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Propose a session for the 2019 Minitex Technical Services Symposium! The 2019 Minitex Technical Services Symposium: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Technical Services will be held at the Brookdale Library in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on Thursday, November 14, 2019. Share your experiences and best practices supporting and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in Technical Services! Have you found ordinary or extraordinary ways of reflecting and championing your diverse community and colleagues in your work?  Do you understand the importance of equity and inclusion but are unsure how to be an advocate and ally through your Technical Services work? 

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Propose a session for the 2019 Minitex Technical Services Symposium!

The 2019 Minitex Technical Services Symposium: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Technical Services will be held at the Brookdale Library in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on Thursday, November 14, 2019.

Share your experiences and best practices supporting and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in Technical Services! Have you found ordinary or extraordinary ways of reflecting and championing your diverse community and colleagues in your work?  Do you understand the importance of equity and inclusion but are unsure how to be an advocate and ally through your Technical Services work? 

Areas may include (but are not limited to):

  • collection development
  • resource description and access
  • metadata
  • linked data
  • taxonomies
  • hiring
  • professional development

We want to hear from you and learn together!

 

Call for Proposals:

Theme: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Technical Services

Deadline: August 30, 2019

Session Length: 50 minutes

Format: May include single or multiple speakers, panel discussions, hands-on activities, or other formats.  

 

Submit your proposal here.

 

Proposals will be reviewed by the Minitex Technical Services Symposium Committee. Please feel free to contact us at tss-plan-comm@umn.edu with any questions. 

 

Lizzy Baus, Kalan Knudson Davis, Sarah Ethier, Keri Ostby

2019 Minitex Technical Services Symposium Committee

Written by

Lizzy Baus
Metadata Librarian, Macalester College
Digital Initiatives & Metadata.

Education and support for staff who build, manage, and preserve digital and physical collections