April 13, 2020 Meeting of Mortenson Center Advisory Committee Charge and Membership

Mortenson Center Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENDA
Monday, April 13, 2019; 9:00-10:00 am
Virtual meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/3291880876
http://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/ 

Welcome and Introductions

1. Approval of December 3, 2019 minutes

• New personnel (Katie Ebeling, Shannon O’Rourke Kasali); other (Assistant Director, Faculty Affiliates)

1. Reports and Updates
   1. Post-Grant Project Welcome https://publish.illinois.edu/projectwelcome/
      • Clara Chu serves on ALA’s Serving Refugees, Immigrants, and Displaced Persons (SRIDP) Committee: World Refugee Day (June 20); Welcoming Week 2020 https://www.welcomingamerica.org/programs/welcoming-week
      • “Counted In” Project Advisory Board Member – promoting Census 2020 participation: Forum https://cidlis.umd.edu/preconference/ |Toolkit https://countedinlibraries.org/
   2. Professional Development Programs: 2020 Associates Program (Smart and Smarter: Leadership and Innovation in Libraries, May 27-June 23, 2020; China, Botswana, Italy (2), Jamaica?, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia (2), Pakistan, Qatar (2), Nigeria (3), Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea (2), Spain) postponed to May 26-June 22, 2021; SILL https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson-leadership/; Minitalks (planning for ones on CLIA Iberbibliotecas projects in Spanish)
   3. IMLS grants (1. Community-Library Inter-Action (CLIA): Libraries Impacting Social Transformation – not invited for full proposal, 2. IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (with UT-Knoxville and UT-Austin – invited for full proposal)
   4. S.-Russia Dialogue on the Civic Role of Libraries in the 21st Century – to participate in September, 2020; Novosibirsk Regional Library (southern Siberia).
   5. Collaboration: University of Pretoria, Naseej Academy, JASPUL and others, Partners in Literacy Haiti (Sara Mansbach) http://www.haitiliteracy.org/, https://knovvmads.com/
   6. Recent and upcoming trips – 2020: Philadelphia (ALA); cancelled: Italy, Spain, Mexico. Forthcoming: IFLA in Dublin, Russia, Ottawa, ASIS&T in Pittsburgh, EDICIC in Costa Rica
2. Mortenson Center Initiatives
   1. Libraries for Peace (L4P) http://librariesforpeace.org/ – 9/21 L4P Day (2020 Theme: tba by UN)
   2. Community-Library Inter-Action (CLIA) http://librariesforpeace.org/clia [Canada, US, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Spain, South Africa, Uganda, India, Qatar]; 28 projects completed with an Iberbibliotecas Grant – partnership with Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek (U. Lincoln, UK), and partner institutions in Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru on Iberbibliotecas grant. Waiting for new call http://www.iberbibliotecas.org/convocatorias/. 

1. 30^th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture: Mike Thomson, BBC International New Correspondent and author of “Syria’s Secret Library,” week of September 22^nd https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/lectures/ – identifying co-sponsors, considering other activities and local tour. 

• Thank yous. Courtney Horry and committee members completing term of service. Committee Volunteer form (due: May 15^th) https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/
• Susanne Belovari (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
• Shuyong Jiang (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
• Ellen Moodie (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
• Yoo-Seong Song (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
• Mara Thacker (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020) 

• Other: ASIS&T President (“Information for a Sustainable World: Addressing Society’s Grand Challenges”, Oct. 23-38, 2020 https://www.asist.org/am20/), IFLA Building Strong LIS Education (BSLISE) Working Group https://bslise.org/

Documents:

1. December 3, 2019 Meeting Minutes https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/mortenson-center-advisory-committee-charge-and-membership/

 Mortenson Center Advisory Committee Charge and Membership
https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/mortenson-center-advisory-committee-charge-and-membership/

Charge
The Advisory Committee advises the Director on center policy and procedures.

Composition
The Committee of nine Faculty members, at least half of whom are drawn from the Library faculty, are appointed to the Mortenson Advisory Committee by the University Librarian, in consultation with the Executive Committee, and on the recommendation of the Director of the Mortenson Center. The appointed members serve two-year staggered terms and may be reappointed to successive terms, not to exceed four years.

