Nicole Cooke's Anti-racism Webinar: August 10, 2020
"Has your library created a reading list in support of racial justice? Great! Do you want to do more? Even better. Nicole Cooke will show us concrete steps to engage in critical self-reflection, to develop critical consciousness, and to focus on action and advocacy. She will share her thoughts and strategies on how to progress along this path towards substantive and sustainable personal change that will in turn change society. Registration is not required. However, if you subscribe to the LLAMA New Professionals Outreach YouTube channel bit.ly/2ZUiat9 before Friday, August 10, 2020, when the webinar is uploaded you will be notified.
Participants will have an opportunity to ask Nicole Cooke questions on August 20, 2020, 11:00 a.m. EST. on Facebook Live at University of South Carolina iSchool www.facebook.com/uofscischool and submit questions in advance at bit.ly/31e9nSz.
Speaker Bio: Nicole Cooke is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina. Her research and teaching interests include human information behavior, critical cultural information studies, and diversity, and social justice in librarianship. She was the 2019 ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award recipient, and she has authored several books, including Information Services to Diverse Populations and Fake News and Alternative Facts: Information Literacy in a Post-truth Era.
If you missed previous LLAMA LIS New Professionals Outreach webinars go to bit.ly/2ZUiat9."