<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_1810165478651264218gmail-docs-internal-guid-3dbc7429-7fff-4953-47fd-0e1346743219"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">ACRL-Oregon is piloting offering webinars on topics relevant to academic <span class="gmail-il">library</span> workers. While this will later be a member benefit, for the pilot period, we are opening the webinars up to any Oregon <span class="gmail-il">library</span> staff who wish to participate.</span><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our first webinar is “<span class="gmail-il">Critical</span> <span class="gmail-il">Library</span> <span class="gmail-il">Management</span>” and will be presented by Candise Branum, Director of <span class="gmail-il">Library</span> Services at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and Molly Gunderson, Access Services Manager at Portland State University on Friday, January 11th from 2-3pm Pacific.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-il">Critical</span> <span class="gmail-il">Library</span> <span class="gmail-il">Management</span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon libraries work to meet the information needs of our communities, a mission that is dependent on teamwork. <span class="gmail-il">Library</span> <span class="gmail-il">managers</span> are tasked with leading, supporting and developing the teams that serve our communities. Social justice and <span class="gmail-il">critical</span> theory are frameworks that are often discussed within <span class="gmail-il">library</span> practice, but are only starting to be applied to <span class="gmail-il">library</span> <span class="gmail-il">management</span> practice. The more we discuss social justice, the more apparent it is that inclusion and equity are essential aspects of <span class="gmail-il">library</span> <span class="gmail-il">management</span>. The goal is for audience members to think <span class="gmail-il">critically</span> about their own <span class="gmail-il">management</span> practice and consider ways of improving equity and in their own organizations.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration is open to any Oregon <span class="gmail-il">library</span> staff, but we are limited to 100 attendees in the session, so register soon! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/5b1e973165ad47f54ac87b605f06faf5" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,100,150);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/5b1e973165ad47f54ac87b605f06faf5</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We also plan to record the webinar and make it available on our website after the live broadcast.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Questions about our webinar pilot can be directed to ACRL-Oregon President Meredith Farkas at <a href="mailto:acrlor@olaweb.org" target="_blank">acrlor@olaweb.org</a>.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>