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Hi all,

The second installment of the 2024 IFRT Reads series is scheduled for Tuesday, February 27, 2024 and is being co-sponsored by Core's Continuing Education Committee. This meeting will be a one-hour webinar format starting at 1 pm Pacific, 2 pm Mountain, 3 pm Central, and 4 pm Eastern time. We will be joined by Dr. Andrea Jamison, author of  Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices.  Our conversation will focus on chapter 2: Understanding the Library Bill of Rights and its Significance to Diversity in Collection Development, and we'll be answering questions developed during the first discussion of this chapter in the January session.

Registration fees for webinar: None

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website: 

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

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

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.

Presenter:

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.

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.

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Martin Garnar (he/him/his)
Director, Amherst College Library
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apologies -- I had the wrong information in the original post and have since corrected it.  The time is 1 pm Pacific, 2 pm Mountain, 3 pm Central, and 4 pm Eastern.  Hope to see you there!

Hi all,

The second installment of the 2024 IFRT Reads series is scheduled for Tuesday, February 27, 2024 and is being co-sponsored by Core's Continuing Education Committee. This meeting will be a one-hour webinar format starting at 1 pm Pacific, 2 pm Mountain, 3 pm Central, and 4 pm Eastern time. We will be joined by Dr. Andrea Jamison, author of  Decentering Whiteness in Libraries: A Framework for Inclusive Collection Management Practices.  Our conversation will focus on chapter 2: Understanding the Library Bill of Rights and its Significance to Diversity in Collection Development, and we'll be answering questions developed during the first discussion of this chapter in the January session.

Registration fees for webinar: None

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website: 

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

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

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.

Presenter:

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.

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.

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Martin Garnar (he/him/his)
Director, Amherst College Library
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