<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Core e-Forum: Incorporating Equity, Diversity
and Inclusion in Your Workplace: A Conversation</span></b></p>

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2023</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Moderated by Ray Pun, Loida Garcia-Febo, Robin
L. Kear</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please join
us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registration
information is at the end of the message.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Each day,
discussion begins and ends at:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Pacific: 7
a.m. – 3 p.m.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Mountain: 8
a.m. – 4 p.m.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Central: 9
a.m. – 5 p.m.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Eastern: 10
a.m. – 6 p.m.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">There's been
a lot of difficult and performative discussions regarding equity, diversity,
and inclusion in the library profession. In your institutions, have you or your
colleagues intentionally applied equity, diversity, and inclusion values in
practice and in behavior? What does it look like? What has worked or not
worked? During this e-forum session, facilitators will prompt a series of
questions to explore opportunities to foster EDI values in the workplace. This
may include recognizing the issues of burnout and lack of wellness support in
promoting EDI as well as successful collaborations and programs.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hosts</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ray Pun is a
librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education. He holds a doctorate in
education, MLS and MA in East Asian Studies.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Loida
Garcia-Febo is an International Library Consultant and Past President of the
American Library Association (2018-19).</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Robin L. Kear
is the liaison librarian specializing in English Literature, Composition,
Writing; Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies; and Film Studies and Senate
President at the University of Pittsburgh.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">What Is an e-Forum?</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:137%;border:none;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A Core
e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest,
led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion
list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list,
and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants
through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration
is necessary to participate, but it's free.</span></p>

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information about upcoming e-forums, please visit </span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.ala.org/core/e-forums"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">http://www.ala.org/core/e-forums</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

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register your email address to subscribe to or access an electronic discussion
list on ALA's Mailing List Service. Once you have registered for one e-forum,
you do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the list. Find
instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing online. (</span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/e-forum-instructions"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">http://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/e-forum-instructions</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:137%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">)</span></p>

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for your place in ALA? If your role is in buildings, collections, management,
or technology, then </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2Fcore%2Fhome&data=04%7C01%7CJulene.Jones%40uky.edu%7C025d89997b444eced60008da132395e0%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637843340956415795%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=0bJ1tVuCdPy32gbhqBFGef5lGm0fDEfKrvS49luVB0o%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:blue">Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
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opportunities give you practical experience for your résumé. Our members are
critical to implementing and maintaining core library services; they come from
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