Membership
* = Second Consecutive Term
Clara M. Chu, Chair
Susanne Belovari (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
Dara Goldman (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)
Shuyong Jiang (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
Qiang Jin (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)*
Emily Joyce Knox (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)
Ellen Moodie (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
Matthew Roberts (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)
William Schlaack (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)*
Yoo-Seong Song (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
Mara Thacker (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)

Clara M. Chu
Courtney Horry
Shannon O’Rourke Kasali
Susanne Belovari
Dara Goldman
Shuyong Jiang
Qiang Jin
Emily Knox
Ellen Moodie
Matthew Roberts
William Schlaack
Yoo-Seong Song
Mara Thacker

Mortenson Center Advisory Committee Meeting
MINUTES
Monday, April 13, 2020; 9:00-10:00 am
Virtual meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/3291880876
http://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/

Present: Clara M. Chu, Courtney Horry, Shannon O’Rourke Kasali, Susanne Belovari, Dara Goldman, Shuyong Jiang, Qiang Jin, Emily Knox, Ellen Moodie, Matthew Roberts, William Schlaack, Yoo-Seong Song, Mara Thacker

1. Welcome and Introductions
   • A few minutes after the hour, Clara Chu welcomed everyone to the first online meeting of the Mortenson Center Advisory Committee, hoping that everyone was well during the COVID-19 stay at-home order, and thanked everyone for joining the meeting online.
2. Approval of December 3, 2019 minutes

• Minutes of the meeting are not ready for review. Agreement that a draft version will be sent to the Committee for review and approval online.
• New personnel
  • Welcome and introductions of Katie Ebeling, new Office Support Specialist; Shannon O’Rourke Kasali, Graduate Hourly Assistant; filling of the “Assistant Director” position is pending and the creation of a Faculty Affiliates program is still being explored.

1. Reports and Updates
   • Post-Grant Project Welcome https://publish.illinois.edu/projectwelcome/
     • Clara Chu serves on ALA’s Serving Refugees, Immigrants, and Displaced Persons (SRIDP) Committee: World Refugee Day (June 20); Welcoming Week 2020 https://www.welcomingamerica.org/programs/welcoming-week
   • The ALA Conference this year (June) has been canceled so the Committee won’t be able to present on the Welcoming Week Resource Guide it is developing but members are looking into webinar options to present this work, and ideas for this year’s World Refugee Day are still to be discussed.
     • “Counted In” Project Advisory Board Member – Clara contributed to the work of the project which aims to promote Census 2020 participation: Forum https://cidlis.umd.edu/preconference/ |Toolkit https://countedinlibraries.org/
   • Professional Development Programs: (a) The 2020 Associates Program (Smart and Smarter: Leadership and Innovation in Libraries, May 27-June 23, 2020; Botswana, China, Iraq, Italy (2), Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Malawi, Pakistan (2), Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Korea (2), Spain, is postponed to May 26-June 22, 2021; (b) SILL https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson-leadership/ continues to be offered by the Center and others, and its Facebook group continues to grow; and (c) Minitalks – The series will be re-started again with Spanish language presentations on CLIA Iberbibliotecas projects.
   • IMLS grants (1. Community-Library Inter-Action (CLIA): Libraries Impacting Social Transformation – not invited for full proposal, 2. IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (with UT-Knoxville and UT-Austin – invited for full proposal)
   • S.-Russia Dialogue on the Civic Role of Libraries in the 21st Century – Clara has been invited to participate in September, 2020 at the Novosibirsk Regional Library (southern Siberia). This will follow from the initial participation by the Center in September 2019.
   • Collaboration: Clara will be guest teaching this Spring with the University of Pretoria MIT Program. Naseej Academy, JASPUL and other will continue to fund Associates attending the Associates Program. Shannon is working on redesigned the Partners in Literacy Haiti (Sara Mansbach) website and conducting a survey of community libraries. http://www.haitiliteracy.org/ Clara has contributed to development of the new cultural magazine, https://knovvmads.com/, which has interviewed Clara and provide the Center a full page ad.
   • Recent and upcoming trips – 2020: Philadelphia (ALA); cancelled: Italy, Spain, Mexico. Forthcoming: IFLA in Dublin, Russia, Ottawa, ASIS&T in Pittsburgh, EDICIC in Costa Rica

IFLA in Dublin, Ireland, has been canceled this year; other trips at this time not confirmed

1. Mortenson Center Initiatives
   • Libraries for Peace (L4P) http://librariesforpeace.org/ – 9/21 L4P Day (2020 Theme: tba by UN)

-Theme hopefully announced around June; input requested on other activities and hopeful collaboration with L4P and the Mortenson Center Distinguished Lecture – other units on campus and the public libraries in the area were suggested.

