November 9, 2021 Meeting of Mortenson Center Advisory Committee Charge and Membership

Time and Location of Meeting

November 9, 202111:00 am - 12:00 pm Online Meeting

Agenda Details

Agenda

Mortenson Center Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENDA
Tuesday, November 9, 2021; 11:00am-12:00pm
Virtual meeting
http://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/

 

  1. Welcome and Introductions
  2. Approval of April 6, 2021 minutes
  • Center Operations: move out of Undergraduate Library (Summer 2022)
  1. Reports and Updates
    1. 30th Anniversary Celebration: Nov. 8, 2021: Forum and 31st Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture; other activities; Associates maps – “Engineering Change” workshops, Feb. 1 & 15, 2022
    2. IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence <website> – update
    3. Project Welcome https://publish.illinois.edu/projectwelcome/
      • Panelist at 2021 American Library Association Virtual Conference on Celebrating Welcoming Week: A Guide for Libraries (2020).
      • co-sponsored with ALA a World Refugee Day (June 20) webinar on June 18, 2021: Library Services to Refugees during the COVID-19 Pandemic.*
      • Welcoming Week event: September 16, 2021: “Food Culture from Near and Far: Stories of Identity and Belonging” (Online panel discussion)*
    4. Professional Development Programs
  • 2022 Associates Program (Smart and Smarter: Leadership and Innovation in Libraries, May 25-June 21, 2022)
  • Strengthening Innovative Library Leaders (SILL) – workshop to iSchool student leaders, December 2 & 4, 2021 in-person, more planned for Spring 2022
  • Minitalk on “Acción climática en bibliotecas y archivos: iniciativas latinoamericanas”/ “Climate Action in Libraries and Archives: Latin American Initiatives” (in Spanish, with translation), November 8, 2021; 3:00-4:15 pm
  • Other events*, including October 19, 2021: Gigabit Libraries and Beyond: Improving Broadband Access Worldwide, co-sponsored with the ALA International Sustainable Library Development (ISLD) Interest Group
    1. Partnerships/Training:
      • Naseej Academy – scholarship program for Mortenson Center Associates; co-sponsored “From Practitioner to Author: Opportunities for Journal Publishing in “Library Trends” and Beyond” Webinar (April 7, 2021; 11:30-1:00)
      • JASPUL and others (sponsorship of own Mortenson Center Associate)
      • Partners in Literacy Haiti (Sara Mansbach) – supporting development and capacity building to promote literacy in community libraries; co-developed Haiti Libraries Alliance (HLA)
      • Community Libraries Information Portal – partnership with UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Library
    2. Recent and upcoming virtual presentations/workshops – Peru, US, Costa Rica, Mexico

 

  1. Mortenson Center Initiatives
    1. Libraries for Peace http://librariesforpeace.org/ – Libraries for Peace Day 2021, September 21: Libraries recovering better for an equitable, sustainable and peaceful world (A Webinar)*
    2. Community-Library Inter-Action (CLIA) http://librariesforpeace.org/clia – new website under development | CLIA Colombia Universidades – partnership with the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano Library
    3. Information Action Briefs – new publication
  2. Other: IFLA Building Strong LIS Education (BSLISE) Working Group https://bslise.org/: have developed map of LIS education programs worldwide, andIFLA Guidelines for Professional Library and Information Science (LIS) Education Programmes; S.-Russia Dialogue on the Civic Role of Libraries in the 21st Century, December 16-17, 2021.

Documents:
1.  April 6, 2021 Meeting Minutes

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
Courtney Becks (Aug 2021- Aug 2023)
Yali Feng (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)
Robert Geraci (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)
Dara Goldman (Aug 2021 – Aug 2023)*
Lisa Hinchliffe (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)
Emily Joyce Knox (Aug 2021 – Aug 2023)*
Ana Rodriguez (Aug 2021-2023)
Ken E. Salo (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)
Mara Thacker (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)*

Minutes Details

Minutes

Mortenson Center Advisory Committee Meeting
MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, November 9, 2021; 11:00am-12:00pm
Virtual meeting
http://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/

Meeting began at 11:03am.

