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

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What to talk about how your identities interact with your expertise?

  • 1.  What to talk about how your identities interact with your expertise?

    Posted Mar 16, 2023 04:23 PM

    Librarian Colleagues -

    We are conducting a study about how librarians view expertise from a gendered and intersectional perspective. We are interested in learning about the expertise needed for your work and valued by your organization.

    The study involves talking with a member of the research team for an hour or less via zoom.

    Our research team includes Amy VanScoy, an Associate Professor and Heidi Julien, a Professor at the University at Buffalo and Deborah Hicks, an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University.

    If you are interested in participating in this research, please follow the link below to find out more about the study:

    https://ubgse.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aa96LaUVXEgz0kC

    If you have any questions, please contact me at vanscoy@buffalo.edu. This study has been approved by the Social and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

    If you'd like any clarification before you consider it, please feel free to email me at vanscoy@buffalo.edu.

    Thanks!

    Amy



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    Amy VanScoy
    Associate Professor
    University at Buffalo
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