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Leading the Charge: Advancing the Recruitment, Retention and Inclusion of People of Color within the Library and Information Science Field

Day 1- Monday October 11, 2021

Time Event Facilitator (s)
10:00am Welcome Tina Rollins
10:15am-10:45 am  Trevor Dawes  Dr. Jason Alston
10:45am-11:00am Questions Dr. Rebecca Davis, Moises Orozco Villicana 
11:00am-11:15am Board and EDI Consultant Acknowledgements Shannon Jones
11:15am- 12:45pm Lunch Break xxxxxxxxxxxxx
12:45pm-1:15pm Loida Garcia-Febo  Sonia Alcantara-Antoine
1:15pm-2:15pm Shared Experiences and Reflections on EDI within  LIS  Rebecca Hankins, Jay Gaidmore, and Dr. Ana Ndumu
2:15pm-2:30pm Break xxxxxxxxxxxxx
2:30pm-3:00pm Dr. Nicole Cooke  Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy
3:00pm-4:00pm   Questions/Next Steps Tina Rollins

Day 2- Tuesday October 12, 2021

Time Event Facilitator(s)
10:00am-10:15am Morning Briefing Tina Rollins
10:15am-11:00am Initiative Assessment Workshop /Overview of Slack Amy Bondy and Raeshawn McGuffie
11:00am-11:15am Morning Break and Questions LaTisha Lankford and Joslyn Bowling Dixon
11:15am-1:00pm Participant and EDI Consultant Meetings Tina Rollins
1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch xxxxxxxxxxxxx
2:00pm-3:30pm Report Out Dana Evans
3:30pm-4:00pm Next Steps and Questions Tina Rollins,  Jamar Rahming, and Sammie Johnson
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Loida Garcia-Febo

International Library Consultant

Loida Garcia-Febo, International Library Consultant expert in library services to diverse populations and human rights. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019. At IFLA: Governing Board 2013-2017, Co-Founder of New Professionals, two-term Member/Expert resource person of FAIFE, two-term member of CPDWL. Currently: CPDWL Advisor, Info Coordinator of the Management of Library Associations Section. At ALA recently: Chair, ALA UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Task Force 2020-2021. Currently: Chair, Women’s Issues in Librarianship. Born, raised, and educated in Puerto Rico.

 

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Nicole A. Cooke

Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and Associate Professor  

Nicole Cooke is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. Her research and teaching interests include human information behavior, critical cultural information studies, and diversity and social justice in librarianship. She was the 2019 ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award recipient, and she has edited and authored several books, including Information Services to Diverse Populations and Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-truth Era.

 

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Trevor Dawes, Librarian

 

DJA Senior Consultant and Facilitator, Trevor Dawes was named the vice provost for libraries and museums and May Morris Librarian at the University of Delaware, effective July 1, 2016. In this role, Dawes has overall responsibility for the operations of the university Libraries, Museums, and University Press. He was previously an associate university librarian at Washington University in St. Louis, responsible for many of the public services operations at the library there.

Trevor has been active in staff development and training for public services; has written on various library services topics, and has either planned or presented at various local, national, and international conferences on a variety of topics. Dawes earned his Master of Library Science from Rutgers University and has two additional Master’s Degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University. He is an active member of the American Library Association and is a past president of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

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