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Invitation to Sept. 29th Kathleen Weibel Celebration of Life and Living Legacy

Posted By Clara Chu Sep 19, 2024 01:17 PM
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Greetings colleagues. Our dear friend Kathleen Weibel, 79, librarian extraordinaire, mentor, educator, and international and women rights advocate, passed July 29, 2024 at her home. Her friends are organizing an online event on Sept. 29th, 3pm PT/5pm CT/ 6pm ET, to celebrate her life and create a ...

2023 Season's Greetings from the Mortenson Center

Posted By Clara Chu Dec 19, 2023 07:16 AM
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Wishes for a peaceful holiday season from the Mortenson Center team. We look forward to continuing working with you in 2024! ------------------------------ Clara Chu Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor Mortenson Center, UIUC Library ------------------------------

10/18/23 UCT Inaugural Lecture: Prof. Jaya Raju on "Leading a 'decolonial turn' in research methodology from a knowledge and information stewardship perspective"

Posted By Clara Chu Oct 17, 2023 12:03 AM
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Dear Colleagues It gives me great pleasure to invite you to Professor Jaya Raju's inaugural lecture which will be held on the 18th October 2023 at 18h00, the lecture will be hybrid. TOPIC: Leading a 'decolonial turn' in research methodology from a knowledge and information stewardship perspective ...

10/18/23 UCT Inaugural Lecture: Prof. Jaya Raju on "Leading a 'decolonial turn' in research methodology from a knowledge and information stewardship perspective"

Posted By Clara Chu Oct 17, 2023 12:03 AM
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Dear Colleagues It gives me great pleasure to invite you to Professor Jaya Raju's inaugural lecture which will be held on the 18th October 2023 at 18h00, the lecture will be hybrid. TOPIC: Leading a 'decolonial turn' in research methodology from a knowledge and information stewardship perspective ...

Sept 21: 33rd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture with Ricardo L. Punzalan

Posted By Clara Chu Sep 14, 2023 03:54 PM
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33rd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture | 21 Sept 2023 "Reciprocity, Reparative Actions, and Decolonial Work," by Dr. Ricardo L. Punzalan, University of Michigan 21 September 2023 | 3:30-5:00 pm Lecture :: 5:00-5:45 pm Reception to follow (Check for local time here: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/) ...

2023 IFLA WLIC North America Virtual Hub - Join us for all sessions OR Aug 21st for the open session on Library Services With Indigenous Peoples

Join us August 21-24 for the 2023 IFLA WLIC North America Virtual Hub hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Mortenson Center for International Library Program and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library are honored to be hosting and coordinating one of ...

2023 IFLA WLIC North America Virtual Hub - Join us for all sessions OR Aug 21st for the open session on Library Services With Indigenous Peoples

Posted By Clara Chu Aug 16, 2023 02:31 PM
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Join us August 21-24 for the 2023 IFLA WLIC North America Virtual Hub hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   The Mortenson Center for International Library Program and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library are honored to be hosting and coordinating one of the regional ...

Last call for applications to the 2023 Mortenson Center Associates Program [Deadline: 15 December 2022]

Posted By Clara Chu Dec 07, 2022 02:44 PM
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Your opportunity to apply to attend a month-long professional development opportunity for library leaders, innovators & professionals closes on December 15, 2022. Learn more about the 2023 Mortenson Center Associates Program below and from the recording of our information session: https://uof ...

REMINDER / Minitalk tomorrow Sat , Dec 3; 11:30 CT / Guangchun Zheng on "Bridging information and communication technology and older adults by social network"

Posted By Clara Chu Dec 02, 2022 01:59 PM
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This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis leads us to a study done of seniors getting tech help.  Community informatics addresses here a digital divide problem magnified by the pandemic. Join us and tell others!   Zhang, Y., Zheng, G., & Yan, H. (2022). Bridging information and communication ...

Second call for applications to the 2023 Mortenson Center Associates Program [Deadline: 15 December 2022]

Posted By Clara Chu Nov 21, 2022 03:09 PM
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Interested in a month-long professional development opportunity for library leaders, innovators & professionals?  Please learn about the 2023 Mortenson Center Associates Program (see text below and the recording of our information session here: https://uofi.box.com/s/za3kc1f0rb1nuqgyrqs6oursxrvk8cv1 and ...

Central/Chicago time: Minitalk TODAY Sat Nov 19; 11:30 / Claudia Grisales Bohórquez on "Community libraries and urban environmental struggles in Bogotá, Colombia"

Posted By Clara Chu Nov 19, 2022 02:26 AM
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Further apologies for the wrong time zone in the subject header of my earlier post. === Apologies to our audience and to this week's speaker for the lateness of this reminder. This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis takes us to Ciudad Bolivar in Bogotá, Colombia.  Join us and tell others! ...

