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I have two presentations next week, which I want you to know about:
- April 11: 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET (webinar) - part of a three-person panel entitled "Can There Be Neutrality in Cataloging? A Conversation Starter" for NISO. My presentation is entitled "Access Requires Subjectivity." The event's description is: How does one create awareness of the bias that may be introduced into
automated systems? This session will look at the selection of vocabulary
in establishing taxonomies and ontologies. What is the real nature of
the issue? How might establishing, maintenance, and use of a thesaurus
contribute to a more inclusive search/discovery process? And where
should responsibility lie for developing such ostensibly neutral tools?
How can we bring more diverse voices into the development/maintenance
of these resources?
- April 13, Upstate New York Chapter of SLA Spring Conference (Rochester, NY) entitled "Lead from Where You Are." I'll be leading an interactive session on "Putting the Goal Before Your Work."
Also, last year I recreated a graduate course in the Syracuse University
iSchool entitled "
Collection Development and Access." I taught this class in the fall quarter and it went very well and will be teaching it again beginning later this week. This class is taught with a combination of asynchronous content and live (synchronous) sessions. Our online classes used to be just asynchronous, but now we (SU iSchool) now offer our MSLIS degree in this format. If this online format for an MSLIS program would be of interest to someone you know, please point them towards our
iSchool Online web site. Of course, if anyone is interested in our on-campus format, we have
information on that, too.
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