I presented on a "Race, Diversity, and Privilege in Libraries" panel at QuasiCon 2015, an annual conference hosted by the student ALA chapter at the University of Michigan.

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Scaling Kuhlthau:
Understanding information seeking as community
meaning-making within the framework of social justice
librarianship
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QUIZ TIME
“The bibliographic
paradigm is based on
certainty and order,
whereas user's problems
are characterized by
uncertainty and
confusion" (1991, p.361).
Feelings! Thoughts!
Actions!
It was a PARADIGM
SHIFT!!

3. Bibliography
Individual
experience
Information Seeking Behavior
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4. The Reference Interview
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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
DECEMBER 4, 2014
U-M Law Library
December 5, 2014

6. Bibliography
Individual
experience
Information Seeking Behavior
Community
experience
Meaning Making
Understanding and
empathy
Advocacy
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7. So how should
we do it?
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8. REFLECT
⊡ Examine your intersectionality and social
location
⊡ Racism, classism, sexism, -isms and
intersectionality
⊡ Power and privilege
⊡ Deconstruct professional neutrality
⊡ Define diversity
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9. READ
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tinyurl.com/pushback2015
**Ask YALSA about
#WeNeedDiverseBooks

10. CONNECT
#critlib
Weekly Twitter
conversation
http://tinyurl.
com/critlibx
http://critlib.tumblr.
com
criticalLIS.com
A collaborative
online project for
LIS people
interested in social
justice
socialjusticecollabor
atorium.wordpress.
com
A new project from
the ALA Spectrum
Doctoral Scholars to
compile SJ resources
for LIS professionals
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11. ⊡ Respond to community experiences
PRACTICE
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12. PRACTICE
⊡ Facilitate community dialogue
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13. CREATE
⊡ Participatory and representative collections and
archives (e.g. #WeNeedDiverseBooks)
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14. CREDITS
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Slide 2: Quote: Kuhlthau, Carol. 1991. "Inside the Search Process: Information Seeking from the User's Perspective." Journal of the American Society for
Information Science (JASIS) (June) 42(5) 1991, pp. 361-371. Image - https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/news/isp_chapter.htm
Slide 3: Image - Ibid.
Slide 4: Image- https://twitter.com/_kellydawson/status/540581242643943424
Slide 5: Image-Truman State - http://www.slj.com/2014/12/events/picture-of-the-week-student-die-in-at-truman-state-university-library-in-missouri/; Penn
State - http://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_226433b0-7bed-11e4-bdcf-0b11ffd1e1a3.html?mode=image&photo=0; Quinnipiac: https:
//twitter.com/Buena_Tinta/status/539497699939463168; U-M: http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/12/die-in_protest_at_u-m_law_libr.
html
Side 9: Image 1: http://tinyurl.pushback2015; Image 2: http://libraryjuicepress.com/index.php; Image 3: http://libraryjuicepress.com/informed-agitation.
php; Image 4: http://newjimcrow.com/
Slide 11: https://twitter.com/fergusonlibrary/status/540243070818598912
Slide 12: Image 1: https://skokielibrary.info/events/1558/moving-targetslives-and-legacies-of-emmett-till-trayvon-martin-and-mike-brown; Image 2: https:
//www.facebook.com/abh2gofan/posts/10155100269690626
Slide 13: Image 1: http://takeback.scholarslab.org/; Image 2: http://digital.wustl.edu/ferguson/ Video 1: http://youtu.be/E7aTt7wqHqI
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Comments &
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Jennifer Brown | Christina Czuhajewski | Kirsten Hansen | Jharina Pasqual #quasicon2015