On-Demand Webcasts
On-Demand Webcasts
All of our live online sessions are recorded and made available on demand to watch at your convenience. You can search by topic by using the left menu. Here you’ll find webcasts from approximately the past two years. The complete archive of webcasts is available on the iSchool YouTube Channel.
Indigenizing Archives through Digital Sovereignty, Digital Curation & Language Revitalization
The open-forum talk and discussion will draw on how archival best practices is currently being applied and indigenized at Cherokee Nation’s Language Department with the mindfulness that digital assets are more than just worthy of digital preservation; they are an irreplaceable cultural resource that act as one of the greatest tools for language revitalization efforts.
Applying Archival Knowledge to Born-Digital Cultures
MARA Guest Lecture
This talk will examine the value of archival knowledge in crafting research methodologies for the study of digital cultures. By bringing archival preservation and historical analysis into closer conversation with one another, James Hodges highlights new media formats of growing concern to practitioners, as well as methods for analysis with underutilized value to researchers. Case studies are drawn from several overlapping projects, including Hodges’ work on computer history, algorithmic accountability, and public health.
The recording will be posted here as soon as it is available.
Lunch and Learn Workshop: Web Programming and Information Architecture MLIS Pathway Q and A with Faculty
Do you have a passion for designing, building, and managing information systems and Web applications? Join the Student Services Team for an overview of the Web Programming and Information Architecture MLIS pathway. Then, meet with iSchool faculty who have a background in this area.
The New Archival History: An Overview
MARA Guest Lecture
Join the San José State University School of Information as we welcome Isabel Taylor, Archivist, State Archives of Schleswig-Holstein. This presentation provides an introduction to the most recent discoveries in the field of early modern European archival history. These new studies radically challenge the popular perception of archives as dusty, liminal, and obscure. They re-situate early modern archives as complex sites of dissent and resistance as well as repression, and reveal their keepers as important political players.
The recording will be posted here as soon as it is available.
Honoring the Past & Planning for the Future: Indigenous Perspectives on Library and Information Sciences
Symposium on Native American Library Services
Join the San José State University School of Information at the the Native American Heritage Symposium, which will highlight challenges Natives have faced in the past and share opportunities to prepare for the future through funding and other resources.
Bridging Knowledge Webinar: Local Contexts
Students are invited to join the Bridging Knowledge scholars for the sixth in a series of 12 supplemental curriculum webinars. Local Contexts is a global initiative that supports Indigenous communities with tools that can reassert cultural authority in heritage collections and data. By focusing on Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property and Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Local Contexts helps Indigenous communities repatriate knowledge and gain control over how data is collected, managed, displayed, accessed, and used in the future.
The recording will be posted here when it is available, as well as on the iSchool’s Bridging Knowledge YouTube playlist, and the Sustainable Heritage Network’s website.
Latinos: Contributing to the Fabric of the Nation
Hispanic Heritage Month Symposium
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15. This year, SJSU iSchool Health and Wellness Ambassador, Loida Garcia-Febo, is bringing a keynote featuring how library services to Latinos support social cohesion and the contributions of Latinos to the fabric of the nation, highlighting the field of librarianship.
A panel discussion with experts serving Latinos and Spanish speakers nationwide will bring insights about critical contributions librarians and library services make to Latinos to support culture, communication, diverse populations, education, financial security, health, gender equality, inclusion, immigration, wellbeing, and society in general. Additionally, speakers will discuss how libraries can better support Latinos and Spanish speakers, their education, and lifelong learning.
iSchool Student Services Lunch and Learn Series: Special Librarianship MLIS Pathway Q and A with Advisors
Join the Student Services Team for an overview of the Special Librarianship MLIS pathway. Then, meet with iSchool faculty who have a background in special libraries. They will share insights about their classes, discuss tips, and answer student questions about preparing for a career in the vast array of special library environments, from healthcare and non profit settings, to corporate, legal, military and other types of special information settings.
Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Librarianship in Tough Times
Pride Month Symposium
Join the San José State University School of Information for its Pride Month symposium.
Juneteenth Celebration and Symposium
Juneteenth Celebrates Freedom!
Join the San José State University School of Information for its Juneteenth symposium featuring Binnie Tate Wilkin, library services consultant and professional storyteller; and Vogue M. Robinson, poet laureate of Clark County, Nevada (2017 - 2019).
2023 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Symposium
Self-Care, Challenges, Solidarity: Asian American Women Leaders
Join the San José State University School of Information for its symposium in recognition of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
The keynote presenters, Annie Pho and Alanna Aiko Moore, will discuss the barriers and challenges that AAPI women library leaders face, issues within the community and the role of self-care, and how we work towards solidarity in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities, and BIPOC communities at large.
Earth Day 2023: Sustainability and Libraries
SJSU iSchool's Celebration of Earth Day
The SJSU School of Information is hosting a free online symposium in celebration of Earth Day.
California School Library Symposium
From California School Libraries to Innovation Centers
Are libraries in your schools transforming into learning commons and centers of innovation? Please join us for a free online symposium on April 20 to meet credentialed librarians in California who are doing just that and partnering with teachers and students to enhance student success.
Professor David Loertscher will keynote the symposium titled ”From California School Libraries to Innovation Centers” and sponsored by the School of Information at San José State University.
Deaf Culture and History: Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Libraries and Educators
Best Practices and Lessons Learned Supporting Deaf Communities
The SJSU School of Information is hosting a free online symposium in celebration of Deaf history and culture.
Bridging Knowledge Webinar: Law Librarianship 101 with Liana Juliano, AILA representative and SJSU Alumni
Join the Bridging Knowledge Scholars for a presentation on Law Librarianship 101 with Liana Juliano, AILA representative and SJSU Alumni.
Your Voices Webinar: Neurodiversity and College
Join our fourth and final webinar in the Your Voices: Learning, Listening and Sharing series featuring speakers Dr. Eric Endlich and Luna Nombrano Larsen discussing “Neurodiversity and College.”
Colleges are increasingly striving to address concerns around diversity, equity and inclusion, and neurodiversity is an important part of this conversation. This interactive presentation will cover the basics of neurodiversity, how society benefits from neurodiversity, and the impact of neurodiversity on the college experience. Students, staff and faculty members will learn how to be supportive allies.
Ukrainian Libraries during the Wartime: A Year in Review
The SJSU School of Information is hosting a free online symposium on Ukrainian Libraries. Topics that will be discussed include: Development of the First National Digital Library of Ukraine, Survey of the State of Public Libraries in the Country, Works of Cherkasy Regional Libraries Networks in Supporting Victory, and Helping Libraries to Protect Cultural Heritage.
Women in Information
SJSU iSchool Celebrates Women's History Month
The SJSU School of Information is hosting a free online symposium in celebration of Women’s History Month.
iSchool Student Services Lunch and Learn Workshop: Archives and Preservation MLIS Pathway Q and A with Advisors
Join iSchool faculty who teach classes that are part of the MLIS pathway of Management, Digitization and Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Records for a career pathway conversation. They will share insights about their classes, career tips, and answer student questions about preparing for a career in digital archives and preservation.