| 2023 Schedule & Presentations

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

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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
11:15 AM	Session 1A: Leading Students with LEAN Ashaki Harooon, Xavier University of Louisiana McIntosh Center, U-Hall 3999 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
11:15 AM	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
11:15 AM	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
11:15 AM	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
11:15 AM	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
11:15 AM	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
11:15 AM	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
1:15 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
1:15 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
1:15 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
1:15 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
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
2:25 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
2:25 PM	Lightning Talk: The Cruel Optimism in Becoming a Librarian Nicole Murph, Loyola Marymount University Ahmanson Auditorium 2:25 PM - 3:25 PM
2:25 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
2:25 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
2:25 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

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