Spectrum at JCLC 2018!

The 3rd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in 2018, “Gathering all Peoples: Embracing Culture & Community” will take place September 26-30, 2018 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico and each day features a number of presentations by Spectrum Scholars. We encourage you to review the amazing full program, if you are looking to connect with the Spectrum Community consider checking out these sessions we're presenting:

• Wednesday 9/26 8AM-5PM Developing an Inclusive Workplace for Librarians of Color by Librarians of Color (Pre-Conference, additional registration required)
• Wednesday 9/26 8AM-12PM Transforming Communities through Health Outreach and Programming (Pre-Conference, additional registration required)
• Thursday 9/27 11M-12:15PM Academic Librarians: ¡VAMOS!
• Thursday 9/27 11M-12:15PM Our Librarianship/Archival Practice is Not for White People: Affirming Communities of Color in Our Work
• Thursday 9/27 11M-12:15PM The History and Currency of Tribal Libraries: Sovereignty, Information, and Empowerment
• Thursday 9/27 12:30-2:30PM Visit your ODLOS Staff at the Exhibits
• Thursday 9/27 1-2:15PM Filling the Gap: Supporting Minority Entrepreneurs in the Public Library (poster)
• Thursday 9/27 1-2:15PM Oakland Public Library's Race & Equity Team: Building Capacity and Community (poster)
• Thursday 9/27 1-2:15PM Pre-Literary Skills and Robots (poster)
• Thursday 9/27 1-2:15PM Promoting Ethnic Historical Primary Research Using Electronic Resources (poster)
• Thursday 9/27 1-2:15PM Reel Voices Speak: Facilitating Community Dialogue on Social Issues through Collaborative Film Screenings (poster)
• Thursday 9/27 1-2:15PM Sense of Belonging for International Students: A Case Study at Penn State University Libraries (poster)
• Thursday 9/27 1-2:15PM University of Maryland Diversity Immersion Institute: Cultivating Future Library Leaders Through Community Engagement (poster)
• Thursday 9/27 3-4:15PM Cultural Humility for Library Workers
• Thursday 9/27 3-4:15PM Expanding Horizons: Recruiting and training immigrant parents and children to serve as informal digital and information tutors within their families and communities
• Thursday 9/27 4:15-5PM Visit your ODLOS Staff at the Exhibits
• Thursday 9/27 5:00-7:30PM Spectrum Social at Sidetrack Brewing (pay your own way, no JCLC registration required, everyone welcome; updated location as of 9/25)
• Friday 9/28 8:45-10AM Multicultural Children's Literature for the Future: How CSMCL Works Towards Innovation
• Friday 9/28 10:35AM-12PM My Library, My Story
• Friday 9/28 10:45AM-12PM Mentoring the Next Generation of Librarians of Color
• Friday 9/28 10:45AM-12PM Reducing Implicit Bias in Reference Interviews and Literature Searching
• Friday 9/28 10:45AM-12PM Remaking teen internships to build toward a diverse workforce through PLA's Inclusive Internship Initiative
• Friday 9/28 1:45-3PM Academic​ ​Makerspaces​ ​as​ ​Tools for Outreach
• Friday 9/28 1:45-3PM Bullet Journaling 101: Creating a Customized System That Enhances Workplace Productivity and Supports Work-Life Balance
• Friday 9/28 1:45-3PM Librarians With Spines Panel
• Friday 9/28 1:45-3PM Relationality and Indigenous Systems of Knowledge: At the Heart of Indigenous Librarianship
• Friday 9/28 1:45-3PM Under the Hood: Exploring Academic Library Resident Programs in Practice
• Friday 9/28 3-4:15PM Visit your ODLOS Staff at the Exhibits
• Friday 9/28 4:30-5:45PM Walking the Tightrope: Champions Building Strategies for Retaining Librarians of Color
• Friday 7:30-11PM Join us at the JCLC 2018 Scholarships and Awards Gala (additional registration required)
• Saturday 9/29 8:30-9:45AM Conceptualizing Diversity and Inclusion in Information Sciences as Doctoral Students of Color
• Saturday 9/29 8:30-9:45AM Judging or Joining? Conscious Actions for Inclusion
• Saturday 9/29 8:30-9:45AM Digital Surveillance and Instruction: Incorporating privacy and data ethics into instruction and outreach sessions
• Saturday 9/29 10-10:30AM Visit your ODLOS Staff at the Exhibits
• Saturday 9/29 10:45AM-12PM Addressing Gaps between Information Literacy and Emergent Information Needs in Latinx Communitie
• Saturday 9/29 10:45AM-12PM Collective Support: Feminist Performance in Dialogue Amongst Women of Color Librarians
• Saturday 9/29 10:45AM-12PM We Here: Community Building as Self Care
• Saturday 9/29 12:15-1:30PM Caught in the Middle: Examining the Role of Libraries and Librarians in Supporting Language and Cultural Brokers (poster)
• Saturday 9/29 12:15-1:30PM From Value to Action: Research on California Hispanic-Serving Institutions and their Academic Libraries (poster)
• Saturday 9/29 12:15-1:30PM Searching for Tupuna (poster)
• Saturday 9/29 12:15-1:30PM Spanish Computer Classes for Senior Citizens/ Clases de computación para personas mayores (poster)
• Saturday 9/29 12:15-1:30PM #staywoke: Using living archives to build bridges to the future by reflecting on our past (poster)
• Saturday 9/29 3:45-5PM Construction Up Ahead: Removing Roadblocks for Hiring & Retention in the Academy
• Saturday 9/29 3:45-5PM Indigenous Knowledge: Relationships, Responsibility, Access and Mobilization
• Saturday 9/29 3:45-5PM It Takes a Village: Spectrum Advisory Committee Creating and Fostering Community for Spectrum Alumn
• Saturday 9/29 3:45-5PM Proceed with care: Steps towards building trust with marginalized communities
• Saturday 9/29 3:45-5PM Social Justice Forums @ Your Library: Start the Conversation!
• Sunday 9/30 11:15AM-1PM Closing Brunch, Recognition of Rising Leaders & Legacy Recipients (additional registration required)

Learn more at http://www.jclcinc.org/conference/2018/!