BLC Forum 2021

Thank you for attending the first virtual BLC Forum! All recordings are available on the BLC's Vimeo channel. Some of the events (Caucus meetings and the social/networking presentations) were not recorded, but we have included presentation slides when available.

Welcome & Opening Keynote: Radical Inclusion & Disability Justice

Lydia X. Z. Brown | Anne Langley | Charlie Barlow

Confronting implicit bias in the catalog: perspectives from BLC member librarians

Matthew Person | Rhonda Kauffman | Bela Gupta | Stephanie Hudner | 
Rebecca McCallum

HR in Academic Libraries: Common Challenges and Collective Solutions

Khara Leon

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion COI Overview & Keynote: Legacy Persistence: the historical framework and institutional characteristics that shape academic library leadership and organizational culture

Del R. Hornbuckle | Tiffeni Fontno 

The Best Practices EDI Survey Overview is restricted to the Boston Library Consortium community. In order to view the recording, please ask the BLC staff for the password.

Resources

• Panel Presentation: Confronting Implicit Bias in the Catalog: Perspectives from BLC Member Librarians
• 36 Questions for Civic Love
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion COI Overview & Keynote: Legacy Persistence: the historical framework and institutional characteristics that shape academic library leadership and organizational culture by Del R. Hornbuckle
• HR in Academic Libraries: Common Challenges and Collective Solutions
• Radical Self-Care
• External Sched Site with Session Descriptions