{"id":812,"date":"2009-03-20T08:40:16","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/?p=812"},"modified":"2009-03-20T08:40:16","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T14:40:16","slug":"brown-bag-invitation-diversity-beyond-the-obvious-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2009\/03\/20\/brown-bag-invitation-diversity-beyond-the-obvious-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Bag Invitation: \u201cDiversity Beyond the Obvious&#8221; Webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brown Bag Invitation: \u201cDiversity Beyond the Obvious&#8221; Webinar<br \/>\nApril 3, 11:00 \u2013 12:30 CST<br \/>\n4G41 Ellis Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Diversity Action Committee invites you to join them on April 3 to view a free webinar entitled \u201cDiversity Beyond the Obvious\u201d sponsored by the College of Dupage. Mary Evangeliste, Director of User Services &amp; Outreach at Gettysburg College and co-founder of Fearless Future: Marketing &amp; Design for Things that Matter, brings together two distinguished scholars of diversity in libraries to present their recent research and to engage in a lively conversation with you on the topic. They will discuss how diversity in all its manifestations can make the library profession stronger and more vital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The panel will investigate and discuss the following questions:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2022\tHow can we recruit and retain diverse librarians?<br \/>\n\u2022\tHow can we create inclusive library environments in which all types of employees and learners feel welcome and involved?<br \/>\n\u2022\tHow do we foster an environment within our profession to include representatives of all of our constituencies?<br \/>\n\u2022\tHow do our practices in libraries reflect the diverse nature of our communities?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Mary will be joined by Dr. Teresa Y. Neely, Associate Professor and Director, Access Services, University Libraries, University of New Mexico and Dr. Karen E. Downing, the Foundation and Grants Librarian at the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">RSVP\u2019s are not required; feel free to bring your lunch. Release time is available with supervisor approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brown Bag Invitation: \u201cDiversity Beyond the Obvious&#8221; Webinar April 3, 11:00 \u2013 12:30 CST 4G41 Ellis Library The Diversity Action Committee invites you to join them on April 3 to view a free webinar entitled \u201cDiversity Beyond the Obvious\u201d sponsored<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2009\/03\/20\/brown-bag-invitation-diversity-beyond-the-obvious-webinar\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brown Bag Invitation: \u201cDiversity Beyond the Obvious&#8221; Webinar<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diversity-action-committee"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 18:49:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}