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Representation Matters: Challenges and Opportunities in Library Workplaces

Date

April 15, 2024 13:00 - 14:30

Location

Online

Details

Website: https://accessola.my.site.com/OLA/s/lt-event?id=a1UTN000000VQCj

Everyone has a role to play in creating inclusive libraries. Many people in libraries want to be BIPOC allies but don’t know where to start. Join us for a discussion on the perceived challenges to creating inclusive workplaces and how to demonstrate allyship. Strategies for recruitment, retention, advancement, and outreach will be shared and participants will have opportunities to share ideas and co-create strategies.

Intended Audience:

New supervisors, managers and leaders, and colleagues interested in leadership roles. Everyone is welcome.

Categories: 

Management and Admin / Staff, Training, Mentorship / Advocacy

This event is a part of the Leadership and Management series hosted by The Education Institute and presented by The Partnership.

Facilitators: 

Mai Lu is Head of Public Services & Outreach at the University of Toronto Mississauga Library where she supports teaching and learning through reference and research services, information and loans’ services, and library community development. She is a past chair of the OLA Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Committee and a 2022-2023 ARL Leadership and Career Development Fellow. Mai holds a Master of Information Studies from the University of Toronto and a Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law from York University.

Shernett Bennett is a Library Technician – Archives at Humber Libraries (North Campus). Her work in the Archives allows the Humber community to search the archives for photographs, student publications, finding aids and oral history that serve as the institutional memory. Shernett has previously held library positions in Jamaica as a children’s librarian in the St. Catherine Parish Library Network, as a Reference/Research Librarian and Rural Development Librarian, and later as a Senior Librarian, before pursuing an MA in Communications Studies at the University of the West Indies. Shernett settled in at Humber College in 2014 and will soon be celebrating 10 years of providing library services. Shernett is a past co-chair of the BAERG (Black African Employee Resource), and a member of the OLA Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Date: Monday, April 15, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET
Format: Online

Registration (per person):

  • Member/Affiliate: $95
  • Non-Member: $130
  • Student/Retired/Underemployed Members: $50
  • First Nations Public Library Staff: $0

Code of Conduct:

OLA’s Code of Conduct policy applies to all event attendees, sponsors and speakers.