Managing Institutional Knowledge and Insight - Free webinar, Tues. July 14, Noon-1 PM MDT. Mary Ellen Bates presenting on the topic of Knowledge Management and Text and Data Mining. Register and learn more at https://tinyurl.com/ycyqe4xn.
Ibram X. Kendi on "How to Be an Antiracist." Virtual event scheduled for Mon, Jul 20, 2020 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT. Hosted by the public libraries in Maryland. Go to https://connect.sla.org/maryland/blogs/dawn-french1/2020/07/08/ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist to register.
Free Zoom Webinars of Potential Interest, including "4 Reasons Why Social Networks Make Us Vulnerable to Misinformation," Filippo Menzcer, Distinguished Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington. Thursday, July 16, 6PM EST. Registration information is at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJAAgwn2TtKpy83GXHQK82Sp3rFeiuO5D-J6hywyqSbVMMig/viewform.
SLA Presidential Update - July 8, 2020. Go to https://tinyurl.com/y9gkotex to read about plans to have a town hall in August to learn about discussions that have been held on how SLA can be more welcoming and inclusive. She also wrote that the bylaw amendments were approved.
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Esther Gil
PR Chair
SLA – IT Division
egil@du.edu------------------------------