Friday, January 6, 2023

Share Your Ideas & Connect at an IFC Meet-Up!

Have you heard about NELA's Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC)? Join colleagues for bi-monthly IFC virtual meet-ups, the second Wednesday of those months. The January meet-up is scheduled for Wednesday, January 11th, at 10am to discuss all things IFC! The meet-ups are informal and virtual. Drop-in when you can! You do not need to be a NELA member to attend.

January Date: Wednesday, Jan. 11th, 10:00am

January Topic: Revisit Topics from ALA's Feb. 2021 Intellectual Freedom & Social Justice Webinar

  • Loida Garcia-Febo: international library consultant, researcher and expert on topics such as human rights, advocacy and services to multicultural populations, and past ALA president
  • Rhonda Evans: assistant chief librarian of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, IFRT Membership Promotion committee member, and IFRT chair-elect candidate
  • Amanda Vazquez: assistant director, Dubuque County Library District and chair of IFRT’s Publications Committee
  • Shannon Oltmann: associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information, intellectual freedom scholar, and editor of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy
  • Laura Koltutsky: associate librarian, University of Calgary, past chair of ALA IFRT and past coordinator of ALA Social Responsibilities Round table
  • Desmond Wong: outreach librarian at University of Toronto Libraries committed to justice for and solidarity with Black and Indigenous peoples, and 
  • Rae-Anne Montague: assistant professor in Chicago State University’s information studies program and ALA Rainbow Round Table chair.

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