<div dir="ltr"><div>Good afternoon,</div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to share the link and information about the International Zine Librarians (un)Conference happening all this weekend, starting Thursday afternoon Pacific time. You can see the full schedule and register here: <a href="http://zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2020/">http://zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2020/</a> It is all free, all volunteer run, and truly global in scope! <br></div><div><br></div><div>However, I wanted to specifically highlight our session about <i>Teaching with Zines </i>on Friday morning at 11am-noon Pacific, which features a panel of mostly Oregonian librarians:</div><div></div><div><p>For learners of any age, zines can be an engaging and even
transformative way to learn — whether you are teaching about science,
information literacy, or even zines themselves. In this session, a panel
of librarians and artists will speak to their experiences teaching with zines with
youth, college students, and the broader community. Then, we will host
breakout groups for you to talk through your own dreams, fears, and
ideas for teaching with zines in your own context. This will be followed
by two hours of open unconference sessions.</p>
<p>Our panelists are:</p>
<ul><li><b>Ann Matsushima Chiu</b> is the Social Sciences Librarian at Reed
College in Portland, OR. She teaches instruction and critical thinking
skills through zines, leads zine workshops in the community and has
organized zine fests and events for more than a decade.</li><li><b>Cathy Camper</b> works as a youth services outreach librarian at
Multnomah County Library, where she’s also a zine librarian. She’s the
author of the Lowriders in Space graphic novel series, a founding member
of the Portland Women of Color Zine Collective, and co-editor of the
candy zine Sugar Needle.</li><li><b>Maria Cunningham</b> is the Head of Special Collections and
Archives at Reed College in Portland, OR. She started the Reed Zine
Library and curates the collection rare book collections, college
archives and often conducts instruction sessions and tours featuring
zines.</li><li><b>Nicky Rodriguez</b> is a queer, Puerto Rican comic artist with a
passion for pushing the bounds of storytelling to explore inclusive,
diverse narratives and the deconstruction of traditional narrative form.
She uses comics to explore Puerto Rican culture and the multi-faceted
nature of identity and has an MFA in Comics and BFA in Animation from
California College of the Arts. She currently teaches art to youth
virtually from Colorado on top of doing freelance illustration and comic
work.</li></ul>
<p>The facilitator will be <b>Kelly McElroy</b>.</p></div><div>Thanks for your consideration! <br></div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Kelly <br></div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>"Nothing is more impotent than an unread library." John Waters</div></div></div></div>