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1. The Libraries gets “Scary!” for Halloween

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   . 30. The Libraries offers suspense, almost-jump-scares, and an Oscar-winning socioeconomic vampire story for your Halloween plans! First, on  Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, we

   . 30. The Libraries offers suspense, almost-jump-scares, and an Oscar-winning socioeconomic vampire story for your Halloween plans! First, on  Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, we Read less

   

2. Focus%20Vol35.No_.1.final_.pdf

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   ...ce archival research and representation. This practice is an iterative process, and they intend to remain flexible and proactive in regards to evolving terms and languages. The SCRC invites rese... Read more

   ...ce archival research and representation. This practice is an iterative process, and they intend to remain flexible and proactive in regards to evolving terms and languages. The SCRC invites researchers and community members to help iden - tify harmful language in our collec - tions. They know that they cannot identify every instance of harmful description, so they welcome feed - back from you and our community of researchers. Please contact the Robin DavisLibrary Journal named the NC State University Librar - ies’ User Experience Librarian Robin Davis a 2022 “Mover & Shaker.” Davis was recognized in the award’s Innovators category for her advocacy for accessibility initiatives at the Libraries and her work on user-focused services. Davis becomes the thirteenth staff member from the Libraries to receive the award—the most honorees of any academic library. Annually since 2002, Library Journal has chosen a class of innovative librarians and library staff members from an international pool of more than 300 nominees. “Robin Davis is, simply put, an accessibility cham - pion,” writes Josh Boyer, Department Head of User Ex - perience, in his nomination of Davis. “From the moment she arrived at the NC State University Libraries in June 2019, she convinced the User Experience department to make accessibility its #1 priority. Davis has helped lead a comprehensive assessment of Libraries services, facilities, and collections to implement best practices in accessibility and inclusion, meeting or exceeding ADA requirements for equal access and creating an equitable environment for disabled individuals.” “Robin has integrated effective user research into all facets of the Libraries’ work and stayed laser focused on the needs of the university community,” says Greg Raschke, Senior Vice Provost and Director of Librar - ies. “Robin also makes time to be a fantastic mentor for student employees, graduate students interested in technical roles in the library and information science profession, and colleagues new to the profession. She is a great, positive contributor to our services, systems, and culture.” Davis has helped lead a change in the Libraries’ culture to focus on not just user needs in general, but also on a wide range of use cases for neurodiverse users—work that has been all the more important with the added stress of the pandemic and when students are under time crunches at the ends of semesters. Davis chairs the Librar - ies’ Accessibility Com - mittee, which has forged new partnerships with the campus Disability Resource Office and Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity and advises Libraries staff about acces - sible practices in their work. Davis also leads the cross- departmental User Research Team, which has suc - ceeded in creating a pervasive culture of integrating user research into the first stage of projects throughout the organization. “A major goal of accessibility is to remove barriers to information, which of course is a goal of librarianship, too,” says Davis. “Accessibility is also an EDI goal—a library can’t be inclusive if its buildings, services, and website are not accessible for all users, including users with disabilities.” Changes have included the creation of sensory-friend - ly maps that help students with sensitivities find study spaces to fit their needs, the production of captions and transcripts for video content, and a removal of inac - cessible PDFs from the website. Davis is particularly proud of improvements to website forms through which students access Libraries services. She led a review to standardize forms and make their style and function consistent. Other website improvements have included making menus navigable by keyboard and minimizing auto-playing animations. “One small thing I’m proud of doing is changing some language on our website,” Davis notes. “Previ - ously, we’d listed over 100 technology lending devices as being available on a ‘walk-up’ basis. But not every - one walks, so I suggested changing that language to ‘borrow from desk’ to be more inclusive. It’s a tiny but meaningful change.” Davis also created a framework to clearly communi - cate the most important information on the Libraries website—which turned out to be crucially important during the pandemic, when information about safety policies and available services was changing quickly. “When we were adding banners and updating content, we had no idea if we were putting on a band-aid that we would soon remove or if we were revising half the web - site,” Boyer writes. “Robin’s evolving framework got us through those early days and has evolved to enable us to keep patrons up to date for almost two years.” Although Davis is receiving this individual recognition, she is thankful to work in an organization that shares her values and quick to credit co-workers like Meredith Wynn and Erik Olson and stu - dent assistants like Myra Bari and 2020 Student Accessibil - ity Champion Lauren Murillo. “The Libraries has a long history of accessibil - ity efforts dating back a number of years, such as the development of the Assistive Technologies Center (ATC),” she says. “It’s so en - couraging that we’ll continue to have the support to keep do - ing this work.”The Libraries’ Robin Davis is a Library Journal “Mover & Shaker” Davis is the thirteenth Libraries staffer to be recognized since 2002 continues on p.6Visit our registration page www.lib.ncsu. edu/databases/new- york-times 4 | FOCUS - NC State University LibrariesLibraries News Libraries News Libraries News Awards, new collections, and more DIY/DEI newsletter offers curated resource lists Libraries collaborates with OIED to address antiracism, intersectionality, and other key topics Advocates and allies are essential to promoting a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education and beyond. For many, there is a new awareness of issues associated with DEI and a growing desire to learn and engage. To sup - port campus efforts, the Libraries and NC State’s Office for Institution - al Equity and Diversity (OIED) have collaborated on a monthly, curated list of books, articles, videos, and podcasts to inform inquiry, intro - spection, and engagement with a particular DEI topic. The newsletter debuted in January 2022 with a focus on antira - cism—defined as the practice of op -posing racism in all manifestations while promoting racial tolerance. Resources ranging from Ibram X. Kendi’s popular book How to Be an Antiracist to I Am Not Your Negro, the award-winning Raoul Peck docu - mentary about James Baldwin, to NPR podcasts