Schedule & Registration

Spring 2025

Join us for a chat this spring!

April 25 – Preparing Students for the Workplace

Amy VanScoy and Heidi Julien will share findings about librarians’ experiences of professional expertise through an intersectional lens. The data shows that in addition to workplace discrimination that a graduate might face, their knowledge and skills, in essence, the very value of their degree, may differ depending on how they present. While library organizations and individual librarians must recognize these biases and work to eliminate them, LIS programs, too, must face this reality. The pedagogy chat will focus on how LIS programs can prepare students for the challenges they or their colleagues may face.

Moderators: Heidi Julien and Amy VanScoy (University at Buffalo SUNY)

2:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Central / 12:00 p.m. Mountain / 11:00 a.m. Pacific

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May 9 – Theory or Practice: What Should We Expect from MLS Programs?

What do we expect from LIS education? Should programs focus on the theories and concepts that guide the field or on practical, job-oriented skills that graduates will use in the workplace? How might the expectations of faculty, students, employers, and other stakeholders differ and how might we reconcile those differing expectations?

Moderator: Matt Noe (Harvard University)

2:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Central / 12:00 p.m. Mountain / 11:00 a.m. Pacific

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