The Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender at Brown University has organized two events next week around libraries...Both are open to the public (one is in-person and the other is virtual).
"Nothing About Us Without: Disability Justice in Libraries"
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
3:00-4:15 p.m. ET
Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center (Petteruti Lounge, Room 201)
75 Waterman Street
Providence, RI
RSVP at this link: https://forms.gle/8fWnnhURJj8o7LoZ6
Many users with disabilities and different access rely on libraries for critical services. As libraries increasingly become the center of culture wars around issues like COVID protocols and book bans, people with disabilities need library spaces more just as they are being undermined. Many libraries lack basic accessibility, even as they are positioned to help people discover free accessible technology, information, and services. How can libraries move beyond accessibility to justice? How can libraries become more accessible in the first place? How can we develop relationships between library and Crip communities to work towards broader justice goals? How can we support library workers with disabilities? Join us for this presentation and Q + A. Masks required, thank you!
Malana Krongelb '19 is a disabled, Black, Jewish, queer activist librarian. While a student at Brown she founded and curated the nationally recognized Malana Krongelb Zine Collection and co-founded Disability Justice at Brown. She will be graduating from Simmons University School of Library and Information Science this fall.
Co-sponsored by the Disability Justice Student Initiative, Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, and Women's History Series at Brown University
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“Intellectual Freedom and Social Justice: Understanding the Discourse of Censorship” a Virtual Talk by Dr. Emily Knox
The censorship of books has long permeated our political and cultural landscape. Books at the intersection of race, sexuality, and gender have been particular targets for censorship at school districts and libraries across the country. In this talk, Dr. Emily Knox, author of Book Banning in 21st Century America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), will discuss the underpinnings of contemporary book bans and will provide recommendations for how to address book censorship in schools and public libraries. Immediately following the lecture will be a Q&A moderated by Dr. Kenvi Phillips, Director of Library Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Brown University Library.
Dr. Emily Knox is an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include information access, intellectual freedom and censorship, information ethics, information policy, and the intersection of print culture and reading practices. Emily’s next book, Foundations of Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association), will be released in Fall 2022. She also serves on the board of the National Coalition Against Censorship.
Co-sponsored by the Brown University Library, LGBTQ Center, Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, and the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
