Hey everyone!
The IDEA committee is chugging along with our focus on disability and advocacy this semester. The book club has one more meeting to discuss Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau, and we're beginning to think about what we want to read for a summer book club so let me know if you have any theme or title suggestions.
In preparation for the Title II compliance deadline we're coordinating a Q&A session with our own Carli Spina and Rebecca Oling, authors of The Digital Accessibility Handbook for Libraries. We're considering either April 6th or April 13th for the online event. Do you think it would be better to meet sooner to allow more time to apply what attendees learn, or to meet later to give people more time to spread the word about the event and develop questions? Once we determine the date I'll send out announcements so spread the word.
Finally, Rai Yiannakos, Maria Plananski, and I will be presenting on behalf of the IDEA committee at the annual conference. Our session is titled "Information as power: Librarians
at the Intersection of Politics and Community" and we'll be discussing two major information-forward advocacy efforts that we've done in very different ways. We look forward to seeing you all there!
As always, reach out to me at mcameron@mvcc.edu with any ideas, concerns, and questions related to DEI. Thank you! -Milo
