<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hello all,</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Speakers
include: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;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><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Emily
Ford, Associate Professor and Urban & Public Affairs Librarian,
Portland State University</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kakali
Bhattacharya, Professor, College of Education, University of Florida</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Verónica
N. Vélez, Founding Director, Education and Social Justice Minor &
Program; Associate Professor, Secondary Education, Western Washington
University</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ana
Ndumu, Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies, University of
Maryland College Park</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></li>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Click
the following link for additional information on the speakers, the dates and
times of their presentations, and to register: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://library.lmu.edu/irdl/speakerseries__;!!PhOWcWs!n2HN-JqiRpmjSYuDv7LRFBSxSIzXYm0uQVFQTnyfWqsCvE2AzY9qDanwlUasbHnAvGTmOA$" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">https://library.lmu.edu/irdl/speakerseries</span></span></a> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">This
series is sponsored by IRDL, a continuing education program for academic and
research librarians designed to prepare novice researchers for careers as
librarian-researchers. Learn more here: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://library.lmu.edu/irdl/__;!!PhOWcWs!n2HN-JqiRpmjSYuDv7LRFBSxSIzXYm0uQVFQTnyfWqsCvE2AzY9qDanwlUasbHlN1L07fA$" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">https://library.lmu.edu/irdl/</span></span></a> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">If
you have questions regarding the Speaker Series or IRDL, please contact Marie
Kennedy (<a href="mailto:marie.kennedy@lmu.edu" style="color:blue">marie.kennedy@lmu.edu</a>).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We
look forward to thinking critically about research and power with you.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">On
behalf of the IRDL Scholars’ Speaker Series Working Group:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Nicole
Branch, Santa Clara University</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Tatiana
Bryant, University of California Irvine</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hailley
Fargo, Penn State University</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Michael
Flierl, Ohio State University</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Jamillah
R. Gabriel, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Rosalinda
Linares, Fort Lewis College</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Sophie
Rondeau, Virginia Academic Library Consortium</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Lorelei
Rutledge, University of Utah</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Kai
Alexis Smith, MIT Libraries</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Eamon
Tewell, Columbia University</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Marie
R. Kennedy, Loyola Marymount University</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Kristine
R. Brancolini, Loyola Marymount University</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Michelle Keba<br><br><br>
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