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Leanne Templeteon and I had the pleasure of working on a poster to present at the National Diversity in Libraries Conference.  I wasn’t personally there to present it and many thanks to Leanne for taking it there and meeting with … Continue reading →

Hi everyone, this is free registration which comes with pre-symposium workshop, lunch, breakfast and a networking possibility with other librarians. Hope you will consider coming: The 3rd annual C-EBLIP Fall Symposium is a one-day conference open to any interested librarian … Continue reading →

Hi all, we have been added to The Network coordinated by John Vincent, a librarian from Devon, UK. Devon is very interested in minority issues.  Please read his blog. It is great to know that we have colleagues in UK … Continue reading →

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 →

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →