Name: S65: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Wielding the Abilities of Technology to Promote a More Equitable Information World
Start: 2020-03-10T16:30:00-0500
End: 2020-03-10T17:15:00-0500

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S65: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Wielding the Abilities of Technology to Promote a More Equitable Information World

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Diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility issues remain ever-present in many areas. How can we best use digital technologies to promote awareness of these issues and create a more equitable information world? This session will present a variety of perspectives and provide a framework for overcoming barriers using digital technologies.

Speakers

Rachel Arkoosh

Collections Librarian, Pacific University

Rachel Arkoosh is the technical services librarian at Pacific University. Her responsibilities include acquisitions, cataloging, serials, electronic resources and all other things technical services.

Margarita Zamora Saunders

Acquisitions Unit Manager, Oregon State University

Margarita “Meggie” Zamora-Saunders works at the Valley Library as the Manager of the Acquisitions Unit. She is responsible for the management of electronic and physical resources, along with daily operations related to licensing and negotiation, managing vendor relationships... Read More →

Shannon Tharp

Collections and Content Management Librarian, University of Denver Libraries

Vanessa Rusch

Library Relations Manager, SAGE Publications

Hi! I am a librarian and resource trainer that joined SAGE in January 2018. Most of my career has been spent working across the the fields of publishing, academia, and librarianship. Intellectual freedom, information access, and open access publishing are some primary areas of interest... Read More →

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