ALA+Annual+2016



**ALA Annual 2016 ** **
 * FTF Events and Other Events of Interest to FTF Memberstoc

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// Friday, January 8, 7:30 – 9:00pm, ////HYATT Regency Orlando, Room Bayhill 21//// (at the SRRT All Task Forces Meeting) – **we need you!** //
 * Feminist Task Force Meetings **

** Other Meetings & Events of Interest ** //Programs and meetings at ALA Annual 2016 that may be of particular interest to FTF members and feminist colleagues, in order by day and time. Event links go to the ALA Conference Scheduler //

Friday, June 24, 2016

 * 7:30 - 9:00 PM**
 * **Feminist Task Force - HYATT Regency Orlando, Bayhill 21**

Saturday, June 25, 2016
> //A conversation between archivists, curators, librarians, and educators about working with controversial materials.// > **The discussion topic will be about how to negotiate in your work place. This can include negotiating to get better equipment, a new program, or better salaries. Bring your stories of successes and negotiations that did now work so well. Think about whether women and men need to use different negotiation techniques. We will also include information about the Feminist Task Force (FTF), the ACRL Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS), the Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL), and other groups.** > //Join Michael McConnell and Jack Baker, the first legally-married same sex couple in the United States, as they share the story of their fight for equality. Married in 1971, they are the co-authors of the newly-released memoir, The Wedding Heard ’Round the World: America’s First Gay Marriage published by the University of Minnesota Press. McConnell and Baker have been longtime activists for GLBT rights and are the inaugural recipients of the GLBTRT Award for Political Activism which they will accept at the Stonewall Book Awards program.// > //Join Milo Miller, Co-Founder of Queer Zine Archive Project and a panel of Queer Zine specialists (Jenna Freedman of Barnard College, and Violet Fox of College of St. Benedict & St. John's University) to learn about the history of queer zines, the current state of the culture, and where we’re going now, including the new Zine Code of Ethics. Get ideas on how to catalog and archive zines in your collection, along with ideas on how to encourage zine culture in and around your library.//
 * 8:00 - 10:00 AM**
 * ALA Task Force on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Meeting - HYATT Regency Orlando, Julie Todaro's Suite
 * 8:30 - 11:00 AM**
 * GLBTRT Executive Board Meeting - HYATT Regency Orlando, Bayhill 20
 * SRRT Action Council I - Orange County Convention Center, S321
 * 10:30 - 11:30 AM**
 * ACRL WGSS All-Committees Meeting - HILTON Orlando, Lake Lucerne
 * Auditorium Speaker Series Featuring Margaret Atwood - Orange County Convention Center, Chapin Theater (W320)
 * 11:00 - 11:50 AM**
 * Developing Collections Serving LGBTQ Youth: The Trevor Project Teams with Interlude Press for Library Outreach - Orange County Convention Center, Exhibit Hall - PopTop Stage
 * 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM**
 * GLBTRT Membership Meeting - HYATT Regency Orlando, Bayhill 18
 * 1:00 - 2:30 PM**
 * [|Serving up the Subversive] - Orange County Convention Center, W103A
 * [|Women Administrators Discussion Group] (LLAMA) - Orange County Convention Center, W207A
 * 2:00 - 3:00 PM**
 * **Introduction to Women's Issues in ALA Discussion Group - HILTON Orlando, Clear Lake**
 * 3:00 - 4:00 PM**
 * [|The Wedding Heard 'Round the World: The Michael McConnell and Jack Baker Story] - Orange County Convention Center, W109B
 * 3:00 - 5:00 PM**
 * ALA Diversity & Outreach Fair - Orange County Convention Center, Exhibit Hall - Special Events Area
 * 3:30 - 4:30 PM**
 * Auditorium Speaker Series Featuring Maya Penn - Orange County Convention Center, Chapin Theater (W320)
 * 4:30 - 5:30 PM**
 * ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) - Orange County Convention Center, W235
 * ACRL WGSS General Membership Forum - HILTON Orlando, Lake Eola B
 * LITA Women in Technology Interest Group - Orange County Convention Center, W307C
 * Queer Zines - Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going - Orange County Convention Center, W102A
 * 5:30 - 7:00 PM**
 * SRRT and SustainRT Joint Membership Meeting and Social - Off Site, Marlow's Tavern, 9101 International Drive
 * 6:30 - 7:30 PM**
 * ACRL WGSS Social - Off Site, Lafayette's, 9101 International Dr. #2220, immediately following the general membership

Sunday, June 26, 2016
> Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble, Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA, will speak about how the landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment in digital technologies, despite the consequences of increased surveillance and lack of privacy, which are changing our information engagements. Increasingly, critical information scholars are demonstrating how digital technology and its narratives are shaped by and infused with values that are not impartial, disembodied, or lacking positionality. Technologies consist of a set of social practices, situated within the dynamics of race, gender, class, and control. > //Join Cory Silverberg (author of the 2016 Stonewall Honor Book "Sex is a Funny Word") and authors Donna Gephart (Lily and Dunkin), Brie Spangler (Beast), and Meredith Russo (If I Was Your Girl) to learn about their newest works and ways to help transgender youth in your library.// > //We’ll gather for food, conversation and camaraderie as we honor 2016 Braverman Memorial Prize winner Sarah S. Kortemeier.// >
 * 8:30 - 10:00 AM**
 * Women in Library Technology Leadership - Orange County Convention Center, W206C
 * 1:00 - 2:30 PM**
 * No Room at the Library: The Ethics of DiversityNo Room at the Library: The Ethics of Diversity - Orange County Convention Center, W105B //In support of ALA’s multiyear campaign of Libraries Transform, we want to foster dialog about inclusion and ethics in libraries. Key speaker, Loida Garcia-Febo, and a panel of thoughtful leaders will facilitate audience discussion after the Ethics committee performs three different skits. In the tradition of “What Would You Do?”, we will strive to shed light on ethical dilemmas involving religious, cultural and LGBTQ issues. Reflecting on the recent resolution to ALA council, one skit will address potential Islamophobia and the ethical responsibilities of librarians to promote libraries transforming to a global and inclusive space.//
 * 2:45 - 3:30 PM **
 * Conversation Starter: Social Justice in our Library: Changing Roles of Academic, Public, and Special Librarians as Community Advocates and Supporters - Orange County Convention Center, W414CD
 * 3:00 - 4:00 PM**
 * LITA Awards & President's Program: Toward an Ethic of Social Justice in Information with Dr. Safiya Noble - Orange County Convention Center, W109B
 * Reflecting Realities: Transgender Fiction for Today's Tweens and Teens - Orange County Convention Center, W102A
 * SRRT Action Council II - Orange County Convention Center, W207A
 * 6:00 - 8:00 PM **
 * GLBTRT Social - Off Site, Blue Martini, 9101 International Dr., #1182. $5.00 recommended donation accepted at the door.
 * 7:00 - 9:00 PM **
 * PLG Braverman Dinner - Off Site, Siam Thai Cuisine, 8957 International Dr.

Monday, June 27, 2016
> //The Stonewall Book Awards are the oldest awards honoring the best in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender writing. Join the GLBT Round Table as it recognizes the winners and honorees in fiction, non-fiction, and children’s and young adult categories. The first The Newlen-Symons Award for Excellence in Serving the GLBT Community will also be presented.//
 * 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM **
 * Stonewall Book Awards Program - HYATT Regency Orlando, Florida Ballroom

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

 * 10:00 - 11:30 AM **
 * Closing General Session Featuring Jamie Lee Curtis - Orange County Convention Center, Chapin Theater (W320)