Register Now for the 2016 LACUNY Institute! Race Matters: Libraries, Racism, and Antiracism
Posted April 1, 2016
Friday, May 20 from 9:00am – 4:45pm
Brooklyn College Student Center, Brooklyn College, CUNY
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*Register online: * http://tinyurl.com/LACUNY-
*Event Program*: https://2016lacunyinst.
*Presenters’ Abstracts:* http://tinyurl.com/LACUNY-
The LACUNY Institute is an annual, one-day conference open to LIS professionals, students, and the general public. It is organized by the Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY), and although geared to academic librarians, it strives to have broad relevance to the profession. For more information about LACUNY, please visit http://www.lacuny.org
This year’s Institute includes speakers who will discuss race and its connection to librarianship, access to collections, services, and the users we serve.
*Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jelani Cobb*
Dr. Cobb is Associate Professor of History and Director, Africana Studies
Institute, University of Connecticut. He is also a staff writer of The New
Yorker and winner of the 2015 Sidney Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis
Journalism. He is the author of several books, including The Substance of
Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress.
*Opening Talk: April Hathcock *April M. Hathcock is the Scholarly Communication Librarian at New York University. Formerly a corporate attorney, she now researches ownership, rights, and diversity in scholarship and libraries. Her recent publications include “White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS.”
Registration fees include continental breakfast and lunch.
We look forward to seeing you on Friday May 20, 2016!