Let's Talk: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion and Equity at Your Workplace

On-demand

Primary Presenter/Session Organizer(s)

Hannah Schilperoort, MLIS, MA

Head, Wilson Dental Library
USC Libraries
Los Angeles, CA, US

Slides Handouts

Presenter(s)

April Wright, MLS

Environmental Health Program Specialist
NNLM/University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD, US
Brandi Tuttle, AHIP

Research & Education Librarian
Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Brenda M. Linares, AHIP

Health Sciences Librarian
A.R. Dykes Library, University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
Emily Vardell, AHIP

Assistant Professor
Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management
Olathe, Kansas
Jacqueline Leskovec

Network Librarian
NNLM GMR
Chicago, Illinois
Jane Morgan-Daniel, AHIP

Community Engagement and Health Literacy Liaison Librarian
Health Science Center Libraries, University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Mary Catherine Lockmiller, AHIP

Health Science Librarian
Cline Library / Phoenix Biomedical Campus
Tempe, Arizona
Meredith I. Solomon, MLA, AHIP

Senior Outreach Officer
Countway Library of Medicine/Outreach Office
Quincy, MA, US
David G. Keddle, BA

Medical Library Services Director
Health Sciences Library
Woodland Hills, CA, US

Session Format: This flipped immersion session will include a pre-recorded video and handout for participants to view before the live session. The live session will be interactive and include a panelist Q & A and facilitated breakouts. Participants are invited to come with questions, ideas, and challenges that relate to work you are doing or want to do at your library or institution.

Please watch this video before the live session: https://youtu.be/dqS0vL9aqFI

To view the recording of the live session, select the Video button and enter Passcode: auZqr*1B

Objective: Are you looking for practical and concrete ways to support LGBTQIA+ participants at your library or institution? Join your colleagues to discuss real-life examples of inclusive LGBTQIA+ policies, programs, services, collections, and spaces. Learn from your colleagues and share your own experiences and expertise, with the main objective of developing potential initiatives to deploy at your own institution.

Methods: The session is based on a flipped instructional model, in which participants review the provided video and handout before the session, so that the live session can focus on hands-on engagement and project planning.

Participant Engagement: The session is designed for individuals with some knowledge of LGBTQIA+ inclusive language and practices who are interested in planning practical strategies for implementing LGBTQIA+ initiatives at their own libraries. Before the session, participants are encouraged to review the provided video and handout. During the breakouts, facilitators will guide participants through a vision and goal setting worksheet to start the planning process.

Sponsor(s): LGBTQIA+ Caucus, African American Medical Library Alliance Caucus, Latinx Caucus, Leadership and Management Caucus, Social Justice Caucus

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the session, participants will be able to describe examples of inclusive LGBTQIA+ policies, resources, programming, services, collections, and spaces in health sciences libraries.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to discuss ideas for developing and implementing inclusive LGBTQIA+ policies, resources, programming, services, collections, and spaces.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify possible roadblocks or issues as well as approaches for resolving the issues.