REMINDER / Minitalk TODAY Sat Nov 19 11:30 ET / Claudia Grisales Bohórquez on "Community libraries and urban environmental struggles in Bogotá, Colombia"

Posted By Clara Chu Nov 19, 2022 02:20 AM
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Apologies to our audience and to this week's speaker for the lateness of this reminder. This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis takes us to Ciudad Bolivar in Bogotá, Colombia.  Join us and tell others! * Saturday, November 19, 11:30-Noon US Central Standard Time * Claudia Grisales Bohórquez, ...

REMINDER / Minitalk tomorrow Sat Nov 12 11:30 / The Texas #Freadom Fighters: how four school librarians responded to a wave of book challenges

Posted By Clara Chu Nov 11, 2022 04:11 PM
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This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis leads us to two of the the school librarians in Texas who responded to a wave of book challenges this past year. Join us and tell others! These are the same librarians that we (the iSchool at Illinois) recognized with the Robert Downs Intellectual ...

REMINDER / Minitalk tomorrow Sat Oct 22 11:30 am: Illinois PhD student Halimah Shabazz on "Pathblazing Black PhDs in Library and Information Science: Past and Present"

Posted By Clara Chu Oct 21, 2022 05:06 PM
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This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis leads us to hear how a master's student (now PhD student) built a database of Black PhDs in LIS, and what those dissertators did.  Join us and tell others! * Saturday, October 22, 11:30-Noon US Central Time * Halimah Shabazz (MSLIS Illinois), ...

REMINDER / Minitalk tomorrow Sat Oct 15 11:30 am: Karen Tyrell, Librarian at The University of the West Indies, Mona on "How libraries are adapting to challenging times: A Jamaican perspective"

Posted By Clara Chu Oct 14, 2022 10:03 PM
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This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis leads us to hear about current library work in Jamaica from a creative science-and-technology reference librarian.  Join us and tell others! * Saturday, October 15, 11:30-Noon US Central Time * Karen Tyrell, Librarian, The University of the West ...

REMINDER / Minitalk tomorrow Sat Oct 8 11:30 am: Lauren Chambers, Urbana Free Library, "Out of crisis, a community mural: Why is it library work? What does it accomplish?"

Posted By Clara Chu Oct 07, 2022 04:16 PM
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This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis takes us to hear from a local library who created a mural.  Join us and tell others! * Saturday, October 8, 11:30-Noon US Central Time * Lauren Chambers, Programming and Outreach Manager at the Urbana Free Library, on "Out of crisis, a community ...

REMINDER / Minitalk tomorrow Sat Oct 1 11:30 am: Ahmad Ali Shah, University Librarian, "Burushaski dialect: Its future and the role of libraries to preserve it"

Posted By Clara Chu Sep 30, 2022 03:30 PM
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This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis takes us to learn about libraries and language preservation.  Join us and tell others! * Saturday, October 1, 11:30-Noon US Central Time (a minitalk: 15min presentation + 15min discussion)   * Ahmad Ali Shah, University Librarian, University ...

JOIN US for an Information Session on the 2023 Mortenson Center Associates Program, 19 October 2022

Posted By Clara Chu Sep 30, 2022 02:39 PM
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Join us for an online information session on the 2023 Mortenson Center Associates Program on Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 7:00-8:00 am CT. To find your local time for this information session, visit www.worldtimebuddy.com. Free registration at: https://go.illinois.edu/Associates ...

REMINDER / Minitalk tomorrow Sat Sep 24 11:30 am CT: Emily Drabinski, "Out of crisis, change: How ALA and you can change the world"

Posted By Clara Chu Sep 23, 2022 02:51 PM
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This week our theme of Libraries and Crisis takes us to learn about ALA in the coming year.  Join us and tell others! * Saturday, September 24, 11:30-Noon US Central Time - * Check your timezone at http:/worldtimeserver.com * Emily Drabinski, 2023-2024 ALA President, speaking on "Out of crisis, ...

Tomorrow: 32nd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture with Mike Thomson on "Immortalizing the Voiceless"

Join us for the 32nd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture | 21 September 2022. IMMORTALIZING THE VOICELESS 32nd Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture with MIKE THOMSON BBC World Affairs Correspondent, Presenter, and Author of Syria's Secret Library (2019) Moderated by Melita Garza, Associate ...