Spring 2014 Meetings
Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 12:00-1:00 p.m. – GSLIS 046
For our final meeting of the semester, we will have co-facilitators Melissa Hayes and Karla Lucht, GSLIS doctoral students, join us to discuss diversity in children’s literature, complementing the May 2014 issue of School Library Journal. You may also attend virtually via http://go.illinois.edu/gslis_meeting. Readings for the meeting are available here (UIUC GSLIS affiliate access only).
Bibiliography of Supporting Readings
Gilton, D. L. (2012). The Future of Multicultural Youth Literature. Knowledge Quest, 40(3), 44-47.
Hughes-Hassell, S., & Cox, E. J. (2010). Inside Board Books: Representations of People of Color. Library Quarterly, 80(3), 211-230.
Hughes-Hassell, S. (2013). Multicultural Young Adult Literature as a Form of Counter-Storytelling. Library Quarterly, 83(3), 212-228.
Kurz, R. (2012). Missing Faces, Beautiful Places: The Lack of Diversity in South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominees. New Review Of Children’s Literature & Librarianship, 18(2), 128-145. doi:10.1080/13614541.2012.716695
Sokoll, T. (2013). Representations of Trans* Youth in Young Adult Literature: A Report and a Suggestion. Young Adult Library Services, 11(4), 23-26.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 12:00-1:00 p.m. – GSLIS 046
We will have Meadow Jones, a doctoral student in Art Education at the University of Illinois (and GSLIS alum!), join us to discuss her blog post on The Feminist Wire website, The Able-ist Gaze: Imagining Malingering. You may join us virtually via http://go.illinois.edu/gslis_meeting. Please go here for supplementary readings for this discussion (UIUC GSLIS affiliate access).
Main Reading:
Jones, M. (2013, November 25). The Able-ist gaze: Imagining malingering [web log post]. Retrieved from http://thefeministwire.com/2013/11/the-able-ist-gaze-imagining-malingering/
Supplementary Readings
Solis, S. (2006). I’m “Coming Out” as Disabled, but I’m “Staying In” to Rest: Reflecting on elected and imposed segregation. Equity & Excellence in Education, 39(2), 146-153.
McLean, M. A. (2011). Getting to know you: The prospect of challenging ableism through adult learning. New Directions For Adult & Continuing Education, 132, 13-22. doi:10.1002/ace.427
Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 12:00-1:00 p.m. – GSLIS 341
We will have Dr. Kate Clancy, an Assistant Professor of Anthropology here at the University of Illinois, join us to discuss her blog post on the Scientific American website, Women in Science: Welcome But Not Welcome. The event will be held in GSLIS 341, and virtually via http://go.illinois.edu/gslis_meeting.
Main Reading:
Clancy, K. (2014, January 14). Women in science: Welcome, but not welcome [web log post]. Retrieved from http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/context-and-variation/2014/01/14/women-in-science-welcome-but-not-welcome/.
Bibiliography of Supporting Readings
Cech, E. A., & Blair-Loy, M. (2010). Perceiving Glass Ceilings? Meritocratic versus Structural Explanations of Gender Inequality among Women in Science and Technology. Social Problems, 57(3), 371-397. doi:10.1525/sp.2010.57.3.371
Graslie, E. [thebrainscoop]. (2013, November 27). Where my ladies at? [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRNt7ZLY0Kc.
Raymond, J. (2013). Sexist attitudes: Most of us are biased. Nature, 495(7439), 33-34. doi:10.1038/495033a
Past Activities:
The Fall 2013 schedule was as follows:
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 12:00-1:00 p.m. – GSLIS 109
Dr. Marisa Duarte, the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will join the Inclusions and Exclusions Reading to lead a discussion on Native systems of knowledge and what that means in terms of our common concepts of intellectual freedom (i.e., colonial dimensions of intellectual freedom).
Bibiliography of Supporting Readings
Dei, G. J. S. (2000). Rethinking the role of Indigenous knowledges in the academy.International Journal of Inclusive Education, 4(2), 111-132.
King, T. (2005). “You’ll Never Believe What Happened” is always a great place to start. InThe truth about stories: A native narrative. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Lee, D. (2011). Indigenous Knowledge Organization: A Study of Concepts, Terminology, Structure and (Mostly) Indigenous Voices. Partnership: The Canadian Journal Of Library And Information Practice And Research, 6(1). Retrieved from https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1427
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 4:00-5:00 p.m. – GSLIS 131
Our October meeting featured a discussion of the article “Stop Speaking For Us: Women of Color Bloggers, White Appropriation, and What Librarians Can Do About It”. Our discussion will be led by Kristyn Caragher, a Master’s student at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 4:00-5:00 p.m. – GSLIS 109
Our November meeting focused on library services in juvenile detention centers, featuring a recorded discussion by Jeanie Austin, a GSLIS PhD student and former project coordinator of Mix IT Up!. Jeanie provided an extensive resource guide related to this topic.
The Spring 2013 schedule was as follows:
Friday, January 18th, noon-1:00, LIS 341
Read and discuss:
http://everydayfeminism.com/2012/12/how-to-talk-to-someone-about-privilege/
Friday, March 8th, noon-1:00, LIS 242
Special Guests: Frances Jacobson Harris and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
The report provides an overview of digital literacy in the school, public, and academic libraries, looks at the ways support digital literacy for their users, and provides an overview of the current digital literacy policy context, including digital inclusion, education and lifelong learning, and workforce development. The Task Force is now working to develop a set of recommendations for the library community, policy makers, and potential funders to continue and expand libraries’ engagement and leadership with digital literacy. Lisa and Frances welcome discussion about the report as well as input on the recommendations.
In preparation, please read Digital Literacy, Libraries, and Public Policy (http://www.districtdispatch.org/2013/01/on-the-front-lines-of-digital-inclusion/). This white paper was recently released by our guests as a part of the ALA Digital Literacy Task Force.
Friday, April 5th, noon-1:00, LIS 242
Special Guest: Barbara Ford
We are excited to have Barbara Ford, Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs agree to come join us for a brown bag discussion and share her thoughts about inclusion as it relates to the work being done in the Mortenson Center.
Barbara has recommended that we take a look at the following articles in preparation for our discussion:
Friday, April 19th, noon-1:00, LIS 242
The topic for this brown bag will be a report out from faculty who attended “A Retention Event” sponsored by the Graduate Diversity Committee on March 8th. Please join us and bring your thoughts and questions!
Friday, May 3rd, noon-1:00pm, LIS 242
When: May 3rd, noon-1:00
Where: GSLIS 242
Topic: The Library as Community Organizer
Co-facilitators: Miriam Larson and TBA
For our last brownbag of the spring semester, we will read “Organizing Together: The Library as Community Organizer” by Melissa Canham-Clyne. We will think together about the challenges and possibilities of combining community organizing and librarianship.
Snacks provided! More information can be find at the Inclusions and Exclusions Moodle page: https://courses.lis.illinois.edu/course/view.php?id=1425.
The Fall 2012 schedule was as follows:
Meeting times for fall semester will be the second and fourth Thursdays, noon-one at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS), 501 E. Daniel St., Champaign, IL
Location: We will in room 341 on a regular basis, which is on the 3rd floor, east end, of the LIS Building, 501 E. Daniel St., in Champaign.
Note these activities coming up in November 2012.
Tuesday, November 13th
6-7pm, UIUC School of Social Work, Room 2015
Cultivating Community-Based Resources and Supports for LGBTQ/Sexual Minority Youth: Research-Based Responses
Shelley Craig, PhD, University of Toronto
FREE (with refreshments)
CEU’s available for social workers and counselors for $10 processing
Wednesday, November 14th
11:30am-1pm, UIUC School of Social Work, Room 2015
LGBT Research Panel: Sampling and Recruitment
Panelists: Joe Robinson, PhD; Dorothy Espelage, PhD; Shelley Craig, PhD
FREE (with catered lunch)
Web conferencing will be available
The readings and activities we are doing/have done are listed this academic year here, and then transfer them to the Resources page.
September 13, 2012: Eubanks, Virginia (2007) “Trapped in the Digital Divide: The Distributive Paradigm in Community Informatics.” The Journal of Community Informatics 3 (2). Available online at
http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/293/353
September 27, 2012: Report and responses, assembled by Charlotte Roh. A Pew Report on Asian Americans caused a lot of controversy. See below for the original report as well as a few articles about it.
The report: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/asianamericans/
The article where Charlotte first saw it discussed: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/25/opinion/la-oe-0625-rodriguez-pew-asians—20120625
A scholar from the study who responded: http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2012/06/when-words-fail-careful-framing-needed-research-asian-americans
Summary of issues from Colorline: http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/06/pew_asian_american_study.html
On October 11, 2012, we had a presentation by Susan Gershenfeld, Director of Illinois-Promise Student Services. She, Clarence Shelley, and an Illinois-Promise student, Bianca Flowers, discussed mentoring of underrepresented students at Illinois.
On October 25, 2012, we read Rosalie Rolón‐Dow (2011) “Race(ing) Stories: Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Critical Race Scholarship.” Race Ethnicity and Education, 14:2, 159-173.
The discussion also included mention of the following items:
Two young adult books
- Osborne, Barrett Linda. Miles To Go For Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in The Jim Crow Years Mar 2012
- Rappaport, Doreen. Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust.
- <http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/dmal/-/5>
Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media
and this article:
- Gubrium, Aline. Digital Storytelling: An Emergent Method for Health Promotion Research and Practice. Health Promotion & Practice 2009; 10; 186. Let Sharon know if you would like an e-version sent to you.
On November 8, 2012, we hosted a panel presentation that also included watching this video on racial Internet literacy. Originally presented at the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) in September 2012, the panel was titled White Screen/White Noise: Racism on the Internet and included:
- Heather McCann, Urban Studies & Planning and GIS Librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Myrna E. Morales, Technology Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region
- Rebecca Martin, Library Coordinator, Yvonne Pappenheim Library on Anti-Racism at Community Change, Inc.
- Stacie Williams, Lexington Public Library and Transylvania University
The panelists explored the Internet as a critical tool for disseminating information but also a socially constructed space where issues of race and racism are manifested through social networking sites, mainstream media, comment sections, and community organizing and networking forums. They also seek to answer the question, “What can librarians and other information workers do to acknowledge and counteract this problem?”