• Community-Library Inter-Action (CLIA) http://librariesforpeace.org/clia [Canada, US, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Spain, South Africa, Uganda, India, Qatar]; 28 projects completed with an Iberbibliotecas Grant – partnership with Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek (U. Lincoln, UK), and partner institutions in Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru on Iberbibliotecas grant. Waiting for new grants call http://www.iberbibliotecas.org/convocatorias/.

1. 30^th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture: Mike Thomson, BBC International New Correspondent and author of “Syria’s Secret Library,” week of September 22^nd https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/lectures/ – identifying co-sponsors, considering other activities and local tour.

-Clara asked committee members for ideas to reach out for additional co-sponsors as the following have already been contacted: iSchool, Center for Global Studies and Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

-Committee members suggested: College of Media/Communications (Leon Dash, Pulitzer Prize winner), European Union Center, Center for Advanced Studies, Illinois State University Library, ALA, University of Illinois Chicago, Independent Media Center in Urbana.

-Also suggested in group meeting to have a lecture and conversation with Mike Thompson instead of just a lecture

• Thank yous: Courtney Horry and committee members completing terms of service. Committee Volunteer form (due: May 15^th) https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/
• Susanne Belovari (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
• Shuyong Jiang (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
• Ellen Moodie (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
• Yoo-Seong Song (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
• Mara Thacker (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)

• Other: ASIS&T President (“Information for a Sustainable World: Addressing Society’s Grand Challenges”, Oct. 23-38, 2020 https://www.asist.org/am20/), IFLA Building Strong LIS Education (BSLISE) Working Group https://bslise.org/

1. Questions/Announcements/Updates:

• Committee member Dara Goldman said that she is talking with Kate Williams about the options/possibilities for students to develop their Spanish abilities. Clara said that this has been discussed in the past and it has been left to the students to take Spanish classes to broaden their knowledge.
• Dara asked about ____ (?) and said that the event is not happening this year due to the COVID-19 health issues nationwide. Clara said that Shannon is developing a handbook on how communities can develop their local libraries and have basic training provided when there is no formal library training involved for those involved.
• Ellen Moodie asked if L4P has talked about libraries and the control forced upon them across the world, how they are dealing with the coronavirus? Asked if there has been any communication circulated about libraries and the coronavirus epidemic that anyone was/is aware of. Clara said to check out the websites by IFLA and ALA as they have written/posted about this, and information shared about which libraries are open. Clara also said that ASIS&T has an article about the global health crisis as an information crisis is available to read online.
• Clara ended the questions segment by asking for all to think about ideas regarding Mike Thompson’s future visit and forward those ideas on to her/the group for discussion

Document:

1. Knovvmad Article Scan Winter 2020.pdf provided via email to committee members

Mortenson Center Advisory Committee Charge and Membership
https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/mortenson-center-advisory-committee-charge-and-membership/

Charge
The Advisory Committee advises the Director on center policy and procedures.

Composition
The Committee of nine Faculty members, at least half of whom are drawn from the Library faculty, are appointed to the Mortenson Advisory Committee by the University Librarian, in consultation with the Executive Committee, and on the recommendation of the Director of the Mortenson Center. The appointed members serve two-year staggered terms and may be reappointed to successive terms, not to exceed four years.

Membership
* = Second Consecutive Term
Clara M. Chu, Chair
Susanne Belovari (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
Dara Goldman (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)
Shuyong Jiang (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
Qiang Jin (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)*
Emily Joyce Knox (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)
Ellen Moodie (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
Matthew Roberts (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)
William Schlaack (Aug 2019 – Aug 2021)*
Yoo-Seong Song (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)*
Mara Thacker (Aug 2018 – Aug 2020)