Libraries and Climate :: Las bibliotecas y el clima
This semester our minitalks are focussed on libraries and climate, apart from the first two talks that orient graduate students at the School of Information Sciences to the library and key research tools. Joining us in organizing this semester is iSchool masters student Patrick Depret-Guillaume. The format is the same: 15 min presentation + 15 minutes conversation = 30 minutes of learning.
Este semestre, nuestras minicharlas se centran en las bibliotecas y el clima, salvo las dos primeras, que sirven para orientar a los estudiantes de posgrado de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información sobre la biblioteca y las principales herramientas de investigación. Este semestre contamos con la colaboración de Patrick Depret-Guillaume, estudiante de maestría de la iSchool, en la organización de estas charlas. El formato es el mismo: 15 minutos de presentación + 15 minutos de debate = 30 minutos de aprendizaje.
Friday, August 27, 2021
Chris Bailey, UIUC Libraries, on Bibliographic Tools, Particularly Zotero
Recording
Friday, September 3, 2021
Chris Bailey, UIUC Libraries, on Using the UIUC Library & and Other Key Resources for Emerging Librarians
Recording
Friday, September 10, 2021
Mandy Henk, Tohatoha Aotearoa Commons, New Zealand, on Ecology—Economy—Equity
Recording | Book | Book review
Friday, September 17, 2021
Dr. Feili Tu-Keefner, University of South Carolina, April Hobbs, Charleston County Public Library and Denise R. Lyons and J. Caroline Smith, South Carolina State Library, on Supporting Library Staff in Emergencies and Natural Disasters
Recording | Poster
Friday, September 24, 2021
Dianne Connery, Pottsboro (TX) Public Library, on Navigating the Big Freeze of 2021
Recording | Slides
Friday, October 1, 2021
Donna Braquet, University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries, on Local Public Library Responses to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina
Recording | Slides | Article on Libraries and Katrina | Article on Libraries and Hurricane Gustav
Friday, October 8, 2021
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, executive director of the Mid-Hudson Library System (NY) and founding board member of the ALA’s Sustainability Round Table, on Sustainable Thinking for the Future of Libraries
Recording | Slides
Friday, October 22, 2021
Gabrielle Griffis, Brewster Ladies’ Library (MA) on the Blue Marble Librarians
Recording | Slides | Blue Marble Librarians’ LibGuide
And Cape Cod library storm response just days after Gabrielle’s talk.
Friday, October 29, 2021
Eira Tansey, Archives and Rare Books Library, University of Cincinnati Libraries, on U.S. Archives and Climate Change
Recording | Slides | Interactive map of archives and climate from her talk
Friday, November 5, 2021
Martha Lerski, Leonard Leif Library CUNY Lehman College, on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Preparedness
Lindsay Fuchs, Plumas County (CA) Libraries, on Communities, Libraries, and Fire
Recording | Martha’s slides | Lindsay’s slides | Bronx Environmental Summit | Martha’s MA thesis on the topic | Plumas County Libraries
Monday, November 8
Co-hosted with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Climate Action in Libraries and Archives: Latin American Initiatives
A panel discussion with
Lucia Abello Abello, librarian and regional library coordinator for Los Ríos, Chile, part of the national Ministry of Culture, Arts and Patrimony, speaking on Public Libraries and Climate Change: Best Practices across Chile.
Daniela Rodríguez Valerio, professor in the University of Costa Rica School of Library and Information Science, speaking on Climate Change and Education from the Academy.
Presentations in Spanish will be interpreted into English.
Recording (sorry, only the spanish channel was recorded; word to the wise: to record the interpreter, you must record while listening to that channel and record to your local computer, not the cloud) | Lucia’s slides | Daniela’s slides
Friday, November 12, 2021
KANG Qi, Baotou Normal College, Inner Mongolia, China, on Is E-reading Environmentally More Sustainable than Conventional Reading?
Recording | Slides