<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">***Please forgive cross-posting**</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Registration is open for the CritLib Unconference, being held Wednesday March 25, 2015 at Portland State University: </span><a href="http://critlib2015.weebly.com/registration.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://critlib2015.weebly.com/registration.html</span></a></p><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Library
instruction, assessment, cataloging and classification, collection
building, staffing, administration, and other functions of academic
libraries are all political projects that librarians undertake inside
institutions that operate under capitalist, patriarchal, and racist
power structures that many of us aim to contest. How do we do this in
both theory and practice?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">This
unconference, coinciding with ACRL 2015, aims to bring together a
diverse group of voices to address this social justice work from a range
of perspectives. As we gather in Portland to discuss best practices and
plan the profession’s future, we invite you to join us on Wednesday
March 25, 2015 (time 9-3pm, tentative) on the campus of Portland State
University (15 min away from the main ACRL location) as we discuss and
critique the ideologies that undergird our work, and strategize about
actions that can transform ourselves, our work, our profession, and our
world. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">For more details about the unconference and to register, please check out our website </span><a href="http://critlib2015.weebly.com/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://critlib2015.weebly.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> or email </span><a href="mailto:critlibuncon@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">critlibuncon@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(65,81,97);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">.</span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div>"Nothing is more impotent than an unread library." John Waters</div></div>
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