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Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library and Information Science

Hi all, The University of Maryland, College Park is hosting this conference. The conference dates are October 20 – 21, 2016. Hope you have a chance to submit a proposal or attend. You can find more information about the conference … Continue reading

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New citation just added to bibliography: Enjoy Reading!!

Visconti, Gianmarco.  (2015).  Legislation without empathy: race and ethnicity in LIS. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 10(2).  Retrieved from http://www.criticalimprov.com/index.php/perj/article/viewFile/3565/3649

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The Future of CLA and ViMLoC

On January 27, 2016, the Canadian Library Association voted to dissolve following an extensive process. During this process the CLA worked with a large number of library associations across Canada to develop a proposal to advance the interests of libraries. … Continue reading

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Call for participation – International librarianship experiences

Hi folks this came my way through Medical Libraries Discussion Listserv MEDLIB: Call for participation – reminder for international librarianship experiences Recently Lara Seven Phillips (formerly of the University of the South Pacific, Fiji) and Kate Holvoet (currently at Zayed … Continue reading

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Two articles that might be relevant for visible minorities

Two articles came my way today and I thought it might be of interest: Fryer, Roland G. Jr. 2007. “Belief Flipping in a Dynamic Model of Statistical Discrimination.” Journal of Public Economics, 91(5-6): 1151-1166 Lehmann, Jee-Yeon. 2013. “Job Assignment and … Continue reading

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Call for Proposals for the 2016-2017 ALA Diversity Research Grants

ALA Seeks Proposals for 2016-2017 Diversity Research Grants The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services seeks proposals for the Diversity Research Grant program.  Applications may address any diversity-related topic which addresses critical gaps in the … Continue reading

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Announcing ViMLoC’s 2016-2018 Co-moderators

ViMLoC is happy to announce that Allan Cho (allan.cho@ubc.ca) and Maha Kumaran (maha.kumaran@usask.ca) are the new ViMLoC co-moderators for the 2016-2018 term. Allan Cho is the Community Engagement Librarian at UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Maha Kumaran is a … Continue reading

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National Diversity in Libraries Conference at UCLA — Call for Proposals

From ARL: The National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC ’16), co-sponsored by the UCLA Library and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), will take place on the UCLA campus on August 10-13, 2016. The NDLC ’16 Program Committee invites you … Continue reading

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New Publications

Hi all, if you have published anything on the topic of visible minorities and would like that added to the bibliography page please send me an email with the citation. I will be happy to post it on the website. … Continue reading

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C-EBLIP Fall Symposium at the University of Saskatchewan

Hello everyone, The 2nd C-EBLIP Fall Symposium: Librarians as Researchers will be held on Wed. Oct. 14, 2015 at the University of Saskatchewan campus. Registration is complimentary and includes a one-day conference, breakfast, lunch, and breaks. Please consider submitting a … Continue reading

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