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IFRT Reads: Andrea Jamison

  • 1.  IFRT Reads: Andrea Jamison

    Posted Feb 06, 2024 07:01 AM

    *Cross posted to multiple lists*

    IFRT Reads: Andrea Jamison

    Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024

    All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.

     

    Description: 

    The Intellectual Freedom Round Table is restarting our IFRT Reads, a virtual book club focused on topics related to intellectual freedom. For our first two events in the series, we will focus on a chapter from Andrea Jamison's book Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices. We'll be reading chapter 2: Understanding the Library Bill of Rights and its Significance to Diversity in Collection Development. We will have an initial discussion of the chapter in the first session in January to generate questions for the author, who will join us for this second session in February hosted in collaboration with Core.

    Learning outcomes: 

    At the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:

    • Apply the principles of intellectual freedom to the practice of collection development with a diversity lens.

    Who should attend?  

    Anyone interested in the intersection between intellectual freedom and diversity as it pertains to collection development.

    Presenters:

    Dr. Martin Garnar is the director of the Amherst College Library and the editor of the 10th edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual. His professional activities and speaking schedule reflect a profound inability to say no. A native New Yorker, Martin lives in western Massachusetts with his husband Mark and their impossibly cute miniature dachshunds.

    mgarnar@amherst.edu

    Dr. Andrea Jamison is an educator, librarian, and champion for diversity with over 17 years of experience in schools and libraries. Her research interests include examining the interplay of race, power, and privilege in children's books.

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    Registration fees for webinar: None

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    https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L3WicGHuS6uYA4UZNq5_Qw#/registration 

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    *Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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    Head of Electronic Resources
    University of Kentucky
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