When Antiracist Reading Lists Aren't Enough
Channel: LLAMA: New Professional: LIS Outreach
Date: 2020-08-12

Has your library created a reading list in support of racial justice? Great! Do you want to do more? Even better.  Nicole Cooke will show us concrete steps to engage in critical self-reflection, to develop critical consciousness, and to focus on action and advocacy. She will share her thoughts and strategies on how to progress along this path towards substantive and sustainable personal change that will in turn change society.

You’ll also have the opportunity to ask Dr. Nicole Cooke questions on August 20, 2020, 11:00 a.m. EST. on Facebook Live at University of South Carolina iSchool https://www.facebook.com/uofscischool 

Submit your questions in advance at https://bit.ly/31e9nSz 

Speaker Bio: Nicole Cooke is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. Her research and teaching interests include human information behavior, critical cultural information studies, and diversity, and social justice in librarianship. She was the 2019 ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award recipient, and she has authored several books, including Information Services to Diverse Populations and Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-truth Era.