Upcoming Webcasts
Upcoming Webcasts
The iSchool hosts live webcasts featuring guest speakers on a wide variety of topics throughout the academic year. All of the webcasts are recorded and made available on the on-demand webcasts section.
Cultural Humility in Practice: Knowledge Equity and the K’acha Willaykuna Collaborative
Diversity Webinar Series
The K’acha Willaykuna Knowledge Equity Working Group actively explores stewardship of indigenous knowledge works through decolonial information practices. Through discussions, flash-lectures, hands-on workshops and community projects, the group actively works to support the preservation of Indigenous knowledge in response to marked knowledge equity gaps of non-Western languages, cultures and histories. This session will reflect on the role of cultural humility in the development of the K’acha Willaykuna Collaborative as an example of closing the gap between EDI values and practice.
Individuals requiring real-time captioning/closed captions or other accommodations should contact Sue Alman as soon as possible.
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Time: 11 a.m. Pacific Time
Location: Online via Zoom
Session Link: https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/375613499
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.
Individuals requiring real-time captioning/closed captions or other accommodations should contact Sue Alman as soon as possible.
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Time: 11 a.m. Pacific Time
Location: Online via Zoom
Session Link: https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/979888668
Integrating Cultural Humility into Librarianship
Diversity Webinar Series
In this session, participants will learn the concept of cultural humility, the difference between cultural competency and cultural humility, the rationale for integrating cultural humility into librarianship, and the several recommendations on how to do so.
Individuals requiring real-time captioning/closed captions or other accommodations should contact Sue Alman as soon as possible.
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Time: 11 a.m. Pacific Time
Location: Online via Zoom
Session Link: https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/480826421
Strategies for a Successful Search: Inside the Process of Creating and Applying for an Archivist Position
MARA Guest Lecture
Does a job search feel a mystery? Do you ever wonder why job postings are written the way they are, what the qualities of an effective interview may be, and why searches seem to take so long? Join Craig Simpson, director of special collections and archives, and Carli Lowe, university archivist, both from San José State University, as they describe the process of creating and applying for a new university archivist position, in what was ultimately a successful search. Our guest speakers will also offer suggestions for strategies to help navigate and demystify what can be a stressful and opaque process.
Individuals requiring real-time captioning/closed captions or other accommodations should contact Sue Alman as soon as possible.
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Time: 12 p.m. Pacific Time
Location: Online via Zoom
Session Link:
https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/96470014540?pwd=WEhRQ2VEOGdVRVc3b1BMNWx0Zk93Zz09
Password: MARA2020
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
Individuals requiring real-time captioning/closed captions or other accommodations should contact Sue Alman as soon as possible.
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Time: 11 a.m. Pacific Time
Location: Online via Zoom
Session Link: https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/763895527