<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><u style="font-size:12pt"></u> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We invite you to join us for the 2021 Institute for Research Design in Libraries (IRDL) Scholars' Speaker Series: Thinking Critically about Research and Power. This series of presentations is designed to shine a spotlight on voices and ideas that challenge traditional ways of conducting research. It surveys various topics with the intention of inspiring research explicitly rooted in social justice. The series is coordinated by a working group of IRDL Scholars. As librarians, educators, and researchers, we are pleased to share this opportunity to reflect and incorporate what we learn from these speakers into our own research efforts, so that our methodologies integrate anti-racist and anti-colonial practices. </span><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Each speaker session is free to attend via Zoom; anyone interested is welcome. Directly following each presentation, there will be an opportunity to discuss the topic further together. </span><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Speakers include: </span><u></u> <u></u></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-bottom:0in"><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kim TallBear, Associate Professor, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta, and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment</span><u></u> <u></u></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Emily Ford, Associate Professor and Urban & Public Affairs Librarian, Portland State University</span><u></u> <u></u></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kakali Bhattacharya, Professor, College of Education, University of Florida</span><u></u> <u></u></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Verónica N. Vélez, Founding Director, Education and Social Justice Minor & Program; Associate Professor, Secondary Education, Western Washington University</span><u></u> <u></u></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ana Ndumu, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park</span><u></u> <u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Click the following link for additional information on the speakers, the dates and times of their presentations, and to register: </span><a href="https://library.lmu.edu/irdl/speakerseries" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://library.lmu.edu/irdl/speakerseries</span></a><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This series is sponsored by IRDL, a continuing education program for academic and research librarians designed to prepare novice researchers for careers as librarian-researchers. Learn more here: </span><a href="https://library.lmu.edu/irdl/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://library.lmu.edu/irdl/</span></a><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you have questions regarding the Speaker Series or IRDL, please contact Marie Kennedy (<a href="mailto:marie.kennedy@lmu.edu" target="_blank">marie.kennedy@lmu.edu</a>).</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We look forward to thinking critically about research and power with you.</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">On behalf of the IRDL Scholars’ Speaker Series Working Group:</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nicole Branch, Santa Clara University</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tatiana Bryant, University of California Irvine</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hailley Fargo, Penn State University</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Michael Flierl, Ohio State University</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Jamillah R. Gabriel, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Rosalinda Linares, Fort Lewis College</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sophie Rondeau, Virginia Academic Library Consortium</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Lorelei Rutledge, University of Utah</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kai Alexis Smith, MIT Libraries</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Eamon Tewell, Columbia University</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Marie R. Kennedy, Loyola Marymount University</span><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kristine R. Brancolini, Loyola Marymount University</span><u></u> </p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>