UCC Library Annual Seminar 2023

Guest post by Blazej Kaucz (on behalf of UCC Library CPPD Committee) 

On Monday, the 6th of March 2023, UCC Library is going to host the UCC Library Annual Seminar 2023.  

The event will explore the role libraries play in promoting and supporting equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). There will be a range of speakers on the day, who will offer perspectives from a Library viewpoint, and also from the perspective of the communities that libraries serve. 

The speakers will be discussing, inter alia, the role of the libraries in decolonisation initiatives; how EDI is transforming the strategic landscape; how the libraries can develop as a place of welcome as part of the Library of Sanctuary; and how in doing so the libraries can encourage diversity and not division. 

Programme
10:00	Registration and morning refreshments
10:45	Welcome and Introduction
11:00	Keynote speaker - Marilyn Clarke (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies)
12:00	Leona Burgess (Louth County Libraries)
12:45	Lunch
13:30	Katy Lumsden (National Library of Ireland)
14:30	Elaine Chapman (Technological University Dublin)
15:15	Closing remarks

 The seminar is open to staff at any grade working in any type of library, students or recent graduates in information and library studies, or anyone who has an interest in libraries.  

The keynote speaker is Marilyn Clarke (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Librarian).  

The seminar is free and in-person, but registration is required. To register please visit https://libcal.ucc.ie/calendar/librarytraining/seminar2023