Chairs Program

Social Unrest, Democracy and Librarianship in the 21st Century

After a brief ceremony recognizing our EMIERT Distinguished Librarian Award recipient. This panel will focus on social injustice and diversity issues within the library profession. The panel is made up of four library professionals, who will share their own experiences and will highlight how to deal with social injustice, what the impact is for our profession, how to handle diversity (or lack there of) in professional and personal settings. After the panel has discussed the five discussion points, there will be period of time to reflect on discussion points. Discussion points and a reading list will be available before the panel.

ALA Unit/Subunit: EMIERT
Meeting Type: Chair's Program
Cost: Included with full conference registration.
Open/Closed: Open

Moderator(s)

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  Tinamarie Vella

  Library Manager
  Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ CUNY

Speaker(s)

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  Alyssa Brissett

  Social Work Librarian
  University of Southern California
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  Tracy Drake

  Archivist
  Chicago Public Library
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  Diana Moronta

  Instruction and Technology Librarian
  New York Institute of Technology
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  Ana Ndumu

  Assistant Professor
  University of Maryland College Park iSchool