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Core Webinar Series: 2-Part Webinar Series: Transgender People in Libraries
Dates: November 7 and 15, 2023
The series consists of the following two live webinar presentations. All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is pleased to present the two-part webinar series “Transgender People in Libraries.” This series, led by a nonbinary trans librarian with over a decade of experience in the library field, offers guidance on gender identity concepts, anti-trans rhetoric and misinformation, and best practices in respectfully working with gender-diverse patrons, employees, and peers. Administrators and managers seeking guidance in hiring and retaining trans/gender-diverse employees as well as responding to anti-trans/anti-LGBTQ+ challenges to books, programs, and staffing decisions in their libraries are encouraged to attend. Library workers at all levels seeking best practices in working with trans colleagues, serving trans patrons, and better understanding and fighting back against anti-trans/anti-LGBTQ+ misinformation will also benefit from the series.
The series consists of the following two live webinar presentations:
Working with Transgender Patrons and Colleagues
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 1 - 2 p.m. CT
Understanding and Fighting Anti-Trans Misinformation
Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 1 - 2 p.m. CT
Register for the full two-part series on its registration page.
Who should attend?
Administrators and managers seeking guidance in hiring and retaining trans/gender-diverse employees as well as responding to anti-trans/anti-LGBTQ+ challenges to books, programs, and/or staffing decisions in their libraries; library workers at all levels seeking best practices in working with trans colleagues, serving trans patrons, and better understand and fight back against anti-trans/anti-LGBTQ+ misinformation.
Presenter:
Heath Umbreit (they/them), MLIS, is the Adult Services Librarian at Morrill Memorial Library in Massachusetts. At Drexel University, they earned their Master’s in Library & Information Sciences, conferred in 2014. Their career as a librarian spans over a decade; they started as a part-time Circulation Assistant at their local public library in 2011 before working as a temp assistant at MIT Libraries (2014-2016), and then as the Information Services Librarian at Sharon Public Library (2016-2021). Mis- and disinformation has been a professional and personal interest of theirs for several years; their study of the phenomenon focuses on a critical examination of popular narratives about disinformation, the concept of epistemic supremacy, and the ways in which information and disinformation intersect with systemic power differentials in American society. As a nonbinary trans person, Heath intentionally brings a unique perspective to the field of professional librarianship and centers the values of equity, access, and social justice in their work.
If you have a question or need to make arrangements for special assistance or additional accessibility, please contact Mia Blixt-Shehan (mblixtshehan@ala.org).
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Registration fees for two-part series: Core Member $94.17; ALA member: $215.10; Non-member $239.00
For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:
https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1005
Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org.
For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.
*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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