Schedule for ARL Fall Forum 2016

Registration for the Forum is limited to deans, directors, and senior leaders from ARL member libraries.

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Libraries and Archives as Agents of Social Justice

Thursday, September 29, 2016

8:00 a.m.–8:45 a.m.

West End Ballroom Foyer and DuPont Ballroom

Registration/Breakfast

8:45 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

West End Ballroom

Welcome

Speakers:
Mary Case, ARL President, and University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University of Illinois at Chicago

Chris Bourg, Director, MIT Libraries, and ARL Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair

9:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m.

West End Ballroom

Description of the Day and Acknowledgement of Territory

Speaker:
Alden Habacon, Senior Advisor, Intercultural Understanding, University of British Columbia

9:15 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

West End Ballroom

Julia C. Blixrud Memorial Lecture

Insitutional Responses to Student Activism

Speakers:
Yolanda Cooper, University Librarian, Emory University

Ajay Nair, Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life, Emory University

10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.

West End Ballroom

Break

10:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

West End Ballroom

Workshop: Intercultural Skills

Speaker:
Alden Habacon, Senior Advisor, Intercultural Understanding, University of British Columbia
Diversity Change Curve handout (PDF) 

12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

DuPont Ballroom

Lunch

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

West End Ballroom

Unconference Breakout Sessions

Possible Topics:

• Allowing free speech versus not wanting to allow hateful speech
• Finding the right vocabulary to discuss sensitive issues (race, sexuality, etc.) and how to get past discomfort
• Managing pushback from staff, faculty, students, and alumni who expect the library to be “neutral”
• Supporting social justice movements on campus
• Dealing with hiring bias in search committees
• Working with state and local government (for public universities)
• Handling bias in fund-raising
• Identifying ways that bias creeps into our work (subject headings, etc.)

3:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.

West End Ballroom Foyer

Break

3:15 p.m.–4:45 p.m.

West End Ballroom

Workshop: Fostering Thriving Environments for Facilitating Courageous Conversations

Speaker:
Alden Habacon, Senior Advisor, Intercultural Understanding, University of British Columbia

4:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

West End Ballroom

Summary and Wrap-up

Speaker:
Austin Booth, Vice Provost for University Libraries, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Libraries