**Please excuse cross-postings. All are welcome to apply, nominate, and/or self-nominate!**
Sharing on behalf of the series planning group.Good afternoon,
We
are writing to solicit nominations for speakers for the continuation of
the Jobs & Hiring Series, which will take place in August 2021.
There are three remaining panels, which will each have between 3 and 5
speakers. Please nominate a colleague, or yourself, here,
by the end of
the day on Wednesday, June 30:
forms.gle/UWAjxi3HN38mWRke8Since the dates and times are firm, nominees must be available for the panel date and time outlined below.
The final three planned panels are:
Resumes & Cover Letters - August 3, 2-3pm Eastern
This
panel will discuss the process of crafting cover letters and resumes
for GLAMS and related jobs; considerations, advice, and issues.
Mid-Career Changes - August 10, 2-3pm Eastern
This
session will allow panelists to discuss changing careers, either within
GLAMS and related jobs, or to other types of fields and professions.
[Under/Over]qualified: The Question of More Degrees - August 17, 2-3pm Eastern
This
panel will begin to address the issues of more degrees in GLAMS and
related careers. How should we think about whether or not to return to
school, and the usefulness of multiple degrees in our jobs?
Please
circulate this call for nominations widely--we are actively interested
in recruiting people with diverse experiences and identities who work in
GLAMS (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Special
Collections) and GLAMS-adjacent careers (such as booksellers). In
selecting speakers, we will strive for as balanced a representation of
race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, religion or
creed, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age,
ability, and citizenship as possible. Nominees do not need to be members
of RBMS, ACRL, or ALA to participate. Nominations will be reviewed, and
invitations made to speak by members of a planning group convened for
this purpose.
Planning Group Members:
Alison Clemens (RBMS Diversity Committee)
Beth DeBold (RBMS M&PD Committee; RBMS Security Committee)
Christine Jacobson (RBMS M&PD Committee)
Christine Lutz (RBMS Workshops Committee)
Diane Dias de Fazio (RBMS M&PD Committee)
E. Haven Hawley (RBMS member)
Elisabeth Lisa Cruces (RBMS member)
Erika Jenns (RBMS M&PD Committee)
Julie Cismoski (RBMS Workshops Committee; RBMS IOC Committee)
Julie Tanaka (RBMS member)
Sarah Burke Cahalan (RBMS member)
Committee
members will extend invites as soon as possible in July and will follow
up with speakers who accept the invitations to schedule an hour-long
pre-planning meeting for each panel prior to the session date.
Please
note that these panels will be recorded and made publicly available on
ACRL's YouTube channel, and will have subtitles provided through the
automatic closed captioning feature in Zoom. Panelists will be asked to
sign a speaker agreement prepared by ACRL outlining the terms under
which the presentation will be made, as are any speakers who are invited
to present at ACRL-sponsored events.
A separate email with
information on how to register for these sessions will be forthcoming in
July. Please direct any questions or concerns to members of the
planning group.
Many thanks,
Beth DeBold, on behalf of the planning group
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Elizabeth DeBold
Assistant Curator
The Folger Shakespeare Library
She/Her/Hers
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Diane Dias De Fazio, MS LIS, MA Art History ('22)
Member-at-Large, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS)
Curator of rare books and book arts