditions

2. ODLOS Update (Jody)

3. EDI Recommendations (Jody)

4. Gun Resolution/Statement Update (Jody & Elissia)

5. Midwinter Meeting (Jody)

6. Reminders (Lessa)

1. Monthly Form

2. Sub-groups

3. Inclusive Spaces

7. Additional Business, suggestions, etc. (All)

ODLOS Advisory Committee

Meeting Agenda

10.14.2016

Conference Call:
 
Call in number 1-866-801-5789
Participant Passcode 78965432

Roster

Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada (Chair, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017)

Elissia Buell (REFORMA Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Ms. Jane Cronkhite (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017)

Heidi M. Daniel (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017)

Ryan Deery (ARSL Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Susan G. Hess (RNTLOAK Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017)

Mimi Lee (EMIERT Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Miriam C. Nauenburg (Committee on Diversity Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017)

Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada (APALA Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Omar Jerome Poler (AILA Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Kerri Rosalia (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017)

Dr. Lian Ruan (CALA Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Vikki C. Terrile (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017)

Mrs. Marianne M. Thompson (ABOS Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Mr. Kelvin Antonio Watson (BCALA Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Gwendolyn N. Weaver (Committee on Literacy Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017)

Dr. Julie Ann Winkelstein (SRRT Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Ms. Mary Beth Lock (SustainRT Representative, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Megan Drake (GLBTRT Representative, July 27, 2016, to June 30, 2017)

Amy Laughlin (Intern, July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2017)

Ms. Kate Rojas (Intern, July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018)

Jody Gray (ALA Staff Liaison)

1. Welcome (Lessa)
2. Note Taker - Amy Laughlin
3. Introductions - Name, Institution, Group represented (All)
4. ODLOS Update (Jody)
5. EDI Recommendations (Jody)
6. Gun Resolution
1. Link to revised resolution & some discussion:  http://connect.ala.org/node/257792
7. Group reporting form update (Jody)
1. Form Link
8. Sub-group reports (All)
9. Meetings going forward (Lessa) -- Update in November or early December?