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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
U-M School of Information is excited to host ALA president Emily Drabinski for
a talk this afternoon from 2-3:30pm. <a href="https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/events/data-archives-and-information-society-seminar-emily-drabinski">You can grab the livestream link here</a>. Hope
you’ll join us! Kristin</span></p>

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Title: What's Critical About Critical Librarianship?</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Emily
Drabinski<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Associate
Professor, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Queens (NY) College Graduate School of Library and
Information Studies, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and President, American Library Association</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abstract</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
Critical librarianship interrogates the past, present and future of normative
library systems, asking both how they came to be as they are and how they might
be made different. Whose ways of knowing are embedded in our cataloging and
classification schemes? What stories do our collections tell about what matters
in the world? This seminar will address these questions in the context of the
current spate of attacks on libraries and librarians across the country. How
can #CritLib help us win the world we want?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Speaker bio</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
Emily Drabinski is associate professor in the Queens (NY) College Graduate
School of Library and Information Studies. She serves as 2023-2024 president of
the American Library Association. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Support provided by the William W.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,"Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif;font-size:17.6px"><br></p><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kristin Fontichiaro<br>Clinical Professor</div><div>University of Michigan School of Information<br>4427 North Quad<br>105 S. State St.<br>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">734.647.3593</span><br><a href="http://fontichiaro.com/activelearning" target="_blank">Blog</a> | <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UUFHX1E5cXRtYUVQfGRlZmF1bHR8YmY3NDdlYzA4ZDM2MjFmMzAzMDM2OTA3NGM3NjliMzQ" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Book an Appointment (school year only) </a></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Projects:</b></div><div><a href="http://michiganmakers.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Michigan Makers</a> | <a href="http://makinglibraries.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Making in Michigan Libraries</a> </div><div><a href="http://dataliteracy.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Data Literacy in High School</a> | <a href="http://ai.umich.edu/portfolio/public-library-management/" target="_blank">Public Library Management MOOC</a><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>