  1. Welcome and Introductions
    1. Attended by: Clara M. Chu, Katie Ebeling, Ana Rodriguez, Bob Geraci, Dara Goldman, Emily Knox, Ken Salo, Mara Thacker and Yali Feng
    2. Not in Attendance: Lisa Hinchliffe and Courtney Becks
  2. Approval of April 6, 2021 minutes
    1. Approved by majority vote; Ken Salo first, Dara Goldman second
  • Center Operations: move out of Undergraduate Library (Summer 2022)
    1. Location to be determined; more information will be provided in the Spring 2022 Advisory Committee meeting
  1. Reports and Updates
    1. 30th Anniversary Celebration: Nov. 8, 2021: Forum and 31st Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture; other activities; Associates maps – “Engineering Change” workshops, Feb. 1 & 15, 2022
      • Mara Thacker asked why chat was disabled during a majority of the 31st Annual Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Agnes Kaposi; Clara explained that it was to prevent Zoom bombings.
    2. IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence <website> – update
    3. Project Welcome https://publish.illinois.edu/projectwelcome/
      • Panelist at 2021 American Library Association Virtual Conference on Celebrating Welcoming Week: A Guide for Libraries (2020).
      • Ken Salo brought up discussion regarding collaboration opportunities with the New American Welcome Center/University YMCA (NAWC). Ken stated he is interested in cultural politics and how we are all centered within institutions. Ken explained how, going forward, he is interested in discussing how we all respond to Calls to Action and ways to create dialogue with the Welcoming Center.
      • Clara provided insight in how the Mortenson Center has collaborated with the NAWC since 2020 surrounding Welcoming Week.
      • co-sponsored with ALA a World Refugee Day (June 20) webinar on June 18, 2021: Library Services to Refugees during the COVID-19 Pandemic.*
      • Welcoming Week event: September 16, 2021: “Food Culture from Near and Far: Stories of Identity and Belonging” (Online panel discussion)*
    4. Professional Development Programs
  • 2022 Associates Program (Smart and Smarter: Leadership and Innovation in Libraries, May 25-June 21, 2022)
  • Strengthening Innovative Library Leaders (SILL) – workshop to iSchool student leaders, December 2 & 4, 2021 in-person, more planned for Spring 2022
  • Minitalk on “Acción climática en bibliotecas y archivos: iniciativas latinoamericanas”/ “Climate Action in Libraries and Archives: Latin American Initiatives” (in Spanish, with translation), November 8, 2021; 3:00-4:15 pm
  • Other events*, including October 19, 2021: Gigabit Libraries and Beyond: Improving Broadband Access Worldwide, co-sponsored with the ALA International Sustainable Library Development (ISLD) Interest Group
    1. Partnerships/Training:
      • Naseej Academy – scholarship program for Mortenson Center Associates; co-sponsored “From Practitioner to Author: Opportunities for Journal Publishing in “Library Trends” and Beyond” Webinar (April 7, 2021; 11:30-1:00)
      • JASPUL and others (sponsorship of own Mortenson Center Associate)
      • Partners in Literacy Haiti (Sara Mansbach) – supporting development and capacity building to promote literacy in community libraries; co-developed Haiti Libraries Alliance (HLA)
      • Community Libraries Information Portal – partnership with UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Library
    2. Recent and upcoming virtual presentations/workshops – Peru, US, Costa Rica, Mexico

 

  1. Mortenson Center Initiatives
    1. Libraries for Peace http://librariesforpeace.org/ – Libraries for Peace Day 2021, September 21: Libraries recovering better for an equitable, sustainable and peaceful world (A Webinar)*
      • Yali Feng openly brought up the subject of peace and healing and how it might align with another project with EJP library https://educationjustice.net/program/community-library/. Yali explained how EJP is a prison library that the U of I involves, and stated that the EJP library is on the different dimension of peace and healing theme that Mortenson has been working on.
      • Clara asked Yali to follow up with her via email to further discuss this topic.
    2. Community-Library Inter-Action (CLIA) http://librariesforpeace.org/clia – new website under development | CLIA Colombia Universidades – partnership with the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano Library
    3. Information Action Briefs – new publication
      • Clara explained that the UN SDG IAB’s will be published soon through IDEALS. The first four to be released are #16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, #13: Climate Action, #12: Responsible Production & Consumption as well as #17: Partnerships for the Goals.
    4. Other: IFLA Building Strong LIS Education (BSLISE) Working Group https://bslise.org/: have developed map of LIS education programs worldwide, andIFLA Guidelines for Professional Library and Information Science (LIS) Education Programmes; S.-Russia Dialogue on the Civic Role of Libraries in the 21st Century, December 16-17, 2021.

Documents:
1.  April 6, 2021 Meeting Minutes

Group Discussion:

  1. Ken Salo:
    1. Announced that he would love to partner with someone going forward regarding future collaborations surrounding institutional cultural politics.
  2. Dara Goldman:
    1. Announced that she enjoys learning about the Mortenson Center’s events and plans and loves that we share the challenges we face in addition to our successes, and how we always move forward despite the challenges we face.
    2. Dara explained how in her department of The Program in Jewish Culture & Society is creating a new archive focused specifically on archiving Jewish related materials from localized Jewish communities, attempting to capture the community history and materials before they are lost or destroyed. She informed us that she has been focusing a lot on communities located Danville, Illinois of late.
    3. The goal is to make this a developing model that she can use to share strategies and best practices from going forward.
    4. She also shared this link in chat: https://www.library.illinois.edu/news/establishment-of-the-central-illinois-jewish-communities-archives-mervis-archives-at-the-university-of-illinois/
  3. Emily Knox:
    1. Announced that her department has been reviewing joint degrees that have a strong international focus such as a joint degree with a Masters in Social Work as well as a joint degree with the Law school. She is open to ideas which support fellows or international/global communities.
    2. Dara Goldman suggested Emily connect with the Spanish department; Emily said she will follow up.
  4. Clara Chu:
    1. Announced that the 2022 (32nd) Annual Distinguished Lecturer has been decided upon, and it will be Mike Thomson (BBC World Affairs Correspondent, Presenter and Author)
  5. Yali Feng:
    1. Yali followed up stating that she will reach out to Clara Chu regarding EJP, discussed earlier.

Meeting adjourned at 11:59am.

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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
Courtney Becks (Aug 2021- Aug 2023)
Yali Feng (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)
Robert Geraci (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)
Dara Goldman (Aug 2021 – Aug 2023)*
Lisa Hinchliffe (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)
Emily Joyce Knox (Aug 2021 – Aug 2023)*
Ana Rodriguez (Aug 2021-2023)
Ken E. Salo (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)
Mara Thacker (Aug 2020 – Aug 2022)*