The 2023 People of Color in Library & Information Science (POC in LIS) Summit took place on Friday, July 21, 2023 at Loyola Marymount University.

The mission of POC in LIS Summit is to create a productive and brave space for people of color, especially women and marginalized identities, working in the information sector. Information workers will have the opportunity to explore their work in LIS as POC and their intersecting identities as BIPOC. This summit invites participants to challenge and interrogate their roles and actions as information workers. This summit aims to collectively establish rules of engagement and discourse, acknowledging that dominant narratives may be disrupted. This space is created to support the research of POC librarians and create a network of POC information workers for future collaboration and self-care.

The theme Thank You For Being A Friend invited submissions that challenge what is acceptable to present upon in LIS. As POC moving through the pandemic and returning to work, we are being called upon to accomplish a lot, often with very little time to reflect and develop our practice. Think of the summit as a supportive counterspace for reflection, exploration, commiseration, and experimentation among trusted colleagues.

This conference was hosted by the William H. Hannon Library at Loyola Marymount University.

Have Questions? Email pocinlis@lmu.edu

Schedule
2023
Friday, July 21st
9:00 AM

Coffee & Registration

U-Hall Atrium

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM

Welcome

Ahmanson Auditorium

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM

“You’re a Pal and a Confidant”: Challenging Bureaucracy in Libraries through Supportive and Inclusive Collegial Practices

Lalitha Nataraj, California State University, San Marcos
Jennifer Ho, California State University, San Marcos
Torie Quiñonez, California State University, San Marcos

Ahmanson Auditorium

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM

Session 1A: Building an Inclusive Culture of Mentoring in Library and Information Science: Strategies for Mentorship Success and Professional Growth

Rachael-Joy Davis, California State University, Sacramento
Lesley Brown, Montgomery College

McIntosh Center, U-Hall 3999

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Session 1A: Leading Students with LEAN

Ashaki Harooon, Xavier University of Louisiana

McIntosh Center, U-Hall 3999

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Session 1B: It's Lonely at the Top: Views from the First Year in Administration

Ashley Watts, Altadena Library District

U-Hall Classroom 3230

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Session 1B: Women of Color’s Assets and Barriers in Leadership Positions in Academic Libraries (Work in Progress)

Valeria Molteni

U-Hall Classroom 3230

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Session 1C: Cafecito, Chisme, and Community Building: Creating a Network of Support as New and New-to-the-Role Librarians

Ariana Varela, University of Southern California
Renee Rau, University of Southern California
Javier Garibay, University of Southern California

U-Hall Classroom 3304

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Session 1C: Virtual Chat & Chew: Radical Self-Care for BIPOC Information Professionals

Jamia Williams, University of Utah
Shannon D. Jones, Medical University of South Carolina

U-Hall Classroom 3304

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Session 1D: Redefining HOME with up//root

Megdi Abebe, up//root, We Here
Kristina Santiago, up//root, We Here

U-Hall Classroom 3320

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Session 1D: What does this have to do with our work?: Creating a library-specific anti-racism toolkit

Jackson Huang, The University Of Michigan

U-Hall Classroom 3320

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
12:15 PM

Lunch

U-Hall Atrium

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM

Session 2A: Collective Power: Professional Advancement of BIPOC Librarians

Magaly Salas, University of San Francisco
Chanda Briggs, University of San Francisco
Nicola Andrews, University of San Francisco
Tyler Hernandez, University of San Francisco
Annie Pho, University of San Francisco

McIntosh Center, U-Hall 3999

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 2B: Racelighting: Understanding Experiences with Questioning Our Own Realities

Terezita Overduin, Chaffey College

U-Hall Classroom 3230

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 2B: Reversing White Yearning: A Brown and Queer Filipinx Librarian’s Exorcism of Colonialism and Veneration of Indigenous Ancestry (A Work in Progress)

Joseph Kevin Sebastian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

U-Hall Classroom 3230

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 2C: "My Skinfolks but Not My Kinfolks": Searching for Kinship in Libraryland

Ayanna Gaines, Woodbury University

U-Hall Classroom 3304

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 2D: Doubling from 8-16% : Slowly and Steadily Taking Over the Archives Profession

Lizeth Zepeda, Loyola Marymount University
Stef Baldivia, California State University, Chico
Jennifer Ho, California State University, San Marcos
Penny Neder-Muro, California Institute of Technology

U-Hall Classroom 3320

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM

Break

2:15 PM - 2:25 PM
2:25 PM

Lightning Talk: Historic Chronology of Black Library Education

Katie Perry, San Jose State University
Selena Lee, San Jose State University

Ahmanson Auditorium

2:25 PM - 2:25 PM

Lightning Talk: Resisting the Institutionalization of DEIA: Border Thinking and Academic Librarianship

Blanca Garcia-Barron, Mt. San Jacinto Community College

Ahmanson Auditorium

2:25 PM - 3:25 PM

Lightning Talk: The Application of Indigenous Knowledge and Theory to Decolonize a Non-Native Cultural Museum Collections

Maile Chung

Ahmanson Auditorium

2:25 PM - 3:25 PM

Lightning Talk: The Cruel Optimism in Becoming a Librarian

Nicole Murph, Loyola Marymount University

Ahmanson Auditorium

2:25 PM - 3:25 PM

Session 3A: "Connecting with the Library (under)commons”: Building Community through Class Solidarity as Anticolonial Praxis

Luz Badillo
Selina Portera
Lawrence Maminta

McIntosh Center, U-Hall 3999

2:25 PM - 3:25 PM

Session 3B: Findings from the Research and Program Development Phase of the BIPOC Become Librarians Project

Hyokyung (Carrie) Hwang, San Jose State University
Michele A. L. Villagran, San Jose State University

U-Hall Classroom 3230

2:25 PM - 3:25 PM

Session 3C: Young, Brown, Ambitious: How Three Young Women Kept Their New Mexico Libraries Alive in 2020 and Beyond

Kate Alderete, New Mexico State Library
Berdina Nieto, New Mexico State Library
Raquel Martinez, Taos Public Library

U-Hall Classroom 3304

2:25 PM - 3:25 PM
3:30 PM

Closing Remarks

Ahmanson Auditorium

3:30 PM - 3:40 PM
3:45 PM

Reception

U-Hall Atrium

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM