Culturally Competent Academic Library Outreach: This is a lightning talk about cultural competence as it relates to academic librarianship. The presentation focuses on improving library outreach at the university level using cultural competence grounded in an anti-racist framework. We must rethink our definition of outreach and confront the culture of white supremacy that exists in universities and libraries.

Lucinda Amerman is working towards her MLIS while working full-time at an academic library in library administration. She holds a BS in Secondary Education in English and an MAT in Social Sciences Education, both from Western Oregon University. This is Lucinda’s 8th year working in libraries after previous careers as a secondary education school teacher and business owner.