Dear AJL colleagues, Please see below for a message from the Collections Forum Planning Team and fill out the survey by October 5. AJL is an active member of this coalition.
Thank you, Rachel On August 17, a coalition of area studies information professionals from 16 national organizations published their statement, "Equity and Access in Higher Education and Academic Libraries Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__jewishlibraries.org_blog_id_477&d=DwMFAg&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=tPhupptxc3iJD_aguos4yYwVn8L-XoTF6quFAv1XH-k&m=x1HrZLj9FIDMM55GF8rPD8PULDUppVe8aubb67P1D04&s=Zp76_J3TcjnZZ68L2eAYbTquurswrFXTT_ip3sNchJs&e=>.” This statement represents shared areas of concern and recommendations on how to alleviate challenges faced by academic marginalized communities of color, people with disabilities, and students from rural and low-income areas. Well over 283 librarians, students, faculty, academic organizations, executive boards and committees, and professional organizations have endorsed this statement. As follow-up to this joint effort, the coalition of area studies information professionals are planning a one-day collections forum in late November or early December to explore topics related to the Statement. We hope area studies librarians, administrators, catalogers and metadata specialists, collection development librarians, representatives from digital repositories, scholarly communication librarians, and others will be able to participate in this event. Please complete the survey below and share your ideas with us. We need your support and guidance in shaping these discussions. 2020 Collections Forum Survey - https://forms.gle/1E9ahdaM1WceiRnM8<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_1E9ahdaM1WceiRnM8&d=DwMFAg&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=tPhupptxc3iJD_aguos4yYwVn8L-XoTF6quFAv1XH-k&m=x1HrZLj9FIDMM55GF8rPD8PULDUppVe8aubb67P1D04&s=F5B2QP2cZ4qw2T3iO_WmPRU1UvVJbF-PqW9xst18b8k&e=> Collections Forum Planning Team Xi Chen (University of California, San Diego) Rachel Leket-Mor (Arizona State University) Patricia Figueroa (Brown University) Thomas F. Keenan (Princeton University) Paloma Celis Carbajal (New York Public Library) Jill E. Baron (Dartmouth College) Adan Griego (Stanford University) Hana Kim (University of Toronto) Luis A Gonzalez (Indiana University) Aruna P. Magier (New York University) Liladhar Pendse (University of California, Berkeley) Ellen Ambrosone (Princeton University) Judy Alspach (Center for Research Libraries) Joe Lenkart (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Manuel Ostos (Pennsylvania State University)
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