[OPLINLIST] Eboni Johnson to Speak at OLC Technical Services Retreat

[Christian-Budd, Michael]

Please excuse duplicate announcements

Wearing Different Hats:
2018 Technical Services Retreat

Register today for the Ohio Library Council's 2018 Technical Services Retreat, March 28-29, at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in North Columbus. The 2018 Retreat will kick off with keynote speaker Eboni Johnson, Outreach & Programming Librarian with Oberlin College Library, who will talk about her recent experience wearing different hats as both a librarian and "field archivist" on a research project in the Africatown area of Mobile, Alabama.

Africatown is an area of national significance as the landing site of the last ship known to bring enslaved Africans to the county. Currently its residents are facing (and fighting) climate change and environmental justice challenges that threaten its existence. A team of students and faculty from Oberlin College are researching connections between African-American and Indigenous communities around these important issues. Johnson will discuss her growing role in this effort, which includes designing archival systems that empower the community to document and preserve records and photographs that are crucial to helping Africatown tell its own story.

Other topics at the Retreat include eclectic collections, project management, ILS acquisitions modules, local heritage collections, ethical considerations and much more. Session descriptions are available on the OLC website at http://olc.org/blog/event/technical-services-retreat/

Wearing Different Hats: 2018 Technical Services Retreat<http://olc.org/blog/event/technical-services-retreat/>
March 28-29, 2018
Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center (Lewis Center)
Columbus, Ohio

Registration Fees:
Member: $235 | Non-member $350

Continuing Education Credits: For those working toward their Ohio Public Librarian<http://olc.org/resources/education/certification/> or Ohio Public Library Staff<http://olc.org/resources/education/certification/> re-certification, this event counts as 6 contact hours each day (12 for the entire retreat).


Michael Christian-Budd
Cataloging Team Lead, Cataloging & Processing Department
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Cincinnati, Ohio  (513) 369-6984
michael.christianbudd at cincinnatilibrary.org<mailto:michael.christianbudd at cincinnatilibrary.org>

http://catalog.cincinnatilibrary.org<http://catalog.cincinnatilibrary.org/>

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