February LAUC-R DEI Book Club meeting

For our next book club on February 21, we’ll be reading Chapters Two and Three of Shawn Wilson’s Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods. Limited copies are available; please contact Carrie (ccruce@ucr.edu) or Phoenix (phoenix.alexander@ucr.edu) if you would like one.

Check the LAUC-R listserv for Zoom access information.

Roster 2022-2023

Chair: Rachel Starry
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Jessica Kruppa
Secretary: Noah Geraci
Delegate: Andrea Hoff
Alternate Delegate: Alvaro Alvarez
Past Chair: Janet Reyes

Parliamentarian: Carla Arbagey
Alternate Parliamentarian: David Rios

Committee on Appointment, Promotions, and Advancement for the Librarian Series (CAPA-L)
Chair: Carla Arbagey
Judy Lee
Janet Rayes
1st alternate: Kat Koziar
2nd alternate: Andrew Lippert

Representatives to LAUC Systemwide Committees
Diversity: Sandy Enriquez
Research and Professional Development: Kat Koziar
Professional Governance: Michele Potter

Committee on Committees, Rules, Jurisdiction, and Elections (CCRJE)
Chair: Jesse Kruppa (1st year)
Michele Potter (2nd year)
Alvaro Alvarez (1st year)
Alternate: David Rios

Committee on Diversity
Co-chairs: Phoenix Alexander (1st year)
Co-chairs: Carrie Cruce (1st year)
Jessica Geiser (2nd year)
Carla Arbagey (2nd year)
Sandy Enriquez (1st year)
Representative to CODEI: Jessica Geiser

Committee on Personnel
Chair: Jesse Kruppa
Andrew Lippert (1st year)
Michael Yonezawa (2nd year)
Janet Reyes (1st year)

Committee on Research & Professional Development
Chair: Kat Koziar (2nd year)
Jessica Geiser (2nd year)
Carla Arbagey (1st year)
Michael Yonezawa (1st year)
Phoenix Alexander (1st year)
Noah Geraci (1st year)
Amy Roberts (1st year)

Committee on Professional Governance
Chair: Michele Potter (1st year)
Kat Koziar (2nd year)
Alvaro Alvarez (1st year)

Committee on Programs
Chair: Judy Lee (1st year)
Phoenix Alexander (1st year)
Carrie Cruce (1st year)
Andrea Hoff (1st year)

Academic Senate:  Representative to
Committee on Courses: 
Committee on Library & Scholarly Communication:

October LAUC-R DEI Book Club meeting

LAUC-R DEI Book Club will be meeting virtually on Tuesday, October 25 (Note that it has been rescheduled from the 18th).

We’ll be reading the article: Trippin’ Over the Color Line: The Invisibility of Race in Library and Information Studies, by Todd Honma It’s open access and can be found using UC Library Search.

Check the LAUC-R listserv for Zoom access information.

Feel free to bring your questions for discussion – and the new DEI Committee co-chairs will also come with some prompts and discussion points to get the conversation going.

 

 

 

LAUC-R DEI Book Club

The LAUC-R Diversity Committee is starting a quarterly, community-centered, drop-in book club. These quarterly meetings will be a space for all members of UCR Library to engage with literature from our field on the topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We emphasize community-centered here because we want all participants to share ownership of this book club and to have equal access to facilitating group discussions, not just Diversity Committee members. Participants may drop-in and out of the book club as their capacity and time permits. There is no commitment to finish the entire book or attend every meeting. Folks who are able to attend at least 3 of the 4 meetings will receive a special LAUC-R swag item as a token of appreciation for their participation!

Given the positive feedback to our previous webinar discussion on “CRT in LIS,” we will be starting off this book club by reading excerpts from Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory, edited by Sofia Y. Leung and Jorge R. López-McKnight. This text is available open-access; anyone can view, download, and print it as needed using the above link.

For our first meeting on August 23, we will be discussing the introduction to this book, “This is Only the Beginning.” We look forward to seeing you there!

Dates for AY2022-2023:

Virtual meetings are scheduled for the following dates, 3:00-4:00 pm:

·         August 23, 2022

·         October 18, 2022

·         February 21, 2023

·         April 18, 2023

Note: Participants working onsite may choose to continue the conversation through optional in-person gatherings following our virtual meetings!

Check the LAUC-R listserv for Zoom access information.

LAUC-R Librarian Colleague Check-In (Thursday, Mar. 3, 2022 12-1 PM) – In Gather

Next week Thursday, March 3, 2022, 12:00-1:00 PM, the LAUC-R Committee on Programs will once again be hosting our bi-monthly colleague check-in.

This check-in meeting will take place in Gather. NOTE: you do not need to log in or sign in to participate in our check-in meeting. However, please plan on joining at the top of the hour to allow yourself at least 5 minutes to customize your avatar, plus there is a mini-tutorial to walk you through the basics of navigating and interacting with objects throughout the meeting space.

