The 2022 WRLC Annual Meeting Concurrent Sessions Begin Tomorrow!

We are looking forward to seeing you this week as we present
this year’s concurrent sessions.

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Descriptions and Zoom links for all sessions are provided below.

Tuesday, May 24th

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Supporting Anti-Censorship in Our Communities

5/24/2022: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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News stories about book bans and challenges have become increasingly familiar in the last several months, and there are no signs that this trend is going away anytime soon. As academic library workers in the Washington metropolitan area, what can we do to help support intellectual freedom and anti-censorship efforts? In this session, attendees will learn about the motives and methods behind these nationwide book banning efforts, the danger that it represents to academic freedom and civil liberties, and how WRLC member institutions can help protect the freedom to read for ourselves and our neighbors.

Presented by

Glen Benedict, University of the District of Columbia, Access Services Librarian, glen.benedict@udc.edu

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The “COVID Slide” and Academic Libraries: preparing for the long term effects of the pandemic on children

5/24/2022: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted children’s education and well-being due to extended school closures, the move to online learning, and decreased social contact. Scholars and educators expect the effects of this disruption to be significant and long-lasting. This session will introduce findings of current research to prompt discussion of how academic libraries can best serve students in the next decade and beyond.

Presented by

Gwendolyn Reece, American University, Director, Research, Teaching, and Learning, greece@american.edu Melissa Becher, American University, Associate Director, Research, Teaching, and Learning, mbecher@american.edu

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WRLC Technology Showcase

5/24/2022: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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Presenters from across the consortium will come together at the WRLC Technology Showcase to share how they are leveraging new technologies in innovative ways to support their work and enhance resources and services. Whether you’re interested in tools to increase your productivity, create impactful images and visualizations, engage students in the classroom, or optimize your code, you’ll leave the Showcase with something new to try to try back at your library.

Presented by

Morgan Stoddard, George Washington University, Director of Research Services, mstoddard@gwu.edu Tom Boone, Washington Research Library Consortium, Applications Integration Developer, boone@wrlc.org

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Let Them Learn: The Benefits of an Asynchronous Library Instruction Course

5/24/2022: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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Students want library instruction. Unfortunately, students are often at the whim of instructors to schedule library instruction in their courses. While these one-shot sessions are beneficial, it is impossible to cover all aspects of information literacy and research skills in a single class. In providing online, asynchronous material, the library can expand its reach, providing more students with access to the skills they need. In this session, Kowalski will provide information on how the UDC Library created, maintains, and markets its asynchronous Library 101 course to its students and faculty.

Presented by

Meghan Kowalski, University of the District of Columbia, Outreach and Reference Librarian, meghan.kowalski@udc.edu

Wednesday, May 25th

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American Library Association (ALA) Demystified

5/25/2022: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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American Library Association (ALA) is coming to town for their annual conference, June 23-28 this year. ALA wants to appeal to all library workers with discounts for all library workers, especially for Retired, Student, Life, Trustee, Non-Salaried, and Support Staff. ALA can be confusing and overwhelming, our time together will result in an understanding of our professional association. The Speaker has been Chair of a section, Officer of a division, Member of a ALA committee, and currently a Councilor-at-Large in ALA Council.

Presented by

Jennifer C. Boettcher- Business Librarian, boettcher@georgetown.edu

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Only Accessions in the Building?

5/25/2022: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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For many years, WRLC staff have been accessioning millions of items into the shared collections facility. But for a variety of reasons we have deaccessioned very little. The assumption was that deaccession would be far too expensive and complex. But WRLC has begun to challenge these assumptions.

Presented by

Aaron Krebeck - WRLC - Director of Library and User Services - krebeck@wrlc.org
Tammy Hennig - WRLC - Shared Collections Supervisor - beck@wrlc.org
Joel Shields - WRLC - Digital Services and Systems Librarian - shields@wrlc.org

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Hack your Reading Room: Integrating Special Collections Request and Circulation Workflows into the Alma Library Services Platform.

5/25/2022: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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In this session, we detail and demonstrate how we have incorporated special collections request and circulation workflows into Alma's existing functionality, which has led to improved workflows, better inventory tracking, and richer data on collections use.

