On-Demand Webcasts

Overview

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.

Webcast

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.

Webcast Alanna Aiko Moore Annie Pho Jian (Lily) Chen Terry Park Patty Wong

2023 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Symposium
Self-Care, Challenges, Solidarity: Asian American Women Leaders

AANHPI Heritage Symposium May 26, 2023

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. 

Webcast Jonathan Hunt Katie McNamara Dr. Blanche Woolls Dr. Lesley Farmer Dr. David Loertscher Dr. Mary Ann Harlan

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.

Webcast Xan Goodman

Humble Leadership as a Humble Practice
Diversity Webinar Series

This 60-minute webinar introduces the concept of humble leadership. Humble leadership is a leadership style developed by Dr. Edgar Schien, MIT emeritus professor of organizational psychology. This webinar introduces the idea of humble leadership as a pathway to engage in leadership as a librarian. Our guest speaker shares her thoughts about humble leadership using a framework of cultural humility to situate humble leadership as a humble practice within a developing framework of cultural humility for librarianship.

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Information Intermediation and Instruction MLIS Pathway
iSchool Student Services Lunch and Learn Workshop

Information Intermediation and Instruction is a career pathway in the Master of Library and Information Science degree program. This pathway focuses on the skill set of helping users define and articulate their information needs. Intermediation and instruction occurs in a wide variety of LIS and non-LIS work environments. During this webcast, attendees will learn more about building a career in this pathway and meet with pathway instructors and the school’s director of online learning.

Panelists include:

  • Dr. José Aguiñaga, M.L.S., M.P.A., & Ed.D.
  • Dr. Lili Luo, Professor and Chair, Program Advisory Committee for the Information Intermediation and Instruction Pathway, SJSU School of Information
  • Bethany Winslow, M.S.Ed., Director of Online Learning, SJSU School of Information
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Digital Assets Certificate / Q and A with Faculty from Data Science / Dig. Curation / Dig. Services / Emerg. Tech. Pathways
iSchool Student Services Lunch and Learn Workshop

Did you know, the Advanced Certificate in Strategic Management of Digital Assets and Services is a stackable 9-unit certificate option within the MLIS and MARA degree programs? Join us for an overview of this exciting option, including the three certificate pathways, as well as practical information on how to complete the requirements.

Then, meet with faculty who teach classes that are part of the certificate, and/or the MLIS career pathways of Data Science, Digital Curation, Digital Services, and Emerging Technology. They will share insights about their classes and answer student questions about preparing for a career in these pathways.

Panelists include:

  • Dr. Sue Alman
  • Dr. Michelle Chen
  • Dr. Darra Hofman
  • Dr. Geoffrey Liu
  • Alyce Scott
  • Dr. Michael Stephens
Webcast Max Macias

Moving Beyond Diversity to Anti-Oppression
Diversity Webinar Series

A presentation on how to incorporate anti-racist ideas, concepts and actions that can act as a model for anti-oppression library practices. Participants will be able to:

  • explain the concept of anti-racism 
  • identify racist policies, procedures and practices in their library
  • apply anti-racist concepts in the library
  • critique current library policies with an anti-racist analysis
Webcast Mimosa Shah

Beyond Platitudes: Making EDI Actionable
Diversity Webinar Series

Diversity and equity are fundamental values of librarianship. How can we take these values and make them actionable at our respective organizations? Learn how to create and sustain an equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) committee at your library, including how to set goals, write a charge statement, and strategies that can be used to promote continuing education for staff on topics related to equity, indigeneity, accessibility, and inclusion. 

Webcast Pamela Espinosa de los Monteros

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as Action: Designing a Collective EDI Strategy
Diversity Webinar Series

Will the next decade of EDI initiatives and research in LIS address what works, rather than what is missing? Social justice requires librarians to transition from simply discussing these values to embedding them through strategic action in a manner that is accessible and reproducible by the average LIS employee. Participants will be introduced to the EDI@OSUL project, an action-based tool for libraries (co-developed with Sandra Enimil) to explicitly determine how to approach EDI at the individual, unit and organizational level. Learn how to design an employee-driven EDI action plan for an organization while simultaneously developing in-house EDI leaders who can lead from where they are.  

Webcast Dr. Ana Ndumu

Beyond Routine Library Services to Immigrants: A Discussion on the Role of Information in Migration
Diversity Webinar Series

Library services to immigrants have historically followed a narrow service provision model that overlooks the broader role of information and libraries in migration. In this presentation, Dr. Ndumu will discuss the cross between libraries, social inclusion, and push/pull migration factors. The presentation will end with two initiatives that are transforming library ideology on immigrants.

Webcast Emily Drabinski

A Day in the Life of a Leader: Emily Drabinski

Leadership in the information professions can take on many forms. Join us to learn how Emily Drabinski, critical pedagogy librarian and liaison to the School of Labor and Urban Studies at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, approaches leadership through her service work to the profession and as an advocate for justice movements, organized labor, and gender and sexual difference in Library and Information Science.

This webcast is brought to you by the SJSU School of Information’s Leadership and Management Program Advisory Committee.

Webcast Jamie Lin, MLIS

What is Mindfulness, Anyway?
Diversity Webinar Series

Everyone’s talking about it as a way to de-stress, be more productive, and improve mental health. It’s now a billion-dollar business that includes corporate trainings, apps, products, and online courses… but what actually is mindfulness, anyway? This webinar will examine the recent popularity of mindfulness in Western society, as well as its history and tradition as a Buddhist spiritual practice. What parts of mindfulness have been embraced and adopted by our culture, and which portions have been ignored? What do its proponents rave about, and what do its critics argue? Is mindfulness a cultural movement, or is it a fad? Is it a spiritual endeavor, or an intellectual one? Is it political or apolitical, activist or apathetic? Is it an example of globalization, or is it cultural appropriation? These are some of the questions that will arise during the exploration of this topic. You’ll come away with a greater understanding of mindfulness, be able to detangle the ongoing conversations surrounding it, and perhaps develop a curiosity to learn more!

Webcast Kiera Vargas

Librarians Being Open-Minded Professionals: Fostering Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity
Diversity Webinar Series

Librarians are the gateway for change in our communities, in corporate America, and educational systems. In 2020, our society is still attempting to find ways to include all individuals by fostering the awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The problem with this notion is many fail to conquer the first step, which is being open-minded. In a profession where we reach doctors, lawyers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and most importantly our youth, we must step out of our comfort zones to learn beyond our educational practices. To truly assist in our profession, we must accept a new proposal: dismiss preconceived notions and practice “open-mindedness,” which is the first step to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion.