April 2020
Annual Business Meeting - April 30 at 3:00 pm
The African American Medical Librarians Alliance invites all members to join us for our Annual Business Meeting. Plan to attend to learn more about the latest happenings with the Caucus, meet the leadership, and network with colleagues.
Decolonizing LIS Services - April 30 at 4:00 pm
In order to provide appropriate and effective programs and services, it is imperative that library staff recognize their role in creating and sustaining a welcoming learning environment that meets people's varied interests and needs. This talk will focus on increasing participants' level of understanding of the value of cultural competence and intellectual humility when delivering programs and services to increasingly diverse library users.
Dr. Nicole A. Cooke is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina.
Her research and teaching interests include human information behavior (particularly in the online context), critical cultural information studies, and diversity and social justice in librarianship (with an emphasis on infusing them into LIS education and pedagogy).
Dr. Cooke was named a Mover & Shaker by Library Journal in 2007, she was awarded the 2016 ALA Equality Award, and she was presented with the 2017 ALA Achievement in Library Diversity Research Award, presented by the Office for Diversity and Literacy Outreach Services. She has also been honored as the Illinois Library Association’s 2019 Intellectual Freedom Award winner in recognition of her work in combatting online hate and bullying in LIS, and she was selected as the Association for Library and Information Science Education's 2019 Excellence in Teaching award winner.
Cooke has published numerous articles and book chapters. Her latest books are “Information Services to Diverse Populations” (Libraries Unlimited, 2016) and “Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-truth Era" (ALA Editions. 2018).