California Academic & Research Libraries

Cultivating Change in California:
Decoding and Deconstructing Racial Barriers in Libraries

Presented via a Zoom Webinar, June 2-3, 2021, this Symposium featured CARL Interest Groups and Invited Speakers to discuss decoding and deconstructing racial barriers from group and individual perspectives.

June 2, 2021, Pacific Daylight Time

• 9:30am: DIAL Greeting and Tone-Setting
• 10:00am: SCORE: Implementing Anti-Racist Practices Across the Scholarly Communication Lifecycle
• 11:00am: Dr. Nicole Cooke
• 1:00pm: Nisha Mody: Trauma Informed Librarianship
• 2:00pm: CARLDIG-S

June 3, 2021, Pacific Daylight Time

• 9:30am: DIAL Greeting and Tone-Setting
• 10:00am: ALIGN: Doors Wide Open: Advancing Inclusive Access to Special Collections and Beyond
• 11:00am: Derrick Jefferson: When Worlds Collide
• 1:00pm: Shamika Simpson: Passion, Purpose and the Leader Within
• 2:00pm: DIAL

Participating CARL Interest Groups

Academic Librarians Interest Group North (ALIGN)
California Academic Reference Librarians Discussion Interest Group (CARLDIG) South
Diversity in Academic Libraries (DIAL)
Scholarly Communication and Open Resources for Education (SCORE)

Guest Speaker Biographies

Dr. Nicole Cooke
Nisha Mody
Derrick Jefferson
Shamika Simpson