Presentations
- Mehra, B., Du, J.T., & Chu, C.M. (2024). Information Action Briefs: Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Through Information Research, Practice, and Policy. iConference 2024: Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win (online).
- Chu, C.M., Mehra, B. & Nzomo, P. (2023). “Libraries for Sustainable Development: The Web Portal and Information Action Briefs” (Poster 20), American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 22-27, 2023; Chicago.
- Kendra S. Albright, Clara M. Chu, Jia Tina Du, and Bharat Mehra. Mobilizing Libraries for Sustainable Development: A Website and Information Action Briefs [Webinar], 9 April 2023. https://sdglibact.web.illinois.edu/?cat=11
Publications
- Mehra, B., Du, J.T., & Chu, C.M. (2024). Information Action Briefs: Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Through Information Research, Practice, and Policy. In: Sserwanga, I., et al. Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win. iConference 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14596. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57850-2_1
- Kendra S. Albright, Kimberly Black, Clara M. Chu, Jia Tina Du, Bill Edgar, Baheya S. Jaber, Bharat Mehra, and Christina Turner. (2023, October 30). “Making a Difference: Translating Information Research into Practice, Policy, andAction,” Proceedings of the 2023 ASIS&T Annual Conference, 60. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.850
- Albright, Kendra S., Clara M. Chu, Jia Tina Du, Bharat Mehra. 2021 “Inspiring Information Communities to Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Information Action Briefs for Social Transformation,” in Social Justice Design and Implementation in Library and Information Science, ed. Bharat Mehra. London: Routledge, pp. 270-82.
Workshops
- “Information Action Briefs (IABs) Workshop: Acting to Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals,” Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, 1 April 2023. Online Workshop.
- President-Elect’s International Incubator Session “Transformational Actions Using Information to Advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals,” 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, 19th October 2019; Melbourne, Australia – Co-organizer, 2019.
Information Action Briefs
An Information Action Brief (IAB) is a research-based, multipurpose publication that incorporates aspects of a policy statement, strategic action instrument, and social awareness campaign, all rolled into one tool for education and decision making. IABs are used to quickly inform, persuade and recommend action on key issues relevant to the library and information community and stakeholders. The IAB is a social justice tool to motivate the library and information professional and academic community to stretch itself and apply findings of their scholarship to take actions for direct community well-being and sustainability.