The only thing you will absolutely need is the link: https://app.gather.town/app/74vgK2yjVxu7wken/LAUC-R

Please make sure to use a device with speakers/headphones and a microphone. And for the best all-around experience a camera/web-camera as well.
NOTE: Gather on a mobile device has limited functionality. Using a Desktop device is suggested. The most important tips involve movement and opening and closing interactive objects.

  • Move by using arrows or right click on where you want to go and select “move here”
  • Open interactive objects by pressing x
  • Close out of interactive objects by clicking on the x in the upper right-hand corner or hitting the esc key.

Shout out to Michele Potter for suggesting Gather and for setting up our meeting space.

Invitation to LAUC Assembly 2022!

Assembly is just a few weeks away!

Date:
Assembly will take place as originally scheduled on March 15 at UCSB

Format:
In-person/hybrid

Programming:

  • The in-person program on March 15 will focus on the business meeting in the morning, with more informal LAUC-related conversation and campus tours in the afternoon
  • At least the business meeting will be held both in-person and on Zoom

Bonus:
We will hold additional LAUC-wide programming (discussions about PI status, DEI issues, etc.) virtually, separate from Assembly, over the course of the remaining academic year

Assembly webpage and registration

  • Webpage and registration: https://lauc.ucop.edu/calendar/statewide-assembly-2022
  • Funding: We don’t want travel cost to be a hindrance for anyone, so I am pleased to report that we will have grant funds available to cover Assembly travel for many of our members! You can request such funding on the registration page.

Rationale

Our Assembly Planning Committee weighed many considerations and ultimately focused on accomplishing two main goals:

1) The first goal in planning and hosting an Assembly is to maintain the tradition of assembling in person and physically experiencing a different campus each year. The LAUC bylaws support this structure, in that each campus is to send 2-5 members/delegates each year to represent the librarians on those campuses.

2) An additional goal is to engage our membership in thought-provoking discussions about issues affecting librarians. Our last two Assemblies, held virtually due to the pandemic, established that these heavier discussions may be richer when they include as many LAUC members as possible. To that end, they are often well suited to a virtual format that can host more people. We find that, at least this year, these sessions should be held outside of Assembly and spread out over the course of the academic year, so as to not overwhelm members with one-day, nonstop programming.

The current division of programming allows us to meet both of our goals and to include the largest number of total participants. The survey responses we received confirmed that there is significant interest in both in-person and virtual components. While we know that there is no perfect solution that will satisfy all needs, we are confident that the current plan provides the best possible balance.

LAUC-R Librarian Colleague Check-In, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021

LAUC-R Programs Committee – Librarian Colleague Check-Ins

Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, from 12:00-1:00 pm

This week’s colleague check-in will be 100% remote. Looking forward to learning more about the interesting, innovative, and impactful activities of LAUC-R members, or just spending some time discussing anything of interest to the membership.

Zoom information has been sent out to the LACU-R listserv.

Roster 2021-2022

Chair: Janet Reyes
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Rachel Starry
Secretary: Elisa Cortez
Delegate: Noah Geraci
Alternate Delegate: Alvaro Alvarez
Past Chair: Carla Arbagey, Judy Lee

Parliamentarian: David Rios
Alternate Parliamentarian: Jessica Kruppa

CAPA-L:
Chair: Michael Yonezawa
Carla Arbagey
Judy Lee
1st alternate: Jessica Geiser
2nd alternate: Andrew Lippert

Representatives to LAUC Systemwide Committees
Diversity: Rachel Starry
Research and Professional Development: Kat Koziar
Professional Governance: Michele Potter

Committee on Committees, Rules, Jurisdiction, and Elections
Chair: David Rios (2nd year)
Jesse Kruppa (2nd year)
Michele Potter (1st year)
Noah Geraci (alternate)

Committee on Diversity
Co-chairs: Sandy Enriquez (2nd year), Rachel Starry (2nd year)
Representative to CODEI: Sandy Enriquez
Judy Lee (1st year)
Carla Arbagey (1st year)
Jessica Geiser (1st year)
Alvaro Alvarez (1st year)

Committee on Personnel
Chair:  Rachel Starry (LAUC-R VC/CE)
David Rios (2nd year)
Michael Yonezawa (1st year)
Andrew Lippert (2nd year)

Committee on Research & Professional Development
Chair: Kat Koziar (1st year)
Jessica Kruppa (2nd year)
Rachel Starry (2nd year)
Jessica Geiser (1st year)

Committee on Professional Governance
Chair: Michele Potter (2nd year)
Kat Koziar (1st year)

Committee on Programs
Chair: Michael Yonezawa (2nd year)
Robin Katz (2nd year)
Michele Potter (1st year)

Academic Senate:  Representative to
Committee on Courses: Janet Reyes
Committee on Library & Scholarly Communication: