2024 Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Lecture
Date
January 31, 2024 15:30 - 17:00
Location
Online
Details
Collective Power, Public Good: Library Leadership for Everyone
Lecture Details
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
3:30 pm (Atlantic) | 2:30 pm (Eastern) | 12:30 pm (Pacific)
Abstract: In the context of growing attacks on libraries and the right to read, strong and committed leadership is crucial. But it takes more than a single individual at the top to win the world we want–we need everyone to be on board. Drawing on experiences in both libraries and the labor movement, this talk will offer an analysis of leadership as a collective project. How do we organize others in support of a shared mission? What tools and tactics can help us build power from below? And how can we best promote leading from all positions? As libraries find themselves on the front lines of the fight for democracy, building and wielding collective power for the public good is as urgent as it has ever been.
Bio: Emily Drabinski is Associate Professor at the Queens (N.Y.) College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She publishes and presents widely on topics related to knowledge organization, information literacy, and critical perspectives in librarianship. Drabinski edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Library Juice Press/Litwin Books. In 2020, she received the Career Achievement Award from the Association of College & Research Libraries’s Women and Gender Studies Section. Drabinski currently serves as President of the American Library Association.
Following the lecture, the Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Fund will be presented to MI student, Catherine Gracey. This Fund was established in 2007 to honour Dr. Norman Horrocks, OC, PhD, FCLIP (1927-2010) for his outstanding leadership in the field of librarianship in North America, Australia, and Europe. Over several decades Dr. Horrocks, former Director of the School of Information Management and Dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University, pursued a distinguished career of very active involvement in professional associations in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Australia, the United States, and Canada. His many contributions, for which he received local, national and international recognition, have advanced the field and the careers of countless individuals. The fund supports a scholarship and an associated lecture series through an endowment donated by the many former students, colleagues, friends and admirers of Norman Horrocks.
