[Metadatalibrarians] Save the date for the Minitex Technical Services Symposium on November 9, 2021

[Lizzy Baus]

Save the date for the Minitex Technical Services Symposium on November 9,
2021! This year’s theme is Good Trouble: Activism and Ethics in Technical
Services.

Late Congressman John Lewis encouraged us to get into “good trouble” -
making waves and causing disruptions in the name of progress. How does that
show up in our work in technical services? Join colleagues to hear from
some of the people on the front lines of technical services activism and
learn about more ways to get involved.

We are happy to announce two of our speakers:

Beth Shoemaker is the Rare Book Librarian at Emory University’s Stuart A.
Rose Manuscript, Archive & Rare Book Library in Atlanta. Her work includes
cataloging, collection development, teaching and curating exhibits in the
Emory Libraries. Her research interests include how practicing catalogers
approach ethics in the workplace. Since its formation in 2018, she has been
co-chair of the Cataloging Ethics Steering Committee, which released a
final draft of the Cataloguing Code of Ethics in January 2021. Beth is a
graduate of the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and
Information Science.

The murder of George Floyd sparked a massive uprising in the Twin Cities,
and from that anguish bloomed hundreds of art pieces around the city. After
finding solace in this newly born art, Kenda Zellner-Smith quickly felt
panic as she watched these pieces vanish almost as quickly as they came.
With no background in organizing or art preservation, Kenda sprung into
action, enlisting the help of friends and volunteers to call local
businesses and roam the city, collecting the boards before they were
discarded and storing them in her parent's garage.


Stay tuned for more exciting announcements! Updates will be posted on the
Minitex news site at https://minitex.umn.edu/news.


-- 
Lizzy Baus
she/her/hers

Cataloging & Metadata Education Librarian
Minitex
University of Minnesota
Wilson Library, Room 60
309 19th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
phone: 612-624-4220