This is text of the closing keynote I gave for the CORE Forum on November 20, 2020.

Five prominent library educators defend the profession’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Grounded in my perspective as a deaf, Black, and trans librarian who has worked in many Library and Information Science (LIS) roles, I argue in this paper that information scientists and professionals could close the gap in representation and informa

"Publish or perish" is a phrase often used to describe the constant pressure academics face to publish their work. Having a healthy publishing record can have a real impact on job prospects, research grants and fellowships. But for Indigenous academics whose work focuses on Indigenous issues, the peer review process can be difficult to go through.

Safiya Noble is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Studies in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. In her P...

Marginalisation is both a structural and an epistemic issue. The struggle against exclusion and marginalisation should take place within larger social structures. Moreover, we should address the le...

This guide provides information and resources around research into trans rights, including tracking the status of current legislation.

Reading List Accardi, Maria T., Emily Drabinski, and Alana Kumbier. "Beginning and extending the conversation." Communications in Information Literacy 14, no. 1 (2020): 1. ———Critical Library Instruction : Theories and Methods / Edited by Maria T. Accardi, Emily Drabinski, and Alana Kumbier....

Literary Nonfiction. African American Studies. Politics. Philosophy & Critical Theory. Introduction by Jack Halberstam. In this series of essays, Fred Moten and Stefano Harney draw on the theory and practice of the black radical tradition as it supports, inspires, and extends contemporary social and political thought and aesthetic critique. Today the general wealth of social life finds itself confronted by mutations in the mechanisms of control: the proliferation of capitalist logistics, governance by credit, and the management of pedagogy. Working from and within the social poesis of life in THE UNDERCOMMONS, Moten and Harney develop and expand an array of concepts: study, debt, surround, planning, and the shipped. On the fugitive path of an historical and global blackness, the essays in this volume unsettle and invite the reader to the self-organised ensembles of social life that are launched every day and every night amid the general antagonism of THE UNDERCOMMONS.

Gender Reveal is a podcast that features nonbinary, genderqueer, transgender, and queer artists, activists, and educators.

Let’s Talk About CRT, Let’s Talk About Literacy: Modifying the Framework for Anti-Racist Library Instruction Presenters: Adrianna Martinez, Jamia Williams, Kelleen Maluski, Lalitha Nataraj, Sheila García Mazari, and Talitha Matlin Relevant Theories / Concepts Coloniality in Knowledge Production (...

This is the first of three sessions where the instructor works with pharmacy students to help then understand how to conduct literature searching and research from an inclusive perspective. The students have already seen the instructor once so emphasis is placed on understanding their current search knowledge, addressing the needs of the group, and then on them exploring how to research topics of patient care with a myriad of voices (not just relying on scholarly works). This is done with many activities and group work.

Let’s Talk About CRT, Let’s Talk About Literacy: Modifying the Framework for Anti-Racist Library Instruction Presenters: Adrianna Martinez, Jamia Williams, Kelleen Maluski, Lalitha Nataraj, Sheila García Mazari, and Talitha Matlin Relevant Theories / Concepts Coloniality in Knowledge Production (...

When I was a high school student in the mid-1960s, I used to trek up to the West Wing of UCLA’s Powell Library on Sunday nights.  This was the place to see and be seen in the social scene of …

Roberto Sirvent and Dylan Rodriguez discuss the challenges of sustaining radical liberation movements.

Let’s Talk About CRT, Let’s Talk About Literacy: Modifying The Framework For Anti-Racist Library Instruction Panel | Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 1:15pm – 2:15pm The Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education is one of the guiding documents for librarians who provide instruction in any capacity. Although The Framework touches upon issues of privilege … Continue reading "Let’s Talk About CRT, Let’s Talk About Literacy — 2023"

More organizations are focusing on the idea of "belonging" in inclusion efforts. Here's why that's so important.

The publishing house, five of its authors, parents and an advocacy group allege that removing the books discussing race and LGBTQ people violates the First Amendment.

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe has drafted regulations in an effort to formalize the border-crossing process for their relatives in Mexico coming to their reservation in Arizona. Like dozens of Native American nations across the U.S., the Pascua Yaqui Tribe was sliced in two by modern-day international borders. When deer dancers and musicians living in Sonora, Mexico, make the trip into the U.S. for ceremonies, they may be detained or have their cultural objects confiscated. The effort is part of their work with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s recently formed Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council. DHS did not respond to repeated requests for comment on the status of the regulations.

Arizona lawmakers gave final approval Monday to forbidding teachers from calling students by a pronoun that does not match their biological sex at birth, and to requiring schools to create

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid by South Carolina officials to revive a Republican-crafted voting map that a lower court said had unconstitutionally "exiled" 30,000 Black voters from a closely contested congressional district.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that restricts how race and gender can be taught in the state's public colleges and universities.

It's unclear if Republicans have the necessary support from every member of their caucus in Tuesday's vote.

According to a recent survey conducted by legal intelligence provider Leopard Solutions, work-life balance remains a significant issue for women lawyers working in BigLaw. The survey, which gathered responses from nearly 200 women attorneys, revealed that over 80% of participants identified better work-life balance as the most compelling reason to leave their BigLaw firms. The […]

As seems to be the new normal, there is a lot happening in the news (*gestures vaguely around*). It’s easy to focus on a few issues at the expense of others or to get overwhelmed and check out enti…

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The film, about migrants going missing in rural Texas, was co-directed by adjunct instructor Lisa Molomot and edited by associate professor Jacob Bricca. It won a Peabody Award in the documentary