Collections Decoded: Reflections And Strategies For Anti-Racist Collection Development (Conference Proceedings), Aisha Conner-Gaten, Tracy Drake, Kristyn Caragher
Oct 2017
Collections Decoded: Reflections And Strategies For Anti-Racist Collection Development (Conference Proceedings), Aisha Conner-Gaten, Tracy Drake, Kristyn Caragher
Aisha Conner-Gaten
Operating from three distinct but interlocking perspectives, this session will cover the lived experiences of three librarians (Black woman archivist, a White woman anti-racist public librarian, and a Black woman academic librarian) navigating collection development and collection development policies in a profession that is 85.2% White. This program will also provide strategies for accomplices and white librarians to support their colleagues and implement anti-racist collection development strategies at their institutions.
Collections Decoded Presentation, Brick & Click 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten, Kristyn Caragher, Tracy Drake
Oct 2017
Collections Decoded Presentation, Brick & Click 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten, Kristyn Caragher, Tracy Drake
Aisha Conner-Gaten
How are collections processed and presented in regards to race and ethnicity? What is not collected and why? Who gets to say what is worth collecting? Operating from three distinct but interlocking perspectives, we will discuss our experiences navigating collection development and collection development policies as a Black woman archivist, a White woman anti-racist public librarian, and a Black woman academic librarian. We will look at the ways in which Black women as collections professionals face invisibility, coded language, and increased mental and emotional labor while operating in a profession that is 85.2% White. We will offer practical strategies for …
Poster Presentation 101, Librarian Brown Bag 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten, Nataly Blas
Oct 2017
Poster Presentation 101, Librarian Brown Bag 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten, Nataly Blas
Aisha Conner-Gaten
This librarian brown bag, presented to LMU librarians, discusses:
Poster proposals
- what to present about (work examples, events, studies, interesting histories)
- finding a conference
- writing an abstract
- getting support
Poster design
- Expectations
- Good vs bad (Example posters – gallery walk feedback -> presentation)
- Different materials for printing (cloth, foam board, paper, laminate) and services (Spoonflower, FedEx, Campus Graphics)
Poster presentations @ conferences
- Materials to consider
- Handouts
- How to present to a crowd/Elevator speech
Keepin' It Real Poster, National Conference Of African-American Librarians 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten
Aug 2017
Keepin' It Real Poster, National Conference Of African-American Librarians 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten
Aisha Conner-Gaten
After an election fraught with misinformation, fake news, and hoaxes on all sides, students found it difficult to navigate digital media not only for scholarship but in their personal lives. Acknowledging the impact that these feelings of helplessness and confusion play in their roles as scholars, librarians conducted information literacy workshops to de-mystify and engage students with meaningful current news outlets and specific news stories from all political idealogies. This poster presentation will provide an overview of these workshops and how librarians can implement similar programs while responding to a politically and emotionally-charged campus environment. This poster will discuss the …
Keepin' It Real, Lifelong Information Literacy Conference 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten, Jennifer Masunaga, Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet
Jul 2017
Keepin' It Real, Lifelong Information Literacy Conference 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten, Jennifer Masunaga, Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet
Aisha Conner-Gaten
After an election fraught with misinformation, fake news, and hoaxes on all sides, students found it difficult to navigate digital media not only for scholarship but in their personal lives. Librarians at LMU conducted information literacy workshops to engage students with meaningful current news outlets and news stories from all political ideologies as a part of a campus-wide teach-in on Inauguration Day 2017. This presentation will provide an overview of these workshops and explain how librarians can implement similar programs while responding to a politically and emotionally-charged campus and public environment. This presentation will also discuss the workshop development process, …
Collections Decoded, Ala Annual Conference 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten, Tracy Drake, Kristyn Caragher
May 2017
Collections Decoded, Ala Annual Conference 2017, Aisha Conner-Gaten, Tracy Drake, Kristyn Caragher
Aisha Conner-Gaten
How are collections processed and presented in regards to race and ethnicity? What is not collected and why? Who gets to say what is worth collecting? Operating from three distinct but interlocking perspectives, we will facilitate a discussion about navigating collection development and collection development policies while centering marginalized voices. The discussion will include practical strategies for developing anti-racist collection development practices and how anti-racist accomplices can both support and follow the lead of Black women librarians and archivists.