Presented by

Leah Richardson, Special Collections Research and Instruction Librarian, leahr@gwu.edu
Dolsy Smith, Software Developer Librarian, ILS, dsmith@gwu.edu
Jennifer King, Collections Coordinator and manuscripts librarian, jenking@gwu.edu

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Leveling up graduate student research skills: how to develop high demand point of need resources

5/25/2022: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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Marymount University (MU) librarians observed a problematic trend: our graduate students were coming to MU with highly variable research skill-levels, which posed a challenge to delivering effective information literacy instruction. In response, we designed a suite of resources housed in a course in our learning management system (LMS). In this session we will share the design process and content which contains self-guided activities, two minute lessons and in-depth tutorials on various library services and tools. The second half of the session will feature a brainstorming discussion focused on how WRLC librarians support our online and traditional graduate students and an opportunity to participate in a working group to design and implement a graduate student research needs survey across multiple WRLC Universities.

Presented by

Bernadette Mirro, Instruction & Online Learning Librarian, Marymount University bmirro@marymount.edu
Mason Yang, Systems Librarian, Marymount University hyang@marymount.edu
Hall Baldwin, Instruction, Access & Engagement Librarian, Marymount University kbaldwin@marymount.edu
Jenise Overmier, Instruction and Open Education Librarian, Marymount University jovermie@marymount.edu

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Reparative cataloging and description: tackling harmful language in our records

5/25/2022: 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

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Librarians across the profession are practicing and implementing reparative description efforts to address and mitigate bias within our metadata. This session will define and describe what reparative description is and well as projects and efforts within the WRLC. Including the work that the Reparative Cataloging Interest Group is performing for the consortia.

Presented by

Jen Froetschel, George Washington University, Metadata services librarian, jfroetschel@gwu.edu
Tricia Mackenzie, George Mason University, Head, Metadata Services, tmacken3@gmu.edu
Jackie Saavedra, WRLC, Consortial Network Zone Manager, saavedra@wrlc.org

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Looking Back, Thinking Ahead: Copyright Year in Review

5/25/2022: 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

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Join Emilie Algenio, GMU’s OER and Scholarly Communications Librarian, as we discuss the significant news related to copyright in the United States. Her choice of topics will be judicious (and not comprehensive), about events and resources from the past year.

Presented by

Emilie Algenio, George Mason University, OER and Scholarly Communications Librarian, elagenio@gmu.edu

Thursday, May 26th

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Embedding Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Kindness into Librarian Searches

5/26/2022: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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The Council of Librarians at George Washington University Libraries and Academic Innovation (GWLAI) created a task force to revise the application and interview process in order to address issues of inequity within the Council. In this session, we’ll discuss the process and changes made to achieve these goals.

Presented by

Peter Cohn, Director of Research Services pcohn@gwu.edu
Jen Froetschel, Metadata Services Librarian. jfroetschel@gwu.edu
Bill Gillis, Director of Research Services gillis@gwu.edu

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Teaching with Data in the Social Sciences: Findings of Two WRLC Libraries

5/26/2022: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

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In their Teaching with Data in the Social Sciences study, a librarian research team from George Mason University identified significant challenges facing Mason instructors of undergraduate quantitative data methods courses and have developed recommendations to address those needs. Join us for a discussion about working with instructional faculty and institutional partners on best practices for supporting data literacy education.

Presented by

Jasmine Spitler, George Mason University, Assessment Librarian, jspitler@gmu.edu
Kim MacVaugh, George Mason University, Interim Lead of the Social Sciences Team & Arlington Campus Library and Policy & Government Librarian, kmacvaug@gmu.edu
Wendy Mann, George Mason University, Director of the Digital Scholarship Center (DiSC), wmann@gmu.edu
Ann Myatt James, Data Services Librarian, George Washington University, ajames31@gwu.edu

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Cancel Textbooks: Diversifying and Decolonizing Classroom Teaching Materials

5/26/2022: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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Traditional textbooks are bound by the standards of traditional publishing practices. They are too white, too expensive, and students are literally not buying it. Open Educational Resources (OER) provide an opportunity for librarians and faculty to diversify and decolonize their teaching materials, and also plays a role in building an inclusive classroom. In this session, you will learn about how OER can promote EDI on your campus, broaden perspectives, and help students better connect their personal stories to the curriculum.... all while reducing the burden of textbook costs for our most vulnerable students. Join us as we discuss how academic OER material and pedagogies are being designed to include historically marginalized communities and their unique experiences and contributions.

Presented by

Meghan Kowalski, UDC, Outreach and Reference Librarian meghan.kowalski@udc.edu
Rachel Borchardt, AU, Science Librarian, borchard@american.edu
Kevin Gunn, CU, Liaison Librarian to the School of Philosophy and the Departments of Drama, English, Media Studies, and Modern Languages, gunn@cua.edu
Angelique Carson, WRLC, Shared Collections Librarian, carson@wrlc.org