[Eril-l] Best of Core Forum Webinar: Understanding and Fighting Anti-Trans Misinformation

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Best of Core Forum Webinar: Understanding and Fighting Anti-Trans
Misinformation

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.



Description:

As the transgender population increases in size and visibility, a resulting
backlash has gripped America--and libraries are in the crossfire.
Misinformation campaigns targeting transgender people are being leveraged
as part of a concerted effort to censor books, displays, and programs;
reduce free access for patrons of all ages; harass or threaten library and
information science (LIS) workers; and interfere with or even shut down the
operations of libraries across the country. Thus, LIS workers have a major
stake in understanding and combatting anti-trans misinformation when they
encounter it; but, due to these campaigns' widespread nature, it can be
difficult for the average person to discern between what is fact, what's
fiction, and what's opinion. Learn how and why anti-trans misinformation is
created and spread, how you can distinguish between reliable and unreliable
information, and why LIS workers have a uniquely important part to play in
speaking out against anti-trans misinformation.

Learning outcomes:

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   Define the concepts of cultural narratives and frameworks, and explain
   how misinformation campaigns leverage them to spread misinformation more
   effectively.
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   Distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources of information about
   transgender people, lives, and experiences.
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   Take action to call out and speak up against anti-trans misinformation
   where it intersects with the professional LIS values of access, literacy,
   inclusivity, and equity.

Who should attend?

Library managers and leadership team

Presenter:

Heath Umbreit (they/them), MLIS, is the Adult Services Librarian at Morrill
Memorial Library in Massachusetts. At Drexel University, they earned their
Master’s in Library & Information Sciences, conferred in 2014. Their career
as a librarian spans fourteen years, with time spent in both academic and
public libraries. Mis- and disinformation has been a professional and
personal interest of theirs for several years; their study of
misinformation focuses on a critical examination of popular narratives
about disinformation, the concept of epistemic supremacy, and the ways in
which information and disinformation intersect with systemic power
differentials in American society. Currently, they serve as a committee
member for the 2024-26 cycle of the Peggy Barber Tribute Grant, and as an
advisor for ALA's Libraries Transforming Communities: Libraries as Leaders
in Bridging Divides. As a nonbinary trans person, Heath intentionally
brings a unique perspective to the field of professional librarianship and
centers the values of equity, access, and social justice in their work.
Find them at: www.heathumbreit.com.

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.67; ALA member: $71.10;
Non-member $79.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1431

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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