like Throughline and Code Switch were offered to prompt the adoption of antiracist mindset in leadership, research, and people’s everyday lives. The February issue concentrated on the long and rich history of the Black collegiate experience through the lenses of both historically Black and predomi - nantly white institutions, and how this complicated experi - ence continues to play a critical role in the country’s history. In March, the newsletter explored how to foster an inclusive environment—one in which conscious efforts are made to ensure that diverse members are seen, heard, and valued. The newsletter also explored a newer concept to DEI—belonging— which emphasizes the importance of community acceptance and emotional connection specifically for members with diverse identities.The April issue concluded the spring semester by exploring intersectionality—a concept that helps us understand how systemic oppressions affect people who embody multiple marginalized identities. The newsletter included a series of video links that introduced the topic before other resources went into the impact of intersection - ality in systems such as education, law, housing, career advancement, law enforcement, religion, and busi - ness. SCRC if you encounter problematic or harmful language in our collection guides, digitized collections, his - torical timelines, or other collection descriptions. Staff will review the term or de - scription and take necessary action to update it in a way that balances the preservation of the original context, emerging archival practices, and our ongoing commitment to describe materials with respect - ful and inclusive descriptions. This can involve changing the descrip - tion or providing additional context, which would also help make the material more discoverable to future researchers. This article originally appeared as an SCRC blogpost by Virginia Ferris and has been edited for publication. The Libraries partners with the Transforma - tional Scholar - ships Program to support stu - dents in need Scholarship winners to receive free textbooks and long-term loan of laptops NC State has had a long history of graduating North Carolina’s leaders. A new College of Education scholar - ship program, supported by a part - nership with the NC State University Libraries, helps keep some of them in Eastern NC. The Transformational Scholar - ships Program provides scholarships totaling $40,000 over four years to promising high school students from Eastern North Carolina who will return to the region to teach after graduating from NC State’s College of Education. Launched in summer 2021 thanks to an Anonymous Trust grant, the program welcomed its first cohort of 20 Transformational Scholars in fall 2022. As part of the Transformational Scholarships Program, the Libraries will cover the cost of all required textbooks and course materials for the 2022-23 academic year for our scholars. Scholars will also receive a long-term loaner laptop with their choice of PC or Mac for the year. Additional Libraries programming opportunities are planned for the scholars, as well. “I am excited about this partner - ship because not only will it provide immediate support to our Transfor - mational Scholars, but it models the ways in which collaboration can assist in holistic student success,” says Trisha Mackey, director of the program. “Creating strategic com - munity partnerships that will posi - tively impact students is something that we want our Transformational Scholars to learn and implement when they become teacher leaders in Eastern North Carolina.” In addition to the financial support of the scholarship, Transformational Scholars will engage in experi - ences that prepare them to serve as extraordinary teachers and leaders in Eastern North Carolina as part of a four-year cohort. Each year of the program will focus on a key theme, including creating their educator identity, understanding communi - ties, shaping educational policy, and becoming a leader. “The Libraries is delighted to partner with the Transformational Scholarships Program,” says David Tully, Librarian for Student Success and Affordability. “Removing the cost barriers of textbooks and laptops by guaran - teeing the scholars instant access to those vital resources helps to smooth the pathway for the cohort as they tran - sition into higher education at NC State. The Transformational Schol - arships Program will have a multi- generational impact on education in Eastern North Carolina counties, and we’re grateful for the opportu - nity for the Libraries to support that mission.” Libraries releases collection guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Center (GLBT) records The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) made available an up - dated collection guide for the North Carolina State University, Office of the Provost, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Center (GLBT) Re - cords (UA 005.073). The collection includes physical and digital materi - als that document the progress of the LGBTQ+ community on campus and the history and function of the GLBT Center at NC State, starting with student groups in 1978 to the Center in its current form in 2019. The GLBT Center at NC State is the culmination of many years of hard work on the part of the LG - BTQ+ community and its allies both within the student body and among the faculty and staff. The collec - tion includes multiple iterations of the proposal written for the Center in the early 2000s, which was supported by decades of student experiences and years of research. Also included are campus climate surveys that were conducted as part of the research for the proposal and used to demonstrate the need for such a center on campus. The GLBT Center opened its doors formally in January 2008 as the second of its kind within the UNC System. After a few years of moving the Center into progressively larger spaces, the Center found its permanent home in the renovated Talley Student Union. Over the years, the Center has hosted countless programs and events for the university commu - nity including GLBT History Month, Transgender Awareness Week, the GLBT Symposium, Project SAFE Trainings, Alternative Spring Break, and the Lavender Graduation. The Center regularly sponsors work - shops and makes resources avail - able to students related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. In particular, Project SAFE Trainings are tailored according to the audi - ence. There are handbooks for each training within the collection, includ - ing iterations for faculty, students, and allies to the LGBTQ+ commu - nity, as well. Each of the faculty and student trainings is meticulously researched and tested, and there are many examples of the evolution of these trainings throughout the collection. The Center’s dedication to social justice is also prevalent in the collection through research and materials related to the Preferred Name Initiative, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, House Bill 2, gender-neutral bathrooms, and the Trans-Inclusive Housing Working Group. For those interested in the history of the LGBTQ+ community on cam - pus, there are a few materials in the collection from some of the earliest LGBTQ+ organizations on campus during the 1980s. The names of these early organizations include the Gay and Lesbian Christian Alliance, NCSU (St... Read less

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