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20-minute papers on the topic “Rethinking Libraries”
Part of the Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene:
A Colloquium, 2017
Presenter Info
Amy Brunvand
Amy Brunvand is an academic librarian at the University of Utah where she is currently taking a research leave in order to work at the University of Utah Office of Sustainability. She also writes regularly for Catalyst magazine a non-profit community monthly.
Presentation Title: “Re-Localizing the Library: An Environmental Humanities Model”
Jodi Shaw
Jodi Shaw works as a children’s Librarian at Brooklyn Public Library and is the Coordinator-Elect of the ALA Sustainability Round Table. She is also an avid urban cyclist, meditator, and mother of two.
Presentation Title: “Climate Change, Libraries, and Survival Literacy: A Practical Guide”
Jennifer Gunter King
Jennifer Gunter King is the Director of the Harold F. Johnson Library at Hampshire College, an experimental undergraduate liberal arts college in western Massachusetts. King is the Immediate Past President of the New England Archivists, an active member of the Society of American Archivists, and was a participant in the 2012 Harvard University Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. King’s interests include 21st century library design and advancing the accessibility of archival resources.
Presentation Title: “A Changing Library for Rising Tides”
Jacob Berg
Jacob Berg is Senior Librarian at The Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State, via The LAC Group. He previously served as Director of Library Services at Trinity Washington University and has worked in academic libraries large, such as Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library at the University of Michigan, and small, such as Union Theological Seminary’s Burke Library.
Presentation Title: (with Angela Galvan and Eamon Tewell) “Academic Libraries and the False Promises of Resiliency”
Angela Galvan
Angela Galvan is Digital Resources and Systems Librarian for SUNY Geneseo. Her research interests include critical algorithm studies, decay in technology/infrastructure, and digital estates.
Presentation Title: (with Jacob Berg and Eamon Tewell) “Academic Libraries and the False Promises of Resiliency”
Eamon Tewell
Eamon Tewell is Reference & Instruction Librarian at Long Island University Brooklyn, where he supports the teaching and learning activities of the campus community. Eamon’s research interests are in critical information literacy, popular media and active learning in library instruction, and televisual representations of libraries.
Presentation Title: (with Jacob Berg and Angela Galvan) “Academic Libraries and the False Promises of Resiliency”