The Right Question Institute (RQI) will join us to demonstrate the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a deceptively simple yet rigorous protocol that teaches all people how to ask, work with, and pursue their own questions. Participants will explore how the QFT can be flexibly applied to support students, clients, library patrons, and others to develop […]

CLRC is offering our members up to 20 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks webinar, How to Give and Receive Feedback (Constructive Criticism) so Everyone is Still Speaking to Each Other Afterwards. We all have blind spots: We forget, we make mistakes, we disagree, and we misunderstand. Being able to give and take feedback is how […]

Providing robust readers’ advisory service that values equity, diversity, and inclusion principles is essential to all library service. Moving from being a neutral, well-meaning library where systemic racism is acknowledged to an actively anti-racist organization involves work. In this program you will learn tangible skills to help build enthusiasm for reading and discovering diverse books, […]

Public libraries across the country are experiencing an increase in encounters of patrons conducting “First Amendment audits”. The asserted purpose of these “audits” is to record alleged civil rights violations in places open to the public, but the recording can impact patron privacy, workforce conditions, and library operations. This session will cover how libraries can […]

Facebook, Twitter… we’ve seen them go awry when faced with the scourges of misinformation and trolling. In authoritarian regimes, entire platforms are easily blocked. Would decentralized social media, where there is no central controlling entity, be better? How do you take down damaging posts when there is no central command center? We walk you through […]

In this webinar, Information Literacy Librarian Kelly Delevan will discuss the multiple ways in which bias (implicit and explicit) complicates our search practices. Bias can reside in information systems, individual sources, or our personal perspectives. Navigating through this bias requires a dispositional shift – we need to accept that bias is pervasive and apply strategies […]