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reminder: IFRT Reads sessions in January and February

  • 1.  reminder: IFRT Reads sessions in January and February

    Posted Jan 08, 2024 03:07 PM

    Hi all, 

    This is a friendly reminder that IFRT Reads, our virtual book club focused on topics related to intellectual freedom, is back in action..  For our first event, 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 (and if your library doesn't have a copy, consider purchasing one for your collection).  The plan is to have the discussion over two sessions: the first session (register now!) will be on Wednesday, January 24th at 3 p.m. Eastern / 2 p.m. Central / 1 p.m. Mountain / noon Pacific to share initial impressions and generate questions for the author, who will join us for the second session on Tuesday, February 27th at 4 p.m. Eastern / 3 p.m. Central / 2 p.m. Mountain / 1 p.m. Pacific (note the time change for the second session).

    In the meantime, if you have suggestions for books, chapters, articles, or other content that you'd like to see featured in IFRT Reads, please let us know!

    Looking forward to discussing this reading with you!

    Martin Garnar
    Member, IFRT Programming and Events Committee



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