EMIERT (Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table)

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  • To serve as a source of information on recommended ethnic collections, services, and programs.
  • To organize task forces, institutes, and workshops to carry out the functions of the Round Table as defined in the petition.
  • To develop for Annual conferences forums and symposia programs that deal with the key issues of ethnicity and librarianship.
  • To maintain a liaison with the Office of Library Outreach Services and cooperate with other ALA units, including the caucuses in joint projects for the betterment of outreach services.
  • To disseminate the work of the Round Table through a program of publications

Learn more about EMIERT on the ALA website.

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Call for Speakers-ACRL EDI Committee Panel for Librarians with Disabilities

  • 1.  Call for Speakers-ACRL EDI Committee Panel for Librarians with Disabilities

    Posted Mar 15, 2024 02:53 PM

    Hi All,

    Sharing this opportunity on behalf of the ACRL Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee for their upcoming panel discussion featuring perspectives of academic library workers with disabilities. See blurb below for more information and/or to submit your name of consideration. Please share with your networks!

    The ACRL Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee is organizing a special topic panel discussion on the lived experiences and perspectives of library workers with disabilities in academic libraries. This panel seeks to share ways the field could improve accessibility and inclusion in academic libraries. The guided discussion will be moderated by Katie Quirin Manwiller, Education Librarian at West Chester University. She is chronically ill and dynamically disabled. The panel will consist of 4-5 panelists responding to pre-determined questions that will be shared with them beforehand.

    Prospective panelists should be comfortable with sharing their lived-experience as academic library workers with disabilities. All panelists will receive an honorarium for their valuable time and efforts.

    The panel is projected to be held virtually in early June 2024. The format will include brief introductions of the panelists, followed by a moderated discussion, and finally, Q&A session with the audience. Live captioning services will be available.

    If you are interested in participating as a panelist, please fill out this Google form by March 29, 2024. We appreciate your interest in being part of our panel discussion and will review all submissions carefully. We hope to include as wide a range of disability experience and intersectional identities as possible. We strongly encourage anyone who has not presented on this topic before to apply. Selected panelists will be contacted via email with further details by April 5, 2024. 

    Link to Google Form: https://forms.gle/uMMZ7vAZFCfcnE227

    For questions, please email ayang3@scu.edu.

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    Silvia Vong
    Assistant Professor
    ISchool, University of Toronto
    She/Her/Hers
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    Hillary Pearson
    she/her/hers
    Program Manager, Accessibility Services, Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS)
    American Library Association
    P: (312) 280-5020
    hpearson@ala.org
    www.ala.org | www.ala.org/diversity
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