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One last reminder: join us for the next #DLFteach Twitter chat on “Engaging in the work of anti-racism in your library <https://wiki.diglib.org/2020.10.20_Digital_Library_Pedagogy_Twitter_Chat>.” It will take place tomorrow, October 20, at 8-9 p.m. Eastern / 7-8 p.m. Central. Please see the description and conversation questions sent in the earlier message or in the above link to the #DLFteach wiki page. Hope to "see" you there! In advance, please review the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Code of Conduct, <https://www.diglib.org/about/code-of-conduct/> which we will follow for the chat. You may also optionally read this post <https://pegasuslibrarian.com/2020/06/reimagining-primary-source-searching-to-help-dismantle-institutional-racism.html> by co-host Iris Jastram. On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 2:11 PM Martha Stuit <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Join us to talk about “Engaging in the work of anti-racism in your library > <https://wiki.diglib.org/2020.10.20_Digital_Library_Pedagogy_Twitter_Chat>” > for our next #DLFteach Twitter chat on Tuesday, October 20, from 8-9 p.m. > Eastern / 7-8 p.m. Central. > > According to ALA’s 2017 Strategic Plan > <http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/StrategicPlan/Strategic%20Directions%202017_Update.pdf>, > “Libraries play a crucial role in empowering diverse populations for full > participation in a democratic society.” However, our systems have been > developed in a context permeated by institutional racism. How do we rebuild > our digital services and collections to come closer to our strongly held > ideals? How can we make our practice of librarianship into a radical act of > hope for an anti-racist future? Share your experiences and aspirations in > conversation with us during our Twitter chat. Co-hosts are Iris Jastram and > Sarah Calhoun of Carleton College. > > The Digital Library Pedagogy working group, also known as #DLFteach, is > part of the Digital Library Federation (DLF). For this and all our work, we > follow the DLF Code of Conduct > <https://www.diglib.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. Please review it prior > to this online event and adhere to it during it. > > Optional reading prior to the #DLFteach chat: Reimagining Primary Source > Searching to Help Dismantle Institutional Racism > <https://pegasuslibrarian.com/2020/06/reimagining-primary-source-searching-to-help-dismantle-institutional-racism.html> > > The chat questions will be: > > 1. [Self-reflection] What have you uncovered in your library work > (pedagogy, metadata, search algorithms, etc.) that could benefit from > reexamination from an anti-racist perspective? > 2. [Professional development] Who are some library folks, especially > Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), that you > read/follow/recommend, and return to or learn from about anti-racism in > libraries? > 3. [Pragmatism] Acknowledging that we don’t always have the power to > completely fix the problems we see, tell us about a time when you tried to > mitigate institutionally racist structures around you (authority, funding, > database design, etc.). What was the outcome? > 4. [Idealism] Given unlimited money and time, what is the first change > you would make to a digital library system that you work with often to make > it more anti-racist? > 5. [Advocacy] What advocacy step(s) can you take to encourage > anti-racist changes in library-related digital products, whether local or > 3rd party, including things like digital collections & library discovery > tools? > > Questions will be tweeted from the @CLIRDLF handle. Join in and follow by > tweeting with and looking at the #DLFteach hashtag. Tweet your responses by > indicating that your tweet is an answer and which question you're > responding to. A sample tweet in response to Q1 may look like this: "A1: At > my institution, we respond by doing XYZ #DLFteach"). All are welcome to > participate in and/or follow the chat! > > Not available next Tuesday? You can read the conversation afterwards! > We’ll create archived versions of the chat and share them in the days > afterward on the #DLFteach wiki page > <https://wiki.diglib.org/Pedagogy:Outreach:Twitter>. > > Questions? Contact #DLFteach Twitter Chat Coordinator Martha Stuit ( > [log in to unmask]). > ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit diglib.org/announce